Daniel Chen.typ

@@ -27,49 +27,86 @@
 
 // MAIN CONTENT STARTS here
 
-= Education
-
-#indent[
-  #work_entry(
-    "University of Waterloo",
-    "B.A.Sc. in Computer Engineering",
-    start_date: "Sep 2022",
-    end_date: "Apr 2027",
-    location: "Waterloo, ON",
-    tasks: (
-      [Courses: OOP, data structures & algorithms, digital logic & circuits, embedded
-        microprocessors],
-      // [Extracurriculars: Creative Writing Club, Hack the North, UW Orbital Design Team],
-    ),
-  )
-]
-
 = Skills
 
 #indent[
-  *Languages:* Python, C/C++, VHDL, Verilog, MATLAB, Rust, Java, SQL, JavaScript,
+  *Languages:* Python, C/C++, VHDL, MATLAB, Rust, Java, SQL \
-  HTML, CSS \
   // Qt, Jest / Pytest, Apollo, Prisma, Rails
-  *Tools:* Linux, Git, PostgreSQL, Qt, STM32, Quartus Prime, Valgrind, GDB
+  *Tools:* Linux, Git, PostgreSQL, Qt, STM32
+]
+
+= Experience
+
+#indent[
+
+  #work_entry(
+    "Software Developer Intern",
+    "Immigr8",
+    start_date: "Jan 2024",
+    end_date: "Apr 2024",
+    location: "Remote",
+    tools: "Next.js, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform",
+    tasks: (
+      // [Improved client responsiveness by *80* by employing stale-while-revalidate hooks for caching and ?? SWR performance, caching, error handling],
+      [Reduced manual user inputs by *40%* by extracting data from users' uploaded
+        documents in S3 with Textract],
+      [Planned and executed a roadmap to SOC 2 security compliance by *implementing
+        role-based permissions with JWTs*, sending backend logs and alerts to
+        CloudWatch, and introducing new privacy controls for user data],
+      [*Introduced CI/CD for AWS Lambdas* by codifying them in Terraform for
+        reproducible and automatic deployments],
+      [Set up a staging environment via *EC2 and Jenkins* with parallel builds to
+        *reduce production errors by 90%*],
+    ),
+  )
+
+  #work_entry(
+    "Software Engineering Intern",
+    "Dropbase",
+    start_date: "May 2023",
+    end_date: "Aug 2023",
+    location: "Remote",
+    tools: "React, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS",
+    tasks: (
+      [Owned and launched a HubSpot/Airtable to Google Sheets sync feature to *46000+
+        enterprise users* by writing AWS Lambda functions in Python, abstracting
+        interfaces to easily support future sources],
+      [Designed a conflict resolution algorithm for merging databases, *reducing
+        unrecoverable errors by 75%*],
+      [Developed 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 Lead",
+    "Hack the North",
+    start_date: "Mar 2023",
+    end_date: "present",
+    location: "Waterloo, ON",
+    tools: "Express, Redis, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes",
+    tasks: (
+      [Shipped a new *bus registration tool* for attendees by creating new database
+        tables and GraphQL resolvers],
+      [Created a real-time event statistics dashboard by implementing GraphQL
+        *subscriptions with Redis PubSub*],
+      [Diagnosed and *recovered from load spike crashes* by debouncing queries, using
+        rate limiting as a stopgap],
+      [Reduced event check-in times by *80%* for *1900+ attendees* by generating
+        digital wallet passes over Express],
+      [*Led and mentored a team of 6* to ideate, scope, and deliver features for
+        *Canada's largest hackathon*],
+    ),
+  )
 ]
 
 = Projects
 #set strong(delta: SMALL_STRONG)
 
 #indent[
-  #project("FPGA Diagnostic Tool", "C, Verilog, Tcl")
-  - Assembled various IP cores in Quartus and Verilog to create a diagnostic tool
-    for an FPGA board with Tcl scripts
-  - Developed a C program to communicate with the FPGA over UART and display
-    diagnostic information
-
-  #project("PNG Validator", "C")
-  - Created a PNG file validator to find common errors and corruption by checking
-    metadata and computing CRCs
-  // memory safety w/Valgrind
-  - Ran tests behind Valgrind to ensure memory safety, prevent memory leaks, and
-    maintain accuracy
-
   #project(
     "Box Box Revolution",
     "Rust, STM32",
@@ -80,21 +117,21 @@
   - Developed firmware to measure from an ultrasonic sensor, tone a buzzer, and show
     scrolling notes on an LCD
 
-  #project("Climate Controller", "ARM Assembly, VHDL")
+  #project("Climate Controller", "ARM Assembly")
   - Programmed an FPGA to heat/cool a theoretical room to a target temperature given
     switch-controlled inputs
   - Added conditions such as avoiding changes if windows are open, vacation mode,
     and realistic heating curves
 
-  // #project(
+  #project(
-  //   "Kobo Sync Server",
+    "Kobo Sync Server",
-  //   "Rust, Axum",
+    "Rust, Axum",
-  //   repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/kobink",
+    repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/kobink",
-  // )
+  )
-  // - *Reimplemented the Kobo Store Sync protocol* in an Axum backend to instead sync
+  - *Reimplemented the Kobo Store Sync protocol* in an Axum backend to instead sync
-  //   personal ebook files
+    personal ebook files
-  // - Deployed the service behind an nginx reverse proxy and Cloudflare DNS to allow
+  - Deployed the service behind an nginx reverse proxy and Cloudflare DNS to allow
-  //   syncing over the internet
+    syncing over the internet
 
   #project(
     "Mandown Comic Downloader",
@@ -149,62 +186,19 @@
 
 ]
 
-= Experience
+= Education
 
 #indent[
   #work_entry(
-    "Software Developer Intern",
+    "University of Waterloo",
-    "Immigr8",
+    "B.A.Sc. in Computer Engineering",
-    start_date: "Jan 2024",
+    start_date: "Sep 2022",
-    end_date: "Apr 2024",
+    end_date: "Apr 2027",
-    location: "Remote",
-    tools: "Next.js, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform",
-    tasks: (
-      // [Improved client responsiveness by *80* by employing stale-while-revalidate hooks for caching and ?? SWR performance, caching, error handling],
-      [Planned and executed a roadmap to SOC 2 security compliance by *implementing
-        role-based permissions with JWTs*, sending backend logs and alerts to
-        CloudWatch, and introducing new privacy controls for user data],
-      [*Introduced CI/CD for AWS Lambdas* by codifying them in Terraform for
-        reproducible and automatic deployments],
-      [Set up a staging environment via *EC2 and Jenkins* with parallel builds to
-        *reduce production errors by 90%*],
-    ),
-  )
-
-  #work_entry(
-    "Software Engineering Intern",
-    "Dropbase",
-    start_date: "May 2023",
-    end_date: "Aug 2023",
-    location: "Remote",
-    tools: "React, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS",
-    tasks: (
-      [Owned and launched a HubSpot/Airtable to Google Sheets sync feature to *46000+
-        enterprise users* by writing AWS Lambda functions in Python, abstracting
-        interfaces to easily support future sources],
-      [Wrote and deployed a new *React* data query builder for our business
-        intelligence visualisation service to *33000+ users*, eliminating the need for
-        clients to manually write API calls or Python code],
-      // [??? 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 Lead",
-    "Hack the North",
-    start_date: "Mar 2023",
-    end_date: "present",
     location: "Waterloo, ON",
-    tools: "Express, Redis, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes",
     tasks: (
-      [Shipped a new *bus registration tool* for attendees by creating new database
+      [Courses: Object-oriented programming, data structures & algorithms, digital
-        tables and GraphQL resolvers],
+        logic & circuits],
-      [Diagnosed and *recovered from load spike crashes* by debouncing queries, using
+      // [Extracurriculars: Creative Writing Club, Hack the North, UW Orbital Design Team],
-        rate limiting as a stopgap],
-      [Reduced event check-in times by *80%* for *1900+ attendees* by generating
-        digital wallet passes over Express],
     ),
   )
 ]