resume/Daniel Chen.typ

#import "fontawesome.typ": fa, globe, github, linkedin, envelope
#import "lib.typ": template, work_entry, project, indent, SMALL_STRONG, DEFAULT_STRONG, render_contact_data

// orange!!
#let color = blue // rgb("#ff983e")
#let name = "Daniel Chen"

#let contact_data = ((
  service: fa[#globe],
  display: "eggworld.me",
  link: "https://eggworld.me",
), (
  service: fa[#github],
  display: "github.com/potatoeggy",
  link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy",
), (
  service: fa[#linkedin],
  display: "linkedin.com/in/potatoeggy",
  link: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/potatoeggy/",
), (
  service: fa[#envelope],
  display: "d7chen@uwaterloo.ca",
  link: "mailto://d7chen@uwaterloo.ca",
),)

#show: doc => template(name, color, doc)

#render_contact_data(contact_data)

// MAIN CONTENT STARTS here

= Skills

#indent[
  *Languages:* TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL, Python, Java, C, C++, Rust \
  // Dart
  *Technologies:* React, Next.js, Spring Boot, Express, Prisma, Apollo, GraphQL \
  // Qt, Jest / Pytest, Apollo, Prisma, Rails
  *Tools:* Linux, Git, Docker, Postgres, Pytest, Jest, AWS/GCP, Kubernetes,
  Terraform, Figma // Jenkins, systemd, Jira
]

= Experience

#indent[
  #work_entry(
    "Software Engineering Intern",
    "Magna",
    company_link: "https://magna.so",
    start_date: "Sep 2024",
    end_date: "Dec 2024",
    location: "New York, NY",
    tools: "React, TypeScript, Rust, GraphQL, AWS",
    tasks: ([Improving token distribution infrastructure averaging *\$1 million* in
      transactions per day],),
  )
  #work_entry(
    "Software Engineering Intern",
    "Immigr8",
    company_link: "https://immigr8now.com",
    start_date: "Jan 2024",
    end_date: "Apr 2024",
    location: "Remote",
    tools: "React, TypeScript, Spring Boot, Postgres, AWS",
    tasks: (
      // [Improved client responsiveness by *80* by employing stale-while-revalidate hooks for caching and ?? SWR performance, caching, error handling],
      // [Owned the creation of an end-to-end document vault feature in React for users to
      //   upload and verify identity documents with Textract, reducing support tickets by
      //   *25%*],
      [Planned and executed a roadmap to *SOC 2 security compliance* by implementing
        *role-based permissions with JWTs* in Spring Boot, logging alerts to CloudWatch,
        and introducing new privacy controls for user data],
      [Optimised dashboard responsiveness by *80%* by employing stale-while-revalidate
        hooks in React and lazily loading backend models with Hibernate, improving user
        retention by *30%*],
      [Created CI/CD pipelines to automatically deploy AWS Lambdas with Terraform and
        Jenkins],
    ),
  )

  #work_entry(
    "Software Engineering Intern",
    "Dropbase",
    company_link: "https://dropbase.io",
    start_date: "May 2023",
    end_date: "Aug 2023",
    location: "Remote",
    tools: "React, TypeScript, Python, Postgres, AWS",
    tasks: (
      [Engineered a new React data query builder and FastAPI backend for our business
        intelligence visualisation service to *33000+* users, eliminating the need for
        clients to manually write API calls],
      [Shipped a new tool to sync *46000+* users' HubSpot/Airtable tables to Google
        Sheets with AWS Lambdas],
      [Designed a conflict resolution algorithm to merge databases, reducing
        unrecoverable errors by *75%*],
      // [?? new tool dDeveloped a *serverless microservice* that asynchronously ingests
      //   email attachments directly into ETL pipelines],
      // [??? emphasise test driven development or remove line *Reduced request errors by 30%* by creating backend testing infrastructure with
      //   *Pytest* to catch regressions and test new features across database engines with
      //   *90% code coverage*],
    ),
  )

  #work_entry(
    "Backend Developer",
    "Hack the North",
    company_link: "https://hackthenorth.com",
    start_date: "Mar 2023",
    end_date: "present",
    location: "Waterloo, ON",
    tools: "Express, TypeScript, Postgres, Kubernetes",
    tasks: (
      [Built a new travel tool application leveraging GraphQL and Apollo Server to
        track bus capacity for *500+* attendees through real-time registration processes],
      [Streamlined event check-in times by *80%* for *1900+* guests by generating Apple
        Wallet passes over Express],
      [Diagnosed and recovered from crashes due to load spikes up to *800k* updates per
        hour at the world's largest student-run hackathon by autoscaling Redis and
        Postgres on Kubernetes],
      [Slashed dev server reload time from *130 → 9 s* by introducing threading and
        pre-transpiling generated code],
      // [Upgraded the event statistics dashboard to update in real time with GraphQL
      //   *subscriptions with Redis PubSub*],
    ),
  )

  #work_entry(
    "Software Developer",
    "Organization for Transformative Works",
    company_link: "https://otw.org",
    start_date: "Feb 2024",
    end_date: "present",
    location: "Remote",
    tools: "Python, React, MySQL",
    tasks: (
      [Upgrading archive import pipelines in Python to make *4000+* user works
        accessible to *7 million* users],
    ),
  )
]

= Projects
#set strong(delta: SMALL_STRONG)

#indent[
  #project(
    "Mandown Comic Downloader",
    "Python, Qt",
    repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/mandown",
    tasks: (
      [Created a CLI and GUI to scrape, download, and convert webcomics into
        e-ink-optimised PDF/EPUBs],
      [Designed a scalable ebook converter with a *plugin-based architecture* to
        improve compatibility],
      [Implemented *image caching and multithreading* to increase download and update
        speeds by *300%*],
    ),
  )

  #project(
    "Kobo Sync Server",
    "Rust, Axum",
    repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/kobink",
    tasks: (
      [Developed a *Rust* backend to sync custom ebook files to Kobos by reimplementing
        the Kobo Sync API],
      [Deployed the service behind an nginx reverse proxy and Cloudflare DNS to sync
        over the internet],
    ),
  )

  // #project(
  //   "Genshin Rewards Simulator",
  //   "Vue, TypeScript",
  //   repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/primoprod",
  //   demo_link: "https://primoprod.vercel.app",
  // )
  // - Built a realistic and beautiful *loot box simulator* with CSS animations based
  //   off a popular game
  // - Reduced action latency by *90%* by lazily loading art assets at opportune times,
  //   such as during cutscenes

  #project(
    "Jeopardy!",
    "Vue, TypeScript, WebSockets",
    repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/jeopardy",
    demo_link: "https://jeopardy.eggworld.me/host",
    tasks: (
      [Developed a beautiful and polished game where participants buzz in on their
        devices over *WebSockets*],
      [Synchronised game state between clients and the host with shared types and the
        *observer pattern*],
    ),
  )

  // #project(
  //   "RecipeReady",
  //   "https://github.com/vincentjguo/recipeready-server",
  //   "Flutter, Selenium, FastAPI, Android",
  // )
  // - Developed a *Flutter app* to generate recipes based on ingredients and filters
  //   through a FastAPI server
  // - Scraped thousands of websites for recipes to build a database with a robust
  //   *many-to-many tag system*
  // - Aggregated common ingredients heuristically to build a shopping list and a meal
  // plan for each week

  // #project("Arch Linux Server", "Linux, Docker, nginx, systemd", demo_link: "https://eggworld.me")
  // - Created a *self-hosted CI/CD pipeline* with *Gitea* to automatically deploy
  //   personal projects behind *nginx*
  // - Containerised services with *Docker* and *systemd* to simplify deployment and
  //   management

  // #project(
  //   "Game Boy Advance Emulator",
  //   "Rust, SDL2, Vulkan",
  //   repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/gbarr",
  // )
  // - Implemented a *ARMv7 emulator* for old games to run on modern x86_64 platforms
  //   with *SDL2* and *Vulkan*
  // - WebGPU and WASM for portability, typestate to guarantee everything is always
  //   valid
]

= Education

#indent[
  #work_entry(
    "B.A.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Honours, Co-op)",
    "University of Waterloo",
    start_date: "Sep 2022",
    end_date: "Apr 2027",
    location: "Waterloo, ON",
    tasks: (
      [Courses: Object-oriented programming, data structures & algorithms, digital
        logic & circuits],
      // [Extracurriculars: Creative Writing Club, Hack the North, UW Orbital Design Team],
    ),
  )
]