Meagan Butters

Curriculum vitae

Ruby on Rails and TypeScript developer with 5+ years of experience building and maintaining healthcare technology production systems. Proven ability to adapt to changing teams and priorities while consistently delivering across multiple products and codebases. A collaborative and approachable teammate who values clear communication and shared ownership of solutions. Outside of work, develops micro-projects to experiment with new tools and continuously refine technical skills.

Education

Concordia University - Specialization in Computation Arts (BFA), 2015 - 2019

• Course topics include creative computation, 3D digital production, digital texts and typography, networks and navigation, and more
• Technologies learned include Processing, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Blender, and more

Le Wagon Bootcamp, 2020

• Web development bootcamp, focusing on Ruby on Rails
• Course topics include Ruby on Rails, databases and SQL, HTML/CSS/JS, UI and UX, git, terminal, deployment using Heroku

Work History

Petal Health | Developer II | 2021 - Present

• Built and launched a product from scratch using Ruby on Rails, contributing to system design, database schema, and core business logic as part of a 6-person team
• Took long-term ownership of the product post-launch, delivering new features and maintaining stability over multiple years in production
• Improved performance and maintainability of legacy Rails systems through targeted refactoring, bug fixes, and codebase modernization (including Rails version updates)
• Contributed to development of a backend service using TypeScript and NestJS, supporting new product initiatives
• Contributed to reducing technical debt and improve system reliability across multiple codebases
• Currently designing and implementing an authentication bridge between two applications, enabling secure interoperability and shared user access