Experience

1. Jul 2023 — Present

   Software Engineer

   Altera (formerly Intel PSG)

   • Parallelized cache generation and optimized the compiled-IP caching flow for a 40% speedup in cached synthesis, and built the testing infrastructure to track runtime regressions.
   • Traced a memory doubling through an event-driven GUI flow and cut usage by 50% — over 6 GB saved on benchmark customer designs, and no more GUI freezes.
   • Owned the database management system — replaced a faulty locking mechanism and made it thread- and multi-process-safe, enabling new multi-process flows.
   • Implemented the design-partition Preserve feature, letting users lock finished parts of a design so later compiles run proportionally faster.
   • Owned the internal netlist writer and directed adding TCL, Python and VHDL output.

   • C++23
   • Python
   • TCL
   • Concurrency
   • Profiling
2. May — Aug 2022

   Full Stack Engineer Intern

   Questrade

   • Built an authenticated REST endpoint in TypeScript/NestJS over an internal SQL database, and designed the OpenAPI spec for it and a sibling endpoint.
   • Instrumented a high-speed messaging system to investigate dropped messages, working with other teams on fixes.

   • TypeScript
   • NestJS
   • SQL
3. May 2020 — Aug 2021

   Software Engineering Intern

   Intel

   • Created the internal netlist writer in C++, converting internal data structures into hardware code to verify their correctness.
   • Brought a Python analytics service back online after six months down.
   • Collaborated on a netlist graph visualizer that let users query custom paths through their designs.

   • C++
   • Python
   • XML

Education

1. 2018 — 2023

   B.A.Sc., Computer Science

   McMaster University · Summa Cum Laude · GPA 11.5 / 12

   Coursework: algorithms & complexity, data structures, concurrent systems, operating systems, networks & security, databases, machine learning.