Jack Hillier

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Jack Hillier

Full stack developer · Toronto

I'm a full stack developer who builds products from the database to the interface. I've spent four years on a small product team shipping the Python back end, the React front end and the cloud setup behind a customer feedback platform for enterprises. On the side I make games, websites and independent films.

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Selected work

Games and websites.

6 projects shown

Game / WebsiteLive

A daily movie connections game where players solve film puzzles and build their own.

Puzzle gamePuzzle editorVercel
WebsiteLive

The website for an independent Toronto film production group.

WebsiteFilm
Game / WebsiteLive

A free daily trivia quiz with rising stakes.

Daily puzzlesScheduling
GameIn development

A browser platformer about a penguin escaping his collapsing arctic home.

PlatformerUnityHTML5
WebsiteLive

A private, social movie awards voting website.

VotingSocial
Game / WebsiteOffline

A blackjack website that is no longer online.

Blackjack

Experience

Where I’ve worked.

Education · Honours BSc in Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, 2018–2022

  1. 2022–2026

    Full Stack Developer · SpecifEye

    Formerly part of ML56

    Full stack on a small team building a customer feedback platform for enterprises, including its AI features.

  2. Summer 2022

    Research Assistant · Ivey Business School

    A political data dashboard website.

  3. Summer 2021

    Mixed Reality Software Engineer · Goodlabs Studio

    An augmented reality app in Unity for iOS and Android.

  4. Summers 2017–2019

    Software Developer · Densify

    Cloud and Kubernetes workload tooling in Python and Go.

Skills

The everyday toolkit.

Languages

  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • SQL
  • Go
  • HTML/CSS

AI

  • OpenAI and Anthropic APIs
  • Prompt engineering
  • Claude Code

Backend and data

  • Flask
  • FastAPI
  • Express
  • REST
  • WebSockets
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • SQLAlchemy

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Vite
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Material UI
  • Recharts

Cloud and DevOps

  • AWS (EC2, EKS, Cognito, SES)
  • GCP (GKE)
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • GitLab CI
  • Linux

Tools

  • Git
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Figma
  • Stripe
  • Agile/Scrum

About

Software, games and film.

I build software for a living, from the database to the interface. Outside of work I design puzzle games, build websites for local film projects, and make independent films with a Toronto production group. I like working closely with designers, and I care about the details that make something feel finished.