Software Engineer · Vancouver & Toronto

Jerome
Alve

Full-stack engineer. World traveller.
Lover of mountains, food, and good design.

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Jerome Alve

001 — PORTFOLIO

Full-Stack Engineering✦ React · Node.js · Java✦ GenAI & Machine Learning✦ University of Waterloo✦ Photography✦ Culinary Arts✦ Fashion✦ Travel✦ Full-Stack Engineering✦ React · Node.js · Java✦ GenAI & Machine Learning✦ University of Waterloo✦ Photography✦ Culinary Arts✦ Fashion✦ Travel✦

002 — About

I build things.
I travel the world.
I eat well.

I'm Jerome — a software engineer based between Vancouver and Toronto with a love for building things that matter. I spent four years at Workday crafting full-stack products used by millions, from performance tools to GenAI-powered features.

In 2025, I took a deliberate year off to travel, ski, eat extraordinarily well, and see the world. I came back sharper, more intentional, and ready for the next chapter.

Outside of code, I'm behind a camera, on a mountain, in a kitchen, or chasing the next great adventure.

Adventure
Photography
Culinary

Curriculum
Vitae

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003 — Experience

Workday Inc.
Software Engineer — Talent Optimization
Jul 2021 — May 2025
Vancouver, BC
  • Built full-stack features for core HCM products: Feedback, Performance Reviews, Succession Plans, and Manager Insights Hub using Xpresso + React.
  • Led integration epic for Manager Insights Hub, expanding its scalability and enabling cross-team feature contributions.
  • Shipped GenAI-powered Talent Highlights — enabling managers to generate personalized employee growth summaries via ML-backed insights.
  • Collaborated with ML, platform, and security teams on data attribution, eligibility logic, and access controls for AI features.
  • Participated in STRIDE threat modelling for AI features, mitigating prompt injection, data leakage, and privilege escalation risks.
Scotiabank FactoryU
Innovation Engineer
Sep — Dec 2020
Waterloo, ON
  • Built front-end interfaces for Scotiabank's Auto Loan application in React.
  • Implemented server-side rendering with Webpack + Express, improving SEO and load performance.
  • Designed proof-of-concept for JWT + AES encrypted secure communication.
CAPCO
Java Developer
Jan — Apr 2020
Toronto, ON
  • Optimized Maven build times by isolating third-party APIs into a separate repository.
  • Upgraded HTTP REST clients to Feign, improving fault tolerance and fallback resilience.
  • Developed components using TDD in an Agile environment.
ADP
Software Engineer
Jan — Apr 2019
Toronto, ON
  • Enhanced WFN logging console performance with asynchronous React code.
  • Built front-end components in React and RESTful web services in Java with Spring MVC.
Fast Access Blockchain
Front-End Developer
May — Aug 2018
Toronto, ON
  • Built a real-time blockchain health monitoring website with live charts and analytics.
  • Created a REST API client for blockchain analysis using AngularJS, Node.js, and Chart.js.

004 — Skills

Languages
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Rust
Web & Cloud
React, Angular, Node.js, Express, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS, AWS
Tools
Git, Spring, Maven, IntelliJ, SQL Server, Visual Studio

005 — Education

University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Software Engineering
2015 — 2021
Waterloo, ON

Life Outside
the IDE

006 — Gallery

Travel
Skiing
Photography
Culinary Arts
Pop Culture

007 — Contact

Let's
Connect

Open to senior engineering roles, interesting teams, and good conversations. Based between Vancouver and Toronto — open to remote or relocation.

jalve1997@live.com 647-269-6100 github.com/jeromealve jeromealve.com
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