My experience

These are all the places I've worked in a software engineer-like role. I've included my responsibilities and the technologies I broadly used there.

Education: Along with the below job experience, I graduated from Memorial University in 2019 with a Bachelor's of Engineering in Computer Engineering, with a focus on software development.

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  Stitch Media

  May 2023 – present

  • Working on the flex team to build web- and app-based experiences for various clients
  • Inheriting projects from previous developers to take them across the finish line and deliver them
  • Providing insight and working to set up better infrastructure for our web hosting

  • Web development
  • React
  • App development
  • React Native
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  Snap

  November 2021 – August 2022

  • Worked on the caching-infra team to provide fast, reliable caching to Snap’s internal teams
  • Upgraded legacy code to work with the KeyDB database
  • Deployed KeyDB servers to Kubernetes clusters for use across the organization

  Why I left: Laid off in August 2022, along with a fifth of Snap’s employees

  • Java
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • C++
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  EQ Alpha

  November 2020 – November 2021

  • Developed features and fixed bugs for KeyDB, a multithreaded fork of Redis
  • Communicated updates to the open source community, including managing issues and pull requests on GitHub

  Why I left: Company was bought out and the team absorbed by Snap Inc.

  • C++
  • Redis
  • Database design
  • Optimization
  • Open source
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  Seamatica Aerospace

  May 2019 – March 2020

  • Architected and developed mapping software to process location information from sensors and display to users
  • Designed a user interface using UX concepts to optimize ease of use while maintaining functionality
  • Designed a network protocol wrapper to transfer up to hundreds of data points from multiple sources and process them efficiently

  Why I left: Moved across the country for non-work-related reasons, remote work not possible

  • C++
  • Embedded systems
  • Radar
  • GIS
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  Verafin

  May–August 2017, January–April 2018, September–December 2018

  • Worked with Deposit Fraud team to develop solutions to prevent cheque kiting and cheque fraud
  • Identified and classified bounced cheques based on return reason
  • Developed ETL-based procedures to process raw transaction and demographic data from banks and credit unions
  • Performed code reviews to ensure other team members’ code followed clean code practices
  • Led project to work with specific customer to solve problems they encountered with the Verafin app
  • Fixed outstanding bugs and developed new features according to customer specifications

  Why I left: Fixed-term paid internship as part of my degree

  • Java
  • ETL
  • Data processing
  • Finance
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  Rutter

  January–April 2016, September–December 2016

  • Improved in-house radar simulation software used by developers to test radar imaging without access to physical radar unit
  • Performed general bug fixes and maintenance on server and client software
  • Upgraded radar viewing software with DirectX graphics for greater compatibility with potential customer base
  • Reviewed bug reports and small code changes

  Why I left: Fixed-term paid internship as part of my degree

  • C++
  • C#
  • DirectX
  • Radar
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  Memorial University

  May–August 2015

  • Provided in-person technical support to students and faculty
  • Developed solution for LabNet system to attach user drives and set up printers on login

  Why I left: Fixed-term paid internship as part of my degree

  • PowerShell
  • Tech support