Qualifications
- Full-stack software engineering, with emphases on product, data, and algorithms
- Proficient in C++, C, Java, Python, JavaScript, PHP, HTML/CSS, SQL, and Unix-like environments
- Familiar with C#, Objective-C, R, MATLAB, Lisp, Prolog, Haskell, Verlog/VHDL, and LaTeX
Education
| H. B.Sc. | University of Toronto | 2015 – 2019 |
- Honours Bachelor of Science, with high distinction (GPA: 3.87)
- Double majors in Computer Science and Statistics, with a specialist focus in Artificial Intelligence
- UofT Scholars Award, Dean's List, and the Dr. Charles and Margaret Brown Award
Experience
| Senior Software Engineer | Meta | 2019 – Present |
- Smart Glasses AI Knowledge (Burlingame, CA)
- Bringing multimodal LLMs to the Meta AI assistant on AR devices
- Instagram Growth Acquisition (Menlo Park, CA)
- Tech lead for several top-of-funnel growth products: web embeds, QR Codes (nametag), link sharing
- My launches directly drive +15 million monthly active users to Instagram annually
- Technologies: C++, JavaScript (React/Redux), Python (Django), PHP (Hack), Objective-C (iOS)
| Software Engineering Intern | Airbnb | Summer 2018 |
- Trust and Safety: User Knowledge (San Francisco, CA)
- Developed a weakly-supervised machine learning model to automatically label training data using NLP, saving thousands of hours of manual ops work on user background checks
- Technologies: Python, Ruby, TensorFlow, SpaCy, Snorkel
| Software Engineering Intern | Summer 2016, 2017 |
- Data Infrastructure and Analysis (Mountain View, CA)
- Developed automation tools for Evenflow, the distributed system for AdWords log aggregation
- DoubleClick Bid Manager (New York, NY)
- Used millions of Google Maps business chains to grow ad campaign geotargeting coverage by 500%
- Technologies: C++, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, BigTable, MapReduce, Colossus, S2 Geometry
Miscellany
- I have a background in competitive programming:
- Canadian Computing Olympiad (Bronze Medal), USACO (Gold Division), ACM ICPC
- I've been a core problem setter for the Meta Hacker Cup since 2020, and also developed problems for the Google Code Jam World Finals.
- 1st place, 2011 U.S. National School Scrabble Championship—guest appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- I'm a Canadian citizen, fluent in English and Mandarin. My interests include cooking, film, and languages.