My Experience

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Backend Developer

Lawtonica
August 2025 - Present

What I Did

Working as a Back-End Developer at a fast-paced AI startup, building scalable systems to power Lawtonica's AI assistant for municipal by-laws. Contributing to the growth from a hackathon-winning project to a real-world civic-tech platform supporting residents, newcomers, and businesses.

Key Achievements

Building scalable backend systems for AI-powered municipal by-law assistant

Designing and deploying reliable APIs and data pipelines for civic-tech platform

Working with City of Kingston to make municipal governance more accessible

Supporting residents, newcomers, and businesses with AI-powered city services

Technologies & Tools

Node.js & TypeScript
PostgreSQL & Prisma
Express.js
OpenAI API & LangChain
Docker
Stripe API
Redis
RESTful APIs
JWT Authentication
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Director of Information Technology

Queen's Computing Students' Association
April 2025 - Present

What I Did

Directing a 10+ member tech team building and maintaining digital tools for 1,800+ students at Queen's Computing. As the student government for Queen's School of Computing, my team and I collaborate with portfolios, faculty, professors, and the student community to deliver impactful, long-lasting products.

Key Achievements

Launched CASLab Room Booking System serving 1,800+ computing students with private breakout room reservations

Made and manage the official COMPSA website with live events calendar for student engagement

Developed academic resources page providing study materials and support for computing students

Created internal hiring tool for job opportunities within the organization

Implemented official Queen's School of Computing Merch store with e-commerce functionality

Technologies & Tools

Next.js
React
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
PostgreSQL
Docker
Supabase
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Jan 2025 - April 2025

What I Did

Led the development of a production-ready booking platform for a 600+ member student organization during QWEB's 2025 Winter Sprint. Implemented unified scheduling features for meetings and interviews, inspired by Calendly and LettuceMeet, to streamline organizational workflows and improve user experience.

Key Achievements

Delivered a production-ready booking platform serving 600+ active users in just 4 months

Led a team of 4 developers through QWEB's 2025 Winter Sprint project development

Implemented unified scheduling features for meetings and interviews, inspired by Calendly and LettuceMeet

Presented the application at QWEB's Demo Day, representing the team and demonstrating technical features to stakeholders and peers

Technologies & Tools

React.js
Node.js & Express.js
PostgreSQL
JavaScript (ES6+)
Tailwind CSS
JWT Authentication
Vite
RESTful APIs
Git
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Sept 2024 - July 2025

What I Did

One of two software engineers leading QTEDT team to qualify from 400+ participants across 32 universities in North America for the 2025 TMU Thrill Design Invitational, advancing to Universal Creative™–hosted challenges in Safety/Accessibility & Novel Ride Design. Designed and implemented comprehensive ride control and guest management systems for themed entertainment applications.

Key Achievements

Led team qualification from 400+ participants across 32 universities for 2025 TMU Thrill Design Invitational

Designed and implemented Python (PyQt5) ride control system managing 19 carts across 6 scenes with real-time tracking

Developed full-stack guest management system using Python, Flask, SQLite, and JavaScript with secure authentication

Built state persistence system (JSON) ensuring 100% safety protocol compliance during normal and emergency operations

Technologies & Tools

Python
PyQt5
Flask
SQLite
JavaScript
HTML/CSS
JSON
Real-time Systems
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