Sébastien Lavoie

Sébastien Lavoie is an accomplished Software Engineering Manager with extensive experience at Shopify since April 2018, overseeing multiple teams focused on automating reconciliation operations, enhancing the resiliency and scalability of Kafka systems, and ensuring email deliverability. Prior to Shopify, Sébastien served as a Senior Software Engineer at Apple, contributing to iWork's live collaboration backend services through system architecture, planning, and automated testing. Sébastien held the position of CTO at WeMakeCustom.com, where responsibilities included technology leadership, project management, and infrastructure deployment. Beginning a career as a developer and in R&D at Equation Humaine, Sébastien also has early managerial experience at McDonald's Corporation. Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Université de Montréal and a DEC in Pure Science from Collège de Maisonneuve.