resume/Daniel Chen.typ

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#import "lib.typ": template, education_entry, work_entry, project, indent, SMALL_STRONG, DEFAULT_STRONG

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#let name = "Daniel Chen"

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= Skills

#indent[
    *Languages*: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Rust, SQL, C++, Java, HTML, CSS \
    *Frameworks*: Node.js, Express, React, Next.js, Vue, Flutter, Qt, Prisma, Apollo, Axum \
    *Tools*: Linux, Git, Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, OpenTelemetry, GraphQL
]

= Experience

#indent[
#work_entry(
  "Software Engineering Intern",
  "Dropbase",
  start_date: "May 2023", end_date: "Aug 2023",
  location: "Remote",
  tasks: (
    [Automated synchronising Airtable and HubSpot APIs with Google Sheets via *AWS Lambda*],
    [Engineered a *heuristic algorithm* for resolving *SQL* aliases for database-specific editor autocompletion],
    [Refactored the frontend to use *react-hook-form* to aggregate and validate user input, improving DX],
    [Built a service for importing and validating CSV/Excel files from personalised email addresses into databases],
  )
)

#work_entry(
  "Backend Developer",
  "Techyon",
  start_date: "Mar 2023", end_date: "present",
  location: "Waterloo, ON",
  tasks: (
    [Integrated *OpenTelemetry* and Grafana into a *Kubernetes* cluster to collect traces and improve observability],
    [Dynamically generated Apple Wallet pass files over *Apollo GraphQL* Server to streamline registration],
    [Automated judge-to-hacker matching and scheduling with a custom algorithm based on their preferences],
    [Organised Canada's largest hackathon with more than 1000 attendees and 6000 applicants],
  )
)
]

= Projects
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#indent[
#project("Mandown Comic Converter", "https://github.com/potatoeggy/mandown", "Python, Qt")
- Developed a CLI to scrape, download, and convert online comics into e-ink friendly formats
- Abstracted 4 ebook creation libraries into a common comic conversion API for e-ink devices
- Implemented *image caching and multiprocessing* to increase download and update speeds by *300%*
- Minimised regressions between release cycles by writing *unit and integration tests* with 55% code coverage

#project("Primoprod Genshin Simulator", "https://github.com/potatoeggy/primoprod", "Vue, TypeScript")
- Created an interactive, realistic, cross-platform game simulator with fluid animations based off a popular game
- Constructed an extensible JSON data schema to concisely simplify adding new game content

// #project("Kobink — Kobo Sync Server", "https://github.com/potatoeggy/kobink", "Rust, Axum, Postgres")
// - ??? something here (reverse engineering)
// - ??? something here (synchronisation and DB, HTTP headers)

#project("RecipeReady Recipe Aggregator", "https://github.com/vincentjguo/recipeready-server", "Flutter, Selenium, FastAPI, Android")
- Developed a cross-platform mobile/web app to generate recipes based on ingredients and dietary restrictions
- 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("Box Box Revolution", "https://github.com/potatoeggy/boxboxrevolution", "Rust, STM32")
- Developed a rhythm game to detect punches with an ultrasonic sensor in line wth notes of popular songs
- Developed firmware to measure from an ultrasonic sensor, tone a buzzer, and show scrolling notes on an LCD
]

= Awards

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- Winner of the #link("https://github.com/anyuan-chen/resketch")[EdTech] prize at StormHacks 2022 from 350+ participants
- Winner of the #link("https://github.com/anyuan-chen/perdiem")[IBM Open Source] prize at YRHacks 2022 from 90+ participants

= Education

#indent[
#education_entry(
  "University of Waterloo", "B.A.Sc. in Computer Engineering", start_date: "Sep 2022", end_date: "Apr 2027 (expected)",
  location: "Waterloo, ON",
  details: (
    [Courses: Object-oriented programming, data structures & algorithms, digital computers & circuits],
  ))
]