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Software Engineer & Game Maker
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HireUp

2024 - Present
Founding Engineer
Talent sourcing, and especially tech recruitment, have become impossible to navigate with AI being used to game the system on both sides. The tools that we have are making things worse instead of better!

 Our goal is to rebuild trust between recruiters and talent by designing and building a talent acquisition market where a candidate's ability to do the job is the only thing that matters.
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2023 - 2024
Taking a Break
Spent quality time with friends and family, and reconnected with my roots...
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Uberflip

2021 - 2023
Software Engineer
Uberflip is a Content Marketing Platform that drives business growth by empowering Marketing, Content Creation and Sales teams.

 I worked with the Engineering team and Product Managers to improve product quality and deliver new valuable features that solidified Uberflip as an industry leader.

 - R&D of new product features
 - Investigate & resolve issues in legacy codebase
 - Enforce product quality through code reviews and unit/integration testing

Education

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University of Toronto

Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)

Skills

TypeScript
PHP
Python
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
Node.js
NestJS
Laravel
Next.js
React
Tailwind CSS
Docker
Git
Socket.IO
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
Neo4j
AWS
AWS Amplify
Amazon EC2
AWS Elastic Load Balancing
Amazon Route 53
The Lab

Experiments

A curated list of past & current projects

Untitled Card Game

My AWS Game Builder Challenge hackathon entry. Heavily inspired by Pile-Up Poker from Puzzmo. Definitely my first and last hackathon; grueling yet rewarding.

Node.js
Typescript
Nest
Docker
AWS
Amplify
EC2
ECR
Socket.IO
Next.js
React
Tailwind CSS
dnd kit
Website
Source

Gaeldle

A Wordle clone for casual and hardcore gamers alike! Inspired by Gamedle, Wiki Trivia, the Higher Lower Game, and all the other Wordle spinoffs. What I currently use for learning new tech and concepts.

Node.js
Typescript
Next.js
PostgreSQL
Redis
Docker
React
Tailwind CSS
dnd kit
Website
Source

Uberflip Pages

An all-in-one page builder and page management tool. I was responsible for the Cloudinary integration and setting up single sign-on authentication.

Node.js
Nest
Typescript
Next.js
MongoDB
Prisma
React
Tailwind CSS
Jest
SAML SSO
Website

My Website

A long-overdue redesign. I'm quite satisfied with how this 2024 iteration turned out. Now I just need to settle on what tool to use for the blog section.

Node.js
Typescript
Next.js
React
Tailwind CSS

Smash Quiz

An early attempt at building an SPA with React. I later migrated it to Next.js. That game was my go-to for learning and trying out new things.

Node.js
Nest
Typescript
Next.js
MongoDB
RabbitMQ
React
Tailwind CSS
Media Downloader

Media Downloader

A desktop frontend for the yt-dlp CLI tool. Building something beyond the browser and closer to the metal was refreshing... but friends don't let friends use Rust 😒

Rust
Tauri
Typescript
Next.js
React
Tailwind CSS
Source
Download
Tunes
Contact

Reach Out

I'm currently open to new opportunities and collaborations. If you'd like to get in touch, feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn.

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