Strong technical skills, developed through building web applications at large tech companies and working independently at a small start-up company.
Terrific initiative, developed through years of learning about new technologies and building personal projects to improve technical skills.
Great interpersonal skills, developed through interacting with developers in a Developer Relations role and through four years working in a customer service position.
Expert leadership skills, developed through two years planning and making decisions on the executive level of high school student council.
Independent worker, excellent at following instructions and working without supervision, developed through both academic and workplace experience.
Core Technical Skills
Web Technologies:
JavaScript — Proficient with jQuery, Closure, Polymer, Backbone.js, and other libraries. Familiar with multiple approaches to optimize performance of large applications. Experienced in debugging with Chrome Developer Tools and Firebug.
HTML5 — Have previously built web applications using canvas, geolocation, local storage, caching, and video.
CSS3 — Proficient with recreating any design using CSS. In-depth experience designing for desktop and mobile WebKit browsers using the newest features of CSS.
SQL — Strong understanding of building data-driven applications while protecting against SQL injection attacks.
Dart — Proficient in building web applications with Dart and Dart's Web UI framework.
PHP5 — Experience with MVC frameworks, particularly CodeIgniter and CakePHP.
Programming Languages: C, C++, Python; working knowledge of Lisp, MIPS Assembly, and Java.
Operating Systems: Proficient with Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Ubuntu Linux.
Project Management: Agile development using Pivotal Tracker; Basecamp.
Version Control: Git, SVN; working knowledge of Perforce.
Technical Work Experience
YouTube
Software Engineer
San Bruno, California, USA
August 2014 – Present
Primarily focus on the YouTube Player and the desktop YouTube website, which are used by hundreds of millions of users.
Contribute to significant site-wide interface changes on the existing YouTube website.
Conduct experiments to help the team understand how different interface implementations affect the site's key usage metrics.
Collaborated with product managers and other engineers to implement new behaviours and features on YouTube.
Refactor existing code modules to simplify the codebase for easier maintenance by the team.
YouTube
Software Engineering Intern on the desktop YouTube website
San Bruno, California, USA
September 2013 – December 2013
Google
Developer Programs Engineer Intern on Dart
Mountain View, California, USA
January 2013 – April 2013
Google
Software Engineering Intern on the desktop Google+ website
Mountain View, California, USA
May 2012 – August 2012
Google
Software Engineer Intern on the mobile web Google+ App
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
September 2011 – December 2011
5Touch Solutions Inc.
Web and Mobile Application Developer
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 2010 – August 2010, January 2011 – April 2011
Education
University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Software Engineering
Waterloo, Ontario
September 2009 – June 2014
Relevant projects:
Created a compiler for a subset of the C language. Implemented a scanner, lexer, parser, linker, and assembler in C and Java which generated MIPS assembly from original source code.
Developed an operating system written in C and ARM assembly which ran on bare hardware. Implemented memory management, preemptive process scheduling, and message passing.
St. Peter's Secondary School
Ontario High School Diploma
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
June 2009
Awards:
Governor General's Award — Awarded for achieving highest overall average in Grade 11 and Grade 12 courses.
Academic Achievement in Math — Awarded for achieving the highest mark in Grade 12 Academic math courses.
Technology Award — Awarded for proficiency with technology and for responsibility of all technical equipment at school events.
Activities and Interests
Regular participant in web programming contests:
Created a game entered in An Event Apart's 10K Challenge, rated 4.36 / 5 by users.
Participant in academic contests:
University of Waterloo Math Contests in 2007 – 2009, placing first in the school on one occasion and in the top 25% of all participants on two occasions.
Sir Isaac Newton Physics Contest, placing in top 25% of all participants.
University of Toronto Computer Science Competition, placing as runner-up, April 2008.
Frequently hack on open-source projects.
Selected to attend Youth Leadership Camps Canada, September 2008.