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is that even if you are wrong,
you are only off by a bit.

SDE

Amazon

SDE I September 2022 - Present

  • Developed and maintained a tier 1 service
  • Designed and implemented tools to cut tenant onboarding times by up to 92%
  • Contributed 1 of 3 core pillars for organization 3YP
  • Developed an AutoUI solution that renders generic n-dimensional objects in a user friendly way, and enables editing. A core component used across the organization today.
  • Improved OE processes, increased visibility, mitigated developer pain points, and built tools to reduce incoming tickets.
  • Built a product rooted in Micro-Frontend architecture
    • Tackled inherent challenging obstacles, such as multifaceted routing, dependency conflicts, isolation & security
    • Used React and Stencil.js to develop MFEs
  • Led agile methodologies, such as sprint grooming, planning, & retro. Engaged in daily standup.
  • Completed multiple internal ML trainings, from data basics to autoML

SDE Intern May 2021 - August 2021

  • Converted a high-level business need into a succinct, presentable, multi-service system design
  • Implemented this design and presented data via a beautiful web dashboard
  • Cut down developer debug times by up to 99% (from up to an hour to 30 seconds)
  • Utilized SQS/SNS for inter-service communication
  • Worked hands-on with various other AWS services such as Cloudformation, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, and more
  • Engaged in Agile development practices
  • Completed internal Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision trainings

Founder

NETBOOKLET Technologies

netbooklet.com

• Ideated platform based on market gap
• Developed frontend in ​Vue​ + ​HTML + JavaScript
• Designed relational database schema and implemented it in PostgreSQL
• Wrote services in ​ Node.js/Express
• Led team of 3 in implementing new features and business strategies
• Researched and implemented various marketing strategies, the most notable of which led to 400x follower growth
• Building customer relations

Founder

DeSport NFT

playdesport.com

• Ideated platform and developed a comprehensive, professional whitepaper
• Developed React based application with Web3 integrations
• Wrote contract for and launched SPORT token
• Led team of 4 in building out various components of the platform such as design, branding, community, marketing, finance, and web2/web3 technology
• Put together a pitch deck and presented to potential investors

Machine Learning

Certifications

Intro to Machine Learning
  • Data Exploration
  • Models
  • Model Validation
  • Under/Overfitting
  • Random Forests
Intermediate Machine Learning
  • Missing Values
  • Categorical Variables
  • Pipelines
  • Cross-Validation
  • Gradient Boosting
  • Data Leakage
Intro to Deep Learning
  • Linear Units
  • Deep Neural Networks
  • Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD)
  • Under/Overfitting
  • Dropout & Batch Normalization
  • Binary Classification


Supplementary

Software R&D Intern

ABB Ltd. Winter 2019

• Led a team of 4 UI automation engineers
• Improved UI & Integration test run times by up to ​31%
• Developed ​ Katalon​ - ​TM4J​ integration to improve engineer productivity
• Contributed to internal automation framework written in ​Java, Groovy and ​Kotlin
• Interacted with ​DevOps ​& ​CI/CD​ tools daily
• Engaged in ​Agile​ development practices

Computer Science

University of British Columbia

UBC Vancouver Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Computer Science 2017 – 2022

Software Development Intern

Purposely Summer 2019

• Enhanced existing ​React.js​ / ​Django​ web application to a ​Progressive Web App
• Focused on clean, modular design based on React best practices
• Designed Django Models for efficiency, completeness, and usability
• Engaged in ​ Agile ​ development practices and company meet & greets

Software Engineer

UBC Sailbot 2018-2020

• Developed ​MongoDB ​schema for storing autonomous sailboat sensor data
• Built ​ Node.js/Express ​backend to enable two-way communication between web client and sailbot

Research Assistant

Momose Group (UBC Chemistry) Summer 2018

• Automated the visualization of data from various programs using Igor scripts, saving hundreds of hours​ of manual data handling
• Studied and began work on adapting an evolutionary algorithm in ​C++ to improve local Zeeman Decelerator configuration
• Designed cutting edge ion optics configuration to optimize detection of ammonia molecules in a microwave trap cavity
• Delivered biweekly presentation on progress and task forecast

Software Development Intern

GS Software Development

• Developed ​React Native ​parent-school communication tool application
• Built components for displaying grades and attendance
• Participated in weekly meetings to discuss design, functionality, and progress