Vincent Mercier
About Vincent Mercier
Vincent Mercier is a software developer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with experience at various companies including MindGeek, Lockheed Martin, and Squarepoint Capital. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering from École de technologie supérieure and has a diverse technical skill set.
Work at Squarepoint Capital
Vincent Mercier currently works as a Software Developer at Squarepoint Capital, a position he has held since 2022. He is based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In this role, he applies his software development skills to contribute to the company's projects and initiatives.
Previous Experience at MindGeek
From 2020 to 2022, Vincent served as a Technical Lead at MindGeek in Montreal, Quebec. His responsibilities included utilizing a diverse tech stack such as Java, Kotlin, and Python. He played a significant role in scaling a service that managed total traffic, which led to a reduction of over 100 servers and substantial cost savings. Additionally, he participated in the development of a backend service in Java that processed over 30,000 requests per second.
Internship at Lockheed Martin
Vincent Mercier completed a Software Engineering Internship at Lockheed Martin in 2017. This internship lasted for three months and took place in Montreal, Quebec. During this time, he gained valuable experience in software engineering practices.
Educational Background
Vincent studied Software Engineering at École de technologie supérieure, where he earned a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) from 2014 to 2017. Prior to this, he completed a DEC in Technique d'intégration Multimédia at CÉGEP de l'Outaouais from 2009 to 2013. He also obtained a Diplome d'études secondaires from Collège Nouvelles-Frontières in 2009.
Technical Skills and Contributions
Vincent Mercier has experience with a variety of technologies, including Elasticsearch, Memcached, PostgreSQL, Docker, Git, Cassandra, Redis, Hive, and shell scripts. At MindGeek, he introduced linting and conducted in-depth code reviews to improve code stability and maintainability. His technical contributions have been instrumental in enhancing system performance and reliability.