Inkling - Platform Engineer (Intern)
Aug. '12 - Dec '12
- Worked on software bottlenecks on backend-services for performance improvements of over a magnitude
- Re-built project management tool from ground-up to support 10x scale via large-scale code refactoring, caching, messaging and sharding schemes
[Python, Tornado, Ruby, Rails, Redmine, Redis, Memcached, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL]
PagerDuty - Software Engineer (Intern)
Jan. '12 - Apr. '12
Shipped code for IT on-call alerting platform at Y-Combinator startup.
- Re-built payment services to avoid expensive PCI-Compliance requirements
- Automated time-consuming administrative tasks
- Took on large refactoring tasks to increase maintainability and testability
- Won Hackday Award for developing internationalization support capabilities
[Ruby, Rails, CoffeeScript, jQuery, Backbone.js, HAML, SASS, MySQL]
Infusion - Software Consultant (Intern)
May. '11 - Sept. '11
Worked with clients to deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Built a million-dollar funding platform for New York Department of Education:
- Project received internal award for "Best Application of the Year"
- Built a Browser Helper Object for AMD for video tools
[C#, C++, ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript, jQuery]
Sybase (SAP) - Software Developer (Intern)
Aug. '10 - Dec. '10
Built infrastructure tools for Sybase IQ product and team.
- Built an automated installer test framework as a side-project
[Java, bash, perl]
RamSoft - QA Tech (Intern)
Jan. '10 - Apr. '10
Worked with developers to test medical-imaging software.
[SQL, batch]
Atomic Energy of Canada - Research Student
Jun. '07 - Aug. '07
Performed Research on an Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet
- Researched various cost-effective methods of decomposing Zirconium compounds to create Zirconium Tert-Butoxide used to coat reactor walls
- Presented findings to AECL staff at the end of term