Career Path To Date
Software Engineer Intern – Genome Informatics
Philips
- Redesigned a responsive web-based genomic variant analysis tool with React and a C backend, seamlessly integrating the MPEG-Genomic compression standard for robust, performant data handling.
- Implemented advanced querying features using optimized indexing structures (e.g., B‑Tree intervals and Tabix index) to enable rapid filtering, sorting, and formatting of millions of genomic variants on AWS EC2 and Lambda infrastructure.
- Significantly improved application responsiveness by introducing server-side pagination with Flask and Ag-Grid, reducing loading times by ~25%, and enhancing UX through column pinning, grouping, and independent scrolling for large datasets.
Software Engineer Co-op – Investment Technology
Wellington Management
- Developed an object-oriented, Java-based investment decision platform using SpringBoot RESTful APIs, collaborating directly with researchers and portfolio managers and aligning with stakeholder workflows and optimal data retrieval efficiency.
- Enhanced React web portal performance by implementing code-splitting, lazy loading, and reusable design patterns, while streamlining a Jenkins-driven CI/CD pipeline with automated Kubernetes deployments, achieving a ~30% reduction in build times.
- Led offshore sprint planning, retrospectives, and Jira task tracking, improving team velocity through structured feedback cycles.
Head Teaching Assistant
Khoury College of Computer Sciences
- Provided comprehensive instruction in ML algorithms and data structures, emphasizing heuristic search, constraint satisfaction problems, dynamic programming, graph algorithms, and probabilistic modeling (Bayesian Networks, Hidden Markov Models).
- Facilitated practical learning and application of advanced machine learning models, including SVM, GAN, LSTM, XGBoost, Transformers and Deep Neural Networks, integrating robust evaluation strategies and industry-standard deployment practices.
Software Engineer Co-op – DevOps and Test
ARIA Cybersecurity Solutions
- Implemented Terraform-based IaC that managed dozens of EC2 instances and container clusters in both on-prem and AWS environments, reducing provisioning time from hours to 15 minutes.
- Maintained the company CI/CD platform using Jenkins, SonarQube, and custom PowerShell modules, orchestrating automated deployments across 15+ microservices, achieving zero-downtime releases and a 65% reduction in deployment failures.
- Constructed a rigorous test suite that automated 70% of system-level tests for a Windows-based zero-trust model using PowerShell.
Full-Stack Project Engineer
Singapore Armed Forces (30SCE)
- Implemented a Next.js-powered full-stack inventory management system using Cypher queries and a Neo4j database while managing three warehouses that housed restricted equipment for military applications
