Fullstack Developer at First Canadian Financial Group

Built applications for automotive dealerships handling insurance sales, reporting and market analysis. Modernized legacy systems through microservices architecture using NestJS and React, improving system reliability and developer velocity. Analyzed Perl CGI systems and architected microservices, modernizing the codebase through incremental refactoring and Docker containerization. Established patterns and processes for reducing bugs and improving the development experience. Built full-stack dealership workflows including sales finalization, certificate generation, and FSM dashboards. Improved platform security and data integrity by identifying vulnerabilities and establishing validation patterns for critical financial operations. Collaborated across teams to align technical solutions with business priorities amid organizational changes.

Fullstack Developer at Helcim

Initiated and led full-stack development in an agile fintech startup, maintaining and building a merchant dashboard, CRM, account-management tools, and end-to-end signup/onboarding flows. Improved usability, data accuracy, and operational efficiency via system design and cross-team collaboration. Built the new merchant signup system, integrating Pendo analytics and an in-house A/B testing solution. This boosted onboarding success by 20% and delivered sharper insights for marketing and data teams. Transformed the ticketing platform from a legacy PHP solution to a modular Golang backend and Vue 3 frontend. Introduced rich-text editing, categorization, internal note tagging, automated reminders, and email; Streamlining operations and cutting resolution time by 20%. Strengthened backend services with improved Kafka event handling, enhanced test coverage, and performance-tuned SQL queries—resulting in better system reliability and more responsive data pipelines.

Fullstack Developer at University of Alberta

Architected and delivered a microservice-based learning management and social chat platform, overseeing end-to-end operations for scalability, security, and performance. Designed a JWT-based authentication and authorization layer for Django and NestJS services, unifying access control across the platform. Standardized development workflows with Docker Compose, Vite, and strict TypeScript conventions. Configured an NGINX gateway for optimized service routing within the Docker network. Enhanced performance and scalability by introducing Redis caching, tuning PostgreSQL queries, and refining cron-job processes; and integrated Twilio and SendGrid for notification emails, ensuring reliable delivery and template management. Built a real-time chat module using WebSocket for seamless user communication. Managed server provisioning, TLS configurations, and backup/recovery pipelines, and integrated Google Cloud services for robust monitoring and reliability.

Art Programmer at Wudiao Culture & Creativity Co., Ltd

Collaborated with an artist to design and program an interactive installation project as a co-author. The project utilized OCR and sentiment analysis to interpret hand-written poems, combined with computer vision to generate dynamic visual outputs. 3D Virtual Gallery creating an immersive online experience; Poster Generator web app enabling visual posters from poems using neural networks and Python computer vision libraries. Hosted on Azure.