My experience
These are all the places I've worked as a software engineer. I've included my responsibilities and the technologies I broadly used there.
Also included is the reason I left each position—I know sometimes employers can be apprehensive about employees looking to quit early, and I've had a relatively short stay at most of these jobs. I'm not interested in jumping around jobs often in order to maximize pay or whatever people say to do in this industry, and I want to be sure not to give that impression with my resume.
You'll notice that most of my professional experience has been with low-level backend tech, and if you're reading this you may know I'm looking for a web-focused role, preferably in full stack web development. I believe that the professional experience below has instilled good software engineering principles in me that can transfer to any type of role.
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
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Web development
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React
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App development
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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
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Java
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Docker
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Kubernetes
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AWS
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GCP
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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.
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C++
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Redis
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Database design
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Optimization
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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
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C++
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Embedded systems
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Radar
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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
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Java
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ETL
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Data processing
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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
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C++
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C#
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DirectX
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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
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PowerShell
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Tech support