About Me

I'm seeking a Software Engineering position either in a full stack role or a backend systems role. I'm highly interested in roles where I can build consumer applications or where I can leverage my knowledge in building scalable backend systems.

Computer Proficiencies

Languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, Javascript, HTML, CSS
Frameworks/Libraries: node.js, django, jQuery, backbone.js, dust.js, raphael.js, Ruby on Rails
Tools: vim, svn, git, bash, perf

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Graph Team	Mountain View, California
LinkedIn Corporation	November 2014 - Present

Part of a subteam implementing a query evaluation engine along with greedy based plan optimizer
Designed and implemented modifications to query engine to allow for disjunctive queries
Profiled and optimized query and index performance resulting in large gains

Software Engineer - Distributed Graph Team	Mountain View, California
LinkedIn Corporation	July 2013 - November 2014

Collaborated on client isolation framework to improve stability across company backend services
Improve metrics tracking across team's services, allowing for easier debugging of site issues
Drove migrations to new version of team's service throughout the company

Software Engineer Intern	Mountain View, California
LinkedIn Corporation	May 2012 - August 2012

End to end development on a secret project with completion up to internal launch
Built an improved dashboard for displaying server metrics

Software Engineer Intern	San Francisco, California
Minted LLC	September 2011 - December 2011

Owned several product launches, resulting in products becoming a significant portion of sales
Created friend referral system to help drive revenue and traffic growth
Built a sales heatmap data visualization tool using d3.js, showing areas of concentrated sales

Software Engineer Intern	San Francisco, California
Minted LLC	January 2011 - April 2011

Created a web app used to personalize customer orders, replacing legacy system and improving conversion rate
Updated and created tools to streamline product launch process; reduced launch time by 50%

Mobile Application Developer Intern	Newmarket, Ontario
XE.com Inc.	May 2010 - August 2010

Designed and implemented graphing feature for XE Currency app

Education

Bachelor of Applied Science, Mechatronics Engineering	Waterloo, Ontario
University of Waterloo	September 2008 - April 2013