Adam DeBrouwere
EXPERTISE
BIO
Hi, I am an ESL educator turned software engineer with a passion for creating (what I think are) cool and useful web applications. While in Thailand, I landed a job teaching students robotics (Arduino and C++) and web development (JavaScript, HTML, and CSS) fundamentals. From there I devoured CS50, YouTube tutorials, completed a software engineering bootcamp, and am currently in a course on data analysis, machine learning and AI. With these skills, I have completed freelance web development projects like carwebdistribution.ca, built full-stack CRUD functional web applications like booktale.ca, am building AI image recognition software for a gemstone company on a remote team, and am a partner in a startup where I lead the development of an AI powered chatbot at benefitsai.ca.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Web Developer
Devrouwa Development
January 2025 - Present
I optimized a responsive hybrid WordPress–Next.js e-commerce platform, improving performance, maintainability, and the reliability of the payment and order pipeline. I refactored a custom SEMA API plugin to efficiently upload over 100,000 products into a headless WooCommerce CMS, incorporating automated category translation and dynamic pricing logic. I also developed internal WordPress tools to streamline product taxonomy mapping and manage bilingual content (English–French). Additionally, I handled secure, low-downtime site migrations for both WordPress and Vercel-hosted deployments, and set up scalable Linux-based VPS environments using Nginx, Redis, and CI/CD pipelines, resulting in improved server response times and caching efficiency.
EDUCATION
Diploma
Brainstation, December 2024
Software Engineering
UpSkill
Mind2Machine, Present
Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Ai
Bachelor of Arts
University of Manitoba, April 2018
Literature, Philosophy
PORTFOLIO PROJECTS
BenefitsAI & A1 Guide
A Bilingual, OpenAI API powered, React in TypeScript, Django, PSQL chatbot build that answers questions about employee benefits packages, and the Canadian Electrical Code.
View Project1/1/2025 -6/4/2025
Booktale
A dynamic web app for users to read, create, and share QR code-linked conversations using React, ExpressJS, and PostgreSQL. Integrated multiple external APIs and managed full CI/CD pipeline from Git to VPS and Netlify for seamless deployment.
View Project11/4/2024 -12/4/2024
Verified Full Stack Developer
0-2 years of experience
Preferred commitment: Full Time
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