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Steve Dignan

@stevedignan

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Principal software engineer specializing in TypeScript, React, and AWS, improving delivery with AI.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I'm seeking senior engineering roles where I can lead cloud-native TypeScript/React teams, apply AI/LLMs to speed delivery, improve observability, and ship reliable platforms with autonomy and a pragmatic, collaborative culture.

I am a principal software engineer with 20+ years building web platforms and cloud infrastructure, deeply experienced in TypeScript/Node, React/Next.js, and AWS CDK.

I have led platform consolidations to AWS, built core estimation and savings services for solar proposals, centralized observability with Datadog, and introduced feature flags and A/B testing at scale to enable safe experimentation.

I use AI (LLMs and code assistants) pragmatically to accelerate delivery and raise quality, and I focus on shipping, simplifying systems, and raising engineering standards while mentoring teams and owning end-to-end outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Principal Software Engineer

Current

Project Solar

Feb 2023 - Present (2 years 7 months)

Built core estimation and savings services for solar proposals and owned AWS CDK infrastructure, service design, and documentation while leading platform consolidation to AWS to retire legacy tooling. Piloted agentic AI coding to cut review cycles and reduce manual rework while preserving a human approval gate.

TypeScript Next.js AWS CDK Python Datadog Statsig GitHub Actions)Shopify

Senior Software Engineer

Colossus

Jun 2021 - Jan 2023 (1 year 7 months)

Designed AWS CDK infrastructure for internal and B2B applications and built lead‑scoring functionality combining Google Solar API, PVWatts, and internal data. Migrated services from Amplify to CDK and consolidated logging into Datadog to improve scalability and maintainability.

AWS CDK TypeScript GraphQL React Python Datadog GitHub Actions)

Senior Software Developer

Ontario College Application Services

Oct 2018 - May 2021 (2 years 7 months)

Delivered Angular (RxJS/NgRx) and Vue applications for domestic and international college applications and built admin tools for high‑privilege workflows. Automated Azure DevOps processes and deployed applications via Azure CI/CD to improve delivery reliability.

Angular TypeScript RxJS NgRX Vue.Js .NET Core Azure DevOps SQL

Senior Software Engineer

Crius Energy

Mar 2015 - Sep 2018 (3 years 6 months)

Developed a residential solar sales web platform (C#, WebAPI, React/Redux) and supporting Node services, implementing analytics, logging, and complex third‑party finance integrations. Built CI for SQL/web deployments and created Slack bots for alerts, reporting, and release notifications.

C ASP.NET React Redux Node Azure SQL CI CD

Team Lead

Just Energy

Apr 2006 - Feb 2015 (8 years 10 months)

Led a 3‑developer team owning delivery and technical direction for enrollment and self‑serve platforms and built a custom .NET MVC framework adopted across new sites. Implemented site‑interaction tracking to accelerate triage, migrated legacy MS Access apps to C#/.NET, and automated contract import and security workflows to remove manual steps.