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Intermediate Software Developer
Vendasta May 2022 - September 2023

• Migrated and streamlined social media posting process by transitioning to Temporal Workflows in Golang, achieving a successful delivery of over 500,000 posts per month
• Increased visibility into posting errors and implemented dynamic post retrying which cut posting related bug reports by over 50% and led to a 30% reduction in failed posts
• Managed horizontal and vertical scaling of GKE resources and set up monitors to ensure all aspects of website hosting services scaled as hosted sites surpassed 10,000
• Developed site database migration workflow to optimize MySQL instances, reducing costs by 40% and aligning with Cloud SQL best practices
• Refactored site backup file storage to reduce cloud costs by 50% and retain critical backups

Junior Software Developer
Vendasta May 2020 - April 2021

• Built PHP triggers to send ecommerce order and product information to DB using Cadence workflows
• Implemented dashboards to give site owners easier access to E-commerce sales history and provide insights on site performance
• Integrated behavioral data collection with Snowplow to facilitate feature prioritization
• Provided on-call support for platform issues, contributed by documenting procedures, and created DataDog alerts to address performance degradation promptly

BSc Computing Science
University of Alberta September 2017 - April 2022

• First-Class Standing; 3.8/4.0 GPA
• Relevant Coursework: Computer Organization and Architecture, Formal Systems and Logic, Database Management Systems, Software Engineering Principles, Non-Procedural Languages, Operating System Concepts, Web Applications and Architecture, Practical Algorithms, Product Management
• Volunteer tutor for introductory computing science courses

• Skills: Golang, GCP, Kubernetes, Angular TypeScript, Python, MySQL, Agile Methodology, Redis
• Volunteering: Secretary for Disc Golf Association of Alberta, Director for Annual Charity Tournament