H.B.Sc. Computer ScienceUniversity of Toronto
2017–2022
Computer Science and East Asian Studies, minor in Linguistics. GPA 3.7/4.0.
Professional Experience
U-NEXTSenior Software Engineer
2025-Present
Working on content management and livestreaming tooling.
OktaSoftware Engineer II
2022-2025
Led the Rust and Tokio modernization of the Workflows kernel, leading to a 20% LOC reduction, and a 9% increase in Workflows throughput for the same resource usage.
Drove FIPS enablement on the Workflows platform, migrating to a FIPS-compliant cryptography suite, opening access to Okta Workflows for Federal customers.
Optimized architectural bottlenecks in RabbitMQ, AWS, and Datadog, reducing costs by up to USD $40,000/month while doubling the rate of customer usage.
Mentored an intern to ship code to production within 1 month of onboarding.
OktaSoftware Engineering Intern
Summer 2021
Designed and implemented a high throughput push-based communications channel between client applications and server backend, with over 30M pushes/week.
University of TorontoTeaching Assistant
2020-2021
Taught Haskell, Racket, and Functional Programming to 240 students in weekly tutorials.
OktaSoftware Engineering Intern
Summer 2020
Implemented on-device proof of identity for verified unmanaged device authentication.
Developed a custom OAuth solution with Spring 5, enabling Single Sign On across first and third-party services with OpenID Connect, in use by over 1500 brokerages.