I build and debug systems where failure is expensive: machine vision on live production hardware, distributed infrastructure, and the tooling that keeps both honest.
I write software for systems where being wrong is expensive: vision pipelines running on a moving production line, platform infrastructure at a $247B pension fund, services that have to stay up while traffic triples.
Most of what I'm good at is diagnostic. Working out which layer a failure actually lives in (application, container, network, or the camera itself) is usually harder than the fix, and I've gotten fast at it. The rest of the job is building the tooling so the same problem doesn't need a person the next time it shows up.
Right now that's machine vision at Tesla. Before that, distributed platform work at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and a few years of shipping things real users depended on. Outside of that I founded McMaster's self-driving car club, where we're building a ROS perception stack from the ground up.
Machine Vision Software Engineering Intern
Vision SystemsPalo Alto, CA
Software Engineer (Co-Op)
$247B AUM, Canada's largest single-profession pension fundToronto, ON
Software Developer (Contract)
E-commerce platformRemote
Things I built end to end. The numbers are measured, not estimated.
A real-time distributed platform running on Kubernetes, holding 1,000+ concurrent connections at sub-100ms latency over persistent WebSocket/TCP sockets. Kafka handles inter-service event streaming; request routing and horizontal autoscaling keep throughput steady across replicas under load.
Scores resume-to-job compatibility and returns structured gap analysis over a RESTful API. The inference layer runs as its own FastAPI service, decoupled from the frontend so the serving path scales independently, and end-to-end response holds under 2 seconds. Includes LaTeX editing that folds job-specific keywords back into the source document.
Tracks product availability across arbitrary online stores and executes automated purchases. A WebSocket-driven queue dispatches Playwright browser jobs across AWS Lambda, with DynamoDB persistence, Cognito auth, and Stripe subscription tiers behind API Gateway.
An exploration command center for the Island serious game: Java game logic on Maven, with map exploration, point-of-interest detection, and the decision algorithms that drive search strategy under a fuel budget.
System design and data analysis on recycling and waste-management processes, working from measured throughput rather than assumptions about where the losses were.
Grouped by what it's actually for, not by how it looks on a keyword filter.
Founder
Jan 2025 – Present
Started the club and grew it to 20+ members, building a ROS perception stack on Linux: real-time camera pipelines, publish/subscribe messaging between concurrent processes, and simulation-based edge case validation against labeled failure scenarios.
President
Sep 2024 – Present
Run a 25-person exec team across marketing, finance, and operations. 8+ events delivered for 1,000+ attendees, and a rebuilt planning process that cut event overhead 30% after tracking where the time and budget were actually going.
B.Eng. Software Engineering (Co-Op)
Hamilton, ON
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