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#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:* Rust, Python, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, C/C++, Java, Ruby,
HTML/CSS \
// Dart
*Technologies:* Node.js, React, Vue, Next.js, Spring Boot, Express, Prisma,
Rails, Axum \
// Qt, Jest / Pytest, Apollo, Prisma, Rails
*Tools:* Linux, Git, Docker, PostgreSQL, Pytest, Jest, AWS/GCP, Kubernetes,
Terraform // Jenkins, systemd, Jira
]
= Experience
#indent[
#work_entry(
"Software Engineering 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],
[Optimised dashboard performance by *80%* by employing stale-while-revalidate
hooks in React and lazily loading backend models with Hibernate, improving user
retention by *30%*],
[Achieved 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],
[Owned the creation of an end-to-end document vault feature for users to upload
and verify supplementary identity documents with Textract, reducing support
tickets by *25%*],
[Created CI/CD pipelines to automatically deploy AWS Lambdas with Terraform and
Jenkins],
),
)
#work_entry(
"Software Engineering Intern",
"Dropbase",
start_date: "May 2023",
end_date: "Aug 2023",
location: "Remote",
tools: "React, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS",
tasks: (
[Owned the creation of a new feature to sync *46000+* enterprise users'
HubSpot/Airtable data to Google Sheets and emailed CSVs to databases with AWS
Lambda and Python],
[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],
[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",
start_date: "Mar 2023",
end_date: "present",
location: "Waterloo, ON",
tools: "Express, Redis, GraphQL, Docker, 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/Google 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,
profiling, and pre-transpiling generated code],
// [Upgraded the event statistics dashboard to update in real time with GraphQL
// *subscriptions with Redis PubSub*],
),
)
#work_entry(
"Technical Volunteer",
"Organization for Transformative Works",
start_date: "Feb 2024",
end_date: "present",
location: "Remote",
tools: "Python, Ruby, React, MySQL",
tasks: (
[Upgraded archive import pipelines in Python to make *4000+* user works
accessible to *7000000+* registered users],
[?? Developed a new React frontend for users to browse and search works with
*Ruby on Rails*],
),
)
]
= Projects
#set strong(delta: SMALL_STRONG)
#indent[
#project(
"Mandown Comic Downloader",
"Python, Qt",
repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/mandown",
start_date: "Jan 2022",
end_date: "present",
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",
start_date: "Nov 2023",
end_date: "present",
tasks: (
[Developed a *Rust* backend to sync custom 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",
start_date: "Apr 2023",
end_date: "present",
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],
),
)
]