Hey! I'm Jason Zhang
👨💼 Data Engineer Intern
The GSPA office is responsible for all matters related to graduate student admissions and support at the University of Waterloo. As a Data Engineer, I transformed data into deliverable metrics and helped guide admin decision-making processes.
📍 Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs
👨💼 Software Engineer Intern
As part of the PCX team, I worked towards building an all-new scalable cart platform that millions of customers will use across Canada. Using various design patterns and microservices, I helped to design a robust backend system that allows for seamless service integration.
📍 https://www.loblawdigital.co/
👨💼 Backend Software Engineer Intern
On the Sportsbook Core team, I developed geolocation verifying features for the betting platform and reduced betslip latency to provide a secure and responsive experience for users.
👨💼 Software Engineer Intern
On the B2C Backend team, I helped develop core services and Backend For Frontend layers to scale systems across web and mobile platforms, enhancing user experiences for fans around the world.
👨💼 Software Engineer Intern
Built metadata clean-up operations and highly scalable workflow scheduler for a transaction log service that provides core public AWS services with highly durable data storage and ensures consistency and fault tolerance in distributed environments.
👨💼 Software Engineer Intern
I worked on several privacy and platform policy compliance products to support third-party businesses and developers as part of “Meta for Developers”, which includes data integrity review flows for apps with up to 100+ million users.
📍 https://developers.facebook.com/
Winner of Accenture: Most Innovative Use of Tech prize at Hack the 6ix. "Detective Duck" is a machine-learning based phishing detection application that prevents children from clicking misleading links on the web. A virtual companion takes control of the user's mouse input when attempting to click on fraudulent links.
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VizualDB (short for Visual Debugger) is a command-line tool designed to aid programmers in solving data structure problems by providing line-by-line graphical displays of the current program state. Throughout this process, the user can easily discover how their program flows, identify incorrect data and find errors in their program.
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Tanky Offline is an application inspired by the arcade game 'Tank' with dual-user compatibility. The project was created within a 12-hour time frame for Ridge Hacks as part of the 2018 MLH Local Hack Day series. Out of a pool of around 80 competitors, the project was awarded the "Best Overall Hack" of the event.
GithubUI/UX design has always fascinated me with how it combines technology, art, and human science, to create visualling appealing experiences that users can enjoy. This mini portfolio of UI snippets is a glimpse into my designs and will be a growing collection.
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RemindMed is an Android app that serves as a one-stop shop for doctors and patients, helping users stay organized with scheduled medication reminders, doctor lists, and detailed prescription information, ultimately improving patient care and efficiency for doctors. Selected as one of the top 9 outstanding projects for the course CS 346 in the W24 term.
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