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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

San Francisco, California, United States

• Developed, tested, maintained, and code reviewed Django and Flask web applications in a microservice architecture.
• Worked on RESTful API endpoints (design, OpenAPI specification, implementation, and testing).
• Defined new database models, optimized inefficient code and queries, removed database inconsistencies, and performed general bug fixes.
• Configured the Nginx reverse‐proxy to add custom rate‐limiting behaviour. Tested with Curl, Postman, and Bash scripts. Deployed updated server using Kubernetes on Google Cloud.
• Investigated and solved problems such as asynchronous tasks failing and server instability. Analyzed using Datadog, Papertrail, and New Relic.
• Wrote queries for the PostgreSQL database and Google Big Query(SQL).

Guelph, Ontario

• The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) at the University of Guelph is a global leader in DNA-based approaches to specimen identification. CBG provides researchers with vast amounts of data and aims to complete the.
• Performed literature search on machine learning related topics to discover state-of-the-art approaches to specific problems.
• Independently created a pipeline to automate the annotation of insect specimen images using TensorFlow and Python. Used this pipeline to find and relabel images with incorrect insect orientation labels in the database.
• Worked on creating an image recognition model for ranking insect image quality – a difficult problem because ranking relies on specimen biology as well as traditional measures of image quality.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Baron Biosystems enables cyclists to train optimally through cutting edge fitness measurements and performance predictions.
• Worked on creating a statistical model in Automatic Differentiation Model Builder (ADMB) to extend the capabilities of the current core fitness model.
• Performed feature additions and maintenance on the Laravel based web application using PHP, Javascript, and CSS.
• Generated significant positive user feedback for creating a workout exporter to Zwift.
• Authored 45 pages of documentation on all core application logic to facilitate future developer on-boarding.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Developed using the LAMP stack and at times the Laravel framework.
• Identified an inefficiency in the product-page creation process and took the initiative to develop a tool that automates and streamlines said process.
• Maintained and added functionality to sites Horizn manages.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Fast Office is a start-up that aims to revolutionize the office space leasing process. During my time at Fast Office I:
• Identified an inefficiency in how panoramic cube maps were generated and took the initiative to start developing an automated solution using Three.js, Java, and the Selenium WebDriver.
• Met with representatives of other companies to determine possible partnership opportunities.
• Independently developed a Wordpress site using my own custom plugins and Google Apps Scripts after having met with a client to understand their needs and how to provide value to them.
• Provided feedback to a remote team based on my testing of Fast Office’s software.