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Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Collaborated with 20 developers in UBC Thunderbots, a UBC design team making autonomoussoccer-playing robots, to improve gameplay performance for the annual RoboCup competition.• Led a team of 3 through the software development cycle for a new Linux-based PyTest testing framework for non-deterministic gameplay, allowing the team to validate complex robot behavior • Collaborated with a team member to design and develop a PyQt OpenGL simulated robot editor in Python to quickly visualize and auto-generate PyTests for custom formations, reducing testing time for self-learning gameplay• Developed new backend logic with C++, Python, and Protobufs to reliably handle multiplesimultaneous inputs to robots, improving team efficiency by testing several robots at once• Designed and implemented new PyQt widgets to display AI decision visualizations and robot errors clearly, making robot behavior more explainable, reducing crashes and debug time• Improved C++ machine learning cost functions and tested with GoogleTest to make passing between robots smoother and more reliable, leading to more cohesive teamwork during competition

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Collaborated in a fast-paced Agile startup team of 15 on CopilotAI’s lead generation SaaS platform• Led the software development cycle under my manager to consolidate several active Azure deployments into one microservice, improving team maintainability and saving $8,600/month on server costs• Developed backend C# and .NET code with an extensive MSTest test suite to reliably reroute 1000s of customer requests per minute to the right targets through the same microservice• Led the software development cycle for multiple TypeScript Azure microservices with a robust Jest test suite to create an extensive MongoDB and SQL ML dataset, helping the lead generation AI find higher quality prospects and users booking 40% more sales meetings• Implemented thorough logging, Azure monitoring services, and Slack message alerts to track system performance, helping the team test new changes accurately and reducing outage response times• Integrated HubSpot CRM with React hooks and components styled with LESS to display feedback surveys, centralizing customer data for more efficient insights into their pain points• Refactored YAML CI/CD pipelines in Azure Devops to run in parallel in a team of 4, improving the whole team’s efficiency by reducing deployment time for several microservices by 80%

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Planned and led lab sessions and office hours for CPSC 221 - Data Structures and Algorithms• Developed new strategies to break down complex topics and teach them in an easy to understand and clear manner along with another TA• Engaged with students to identify harder concepts to focus on and adapted lesson plans to fit these needs• Created a safe environment for students to ask questions and explain their thought processes, and worked with them to help them solve problems independently

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

- Working on Essentially, a Chrome browse extension that uses language processing to summarize news articles and provide them a daily news feed when a new tab is opened

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Collaborated with a teammate to plan and lead 1 week of first-year orientations for 30 students during UBC JumpStart• Completed 40 hours of training to be able to professionally facilitate students’ transition from high-school to university life• Helped inculcate friendships between students through team activities, and helped them get familiar with the campus culture and locations through guided tours and mock lectures• Engaged with students in a proactive manner to address their concerns and discussed with my teammate to adapt the orientation plan to ensure the best experience for everyone

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Researched innovative techniques of automated microservice extraction under a professor in a team of 3• Collaborated with another researcher to develop a full-stack web application using React, TypeScript, Flask, and MongoDB, where developers could compare these techniques on their own software, helping companies improve their code architecture• Developed Python and PowerShell scripts to efficiently analyze large code dependency data from extracted microservices, which helped quantitatively compare different strategies