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Kelowna, BC, CA

• Led the development and architecture of a platform for geospatial machine learning operations with a team of 6 engineers. Work mainly involved individual contributions, but also included leading design discussions.
• Developed frontend using React.js (and Next.js) and TypeScript with an emphasis on geospatial visualization with deck.gl and react-map-gl. Notable considerations include performance/rendering optimizations for complex.
• Created backend API microservices using Python and Flask/FastAPI. Features include authentication, authorization with RBAC and API key access, database optimizations (MongoDB), documentation with OpenAPI specs.
• Deployed applications using Docker and orchestrated containers with Kubernetes. Automated these workflows with GitHub Actions.
• Made critical technical and architectural decisions around the design, software, and systems.
• Single-handedly designed, developed, and deployed the GeoSearch app, enabling users to access satellite images via an intuitive ChatGPT interface.

Ontario, Canada

• Prototyped a COVID-19 marketplace application for Phase 1 submission to the Government of Canada. The project was approved for a Phase 2 implementation by the government.
• Successfully led a 3-person team of frontend engineers to design and architect a single-page React app within the 3-month deadline.
• Notable features include data visualization through maps and charts, accessibility compliance with WCAG 2.1 at the AA level, fully responsive design, and support for IE 11.

Surrey, BC

• Created a CLI tool in Python to automate administrative tasks, saving roughly 18 hours of work per person per month. Features involved web scraping with Selenium, auto-filling data in PDFs with pdfrw, and file.