About Me
Experience
Shopify
Senior Software Developer - Ruby Infrastructure
Ottawa, ON
May 2020 - Present
- Working on the Ruby Programming Language.
The Ruby Programming Language
Ruby Core Committer
March 2021 - Present
- Member of the core team of the Ruby Programming Language. Working on performance, fixing bugs, and general maintenance of the Ruby Programming Language.
Shopify
Production Engineering Intern - Ruby and Rails Infrastructure
Ottawa, ON
May 2019 - August 2019
- Experimented and implemented static type checking for Shopify’s core Ruby on Rails monolith system using the Sorbet static typechecker, which was able to find over 30 bugs in the system.
- Contributed to various open and closed source tools to ease transition into Sorbet. Projects include a runtime typechecker for Sorbet, RBI (Ruby Interface) file generator, and Rubocop lint rules for Sorbet.
- Contributed to the popular open-sourced web framework Ruby on Rails, focusing on the asset storage component, Active Storage.
Shopify
Privacy/Trust RnD Developer Intern
Ottawa, ON
May 2018 - August 2018
- Contributed to kafka-scrubber, a Go project that obfuscates PII (personally identifiable information) from Kafka topics before data is placed in long term storage.
- Designed, prototyped, and implemented a security-oriented microservice platform called minerva-bot. This platform is architected in a component based Ruby on Rails architecture, allowing for loosely coupled components while decreasing development time. The bot performs various services for com- pliance purposes, along with automating tasks such as account permission requests and multi-factor authentication resets.
Shopify
Security DevOps Engineer Intern
Ottawa, ON
June 2017 - September 2017
- Worked with Ruby on Rails to fix security vulnerabilities in critical components of Shopify, including authentication and API.
- Rebooted an internal project at Shopify called push-scraper, which detects secrets (such as API keys/tokens, passwords, etc.) that get accidentally committed onto GitHub.
Education
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Toronto, ON
2017 - 2023
- GPA: 3.87/4.0.
Conference Talks
Rails and the Ruby Garbage Collector: How to Speed Up Your Rails App
2023
- Given at Rails World 2023.
1.5 is the Midpoint Between 0 and Infinity
2022
- Given at RubyConf 2022.
Automatically Find Memory Leaks in Native Gems
2022
- Given at RubyKaigi 2022.
Optimizing Ruby's Memory Layout: Variable Width Allocation
2021
- Given at RubyConf 2021, RubyKaigi 2021, and Euruko 2021.
Certifications & Awards
Canadian Computing Olympiad Bronze Medallist
May 2017
- Invited to the University of Waterloo to compete in the CCO as one of the top 30 contestants (out of more than 3000) of the Canadian Computing Contest (CCC).
Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE7 Programmer
May 2016
- License: 240037109OCPJSE7
Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE7 Programmer
July 2015
- License: 240037109OCAJSE7
CompTIA A+ CE
September 2015 - September 2018
- License: 6VJSGELG1KQ4QRWL