Incoming Software Engineering Intern
@ Rippling|Data Cloud
- >Incoming software engineering intern on the Data Cloud team.
about_me
I'm a 3rd year Computer Engineering student at University of Waterloo with a passion for building innovative solutions. I love working on game development, web technologies, and exploring new programming languages. Currently seeking opportunities to apply my skills in real-world projects and contribute to meaningful software development.
When I'm not coding, you can find me experimenting with game design, 3D modeling in Blender, or working on personal projects that challenge me to learn new technologies.
experience.log
January 2027 - April 2027
Software Engineer Intern
@ Shopify|Ruby, TypeScript, React Native
- >Scaled Shopify’s mobile POS for in-person merchants by optimizing offline-to-online sync, reducing 95th percentile sync latency by about 35% (1.7s to 1.1s) and supporting about 20k daily checkouts.
- >Built reliability and telemetry improvements for POS sessions in React Native/TypeScript, cutting crash rate by about 22% and increasing successful checkout sessions to about 99.3%.
Software Engineering Intern
@ BrainRidge Consulting|TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, GitHub Actions
- >Designed and deployed a highly-scalable automated HTTP data ingestion pipeline (Node.js) for a RAG-based AI model, accelerating knowledge base expansion by 70% and eliminating 83% of manual administrative overhead.
- >Spearheaded the development of a multi-query RAG-Fusion retrieval engine utilizing AWS Bedrock and advanced LLM prompt engineering, achieving an unprecedented 98% document recall for ambiguous user queries.
- >Architected a hybrid search infrastructure combining BM25 and vector search with Reciprocal Rank Fusion within PostgreSQL, optimizing exact-match retrieval accuracy and plummeting zero-result rates by 62%.
- >Pioneered a real-time, low-latency conversational AI voice system via WebSockets and AWS Nova, delivering sub-500ms median response times for natural banking interactions complete with voice barge-in capabilities.
- >Transformed cloud infrastructure deployment by engineering a multi-environment CI/CD pipeline leveraging Terraform, GitHub Actions, and AWS, accelerating release velocity by 73% with rigorous production safety gates.
Software Developer Intern
@ Exo-Insights|Unity, C#, Python, WebGL, REST/HTTP, Android
- >Built a custom WebGL performance profiler that broke a 2-month production bottleneck and became standard tooling across all WebGL projects, improving performance by 44% on average.
- >Refactored the cross-platform (Android) file-loading architecture, cutting load times by 40%.
- >Created file-upload and asset-management systems in Unity (C#) backed by a Python service layer for a digital twin VR/WebGL training platform used by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
ls -la ./projects
Tower of Wizard
Spellslinging action rogue-like to be released on Steam. Tower of Wizard is a survival rogue-lite where you ascend a cursed tower filled with monstrous foes and fallen wizards. Collect powerful relics, craft broken builds, and uncover the mystery that waits at the top floor.
UnityC#Steam Release
Attack on Titan ODM Gear Simulator
A full 3D recreation of the ODM gear from Attack On Titan using physics and Unity's Game Engine!
UnityC#3D Physics
Shadows Labyrinth
A sneaky rogue-like game with procedural generation. 6th place overall in ScoreSpace Game Jam #25!
UnityProceduralAward Winner
Boxhead AR
Handcrafted augmented reality cardboard headset with real-time object tracking.
ARHardwareComputer Vision
3D Bloons Tower Defense
A 3D recreation of Bloons TD6 in Java with custom OpenGL game engine.
JavaOpenGL3D
VR ODM Gear Simulator
VR recreation of Attack on Titan ODM gear with custom Arduino controller. Hack The North 2023.
VRArduinoHackathon
GooseHacks Website
Official website for GooseHacks hackathon with real-time updates and interactive features.
HTML/CSSJavaScriptEvent
ping contact
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