● Sebastian

About

I'm a software developer based in Hull / Gatineau, QC, five minutes from downtown Ottawa. For three years I worked on the canada.ca search platform as a Search Technical Analyst (Principal Publisher / Search team at Service Canada): testing search interfaces, validating crawl and indexation configuration, applying WET-BOEW template changes, and monitoring crawl health with Grafana. My day job was technical analysis. My .NET / C# / Blazor depth comes from personal projects I treat as production work — most notably Needlr, job-radar, and Crittr.

I'm trilingual (English fluent, Spanish fluent, French intermediate), a Canadian + Spanish dual citizen, and currently looking for junior to mid full-stack roles. I'm comfortable on-site, hybrid, or fully remote.

Based in

Hull / Gatineau, QC

Open to relocate · anywhere

Origin

Cancún, México

Born 28 Jan 2003 · in Canada since 2013

Born 28 January 2003, currently calculating age.

Passports

Canadian · Spanish

Languages

  • EnglishFluent
  • SpanishFluent
  • FrenchIntermediate

Status

Available now for junior to mid full-stack roles — full-time, fixed-term contract, or contract-to-hire. Open to remote, hybrid, or on-site (Ottawa-area or relocation). Dual Canadian / Spanish citizen, no sponsorship required.

Before code

Before development took over, I freelanced as a videographer in Ottawa–Gatineau — cinematography, editing, and color for clients including Gatineau Golf & Country Club, Barnstormer Tattoo, and Red Roots. See selected pieces →

Experience

Where I've worked.

May 2022 → April 2025

Ottawa, ON

Search Technical Analyst

Service Canada · Principal Publisher / Search Team

  • Tested and validated canada.ca search interfaces and result quality across federal departmental sites, with emphasis on accessibility and bilingual coverage.
  • Configured and validated crawl and indexation rules; investigated coverage gaps from JIRA tickets through to remediation.
  • Applied WET-BOEW (GCWeb) template changes and HTML / CSS publishing updates against accessibility and brand standards.
  • Monitored crawl health, indexation backlogs, and search availability with Grafana; flagged anomalies for the platform team.
  • Worked ticket-driven inside an Agile / Scrum cadence with content publishers, QA, and platform engineers.

May 2021 → Aug 2021

Ottawa, ON

IT Support Technician (Co-op)

Department of National Defence — Government of Canada

  • Imaged, configured, and deployed secure Windows environments for military personnel during COVID-19 operational ramp-up.
  • Resolved Tier 1/2 support tickets with full documentation and strong SLA compliance in a high-security environment.

Education

2021 → 2025

Gatineau, QC

Diploma of College Studies (DEC) — Computer Science

CEGEP Heritage College

Web Programming I–VI · Database Management I & II · Cybersecurity · Networks · Systems Maintenance · Development Projects I & II · Advanced Topics in CS