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Software engineer and systems builder
Alex builds distributed systems that don't fall over.
Computer Science student building open-source infrastructure and compiler tools. Available for SWE roles from June 2027.
Toronto, CanadaOpen to relocationEnglish · Mandarin
Experience
Evidence, not adjective soup.
CloudScale Infra
Systems Engineer Intern
Optimized key-value storage layer, reducing query tail latency by 24% at 100k req/sec.- Clear scope and personal contribution
- Decision rationale and shipped result
OpenSource Go Router
Core Contributor
Refactored parsing logic to achieve zero-allocation routing paths and dynamic plugin loading.- Clear scope and personal contribution
- Decision rationale and shipped result
Parallel Systems Lab
Lab Assistant
Configured telemetry clusters and stress-tested load balancers across 40 virtual environments.- Clear scope and personal contribution
- Decision rationale and shipped result
Selected projects
Projects open like compact case studies.
Go, Raft, gRPC, BadgerDBDistributeDB
01 · Project
DistributeDB
Consensus-based key-value storeRead decisionsC, WebAssembly, JSParser.js
02 · Project
Parser.js
Ultra-fast HTTP message parserRead decisionsRust, eBPF, PrometheusTraceLens
03 · Project
TraceLens
Distributed tracing sidecarRead decisionsEducation
BSc Computer Science
University of Waterloo · 2023–2027Human-computer interaction, product systems, responsible AIAwards
Outstanding Contributor Award
Waterloo open-source hackers association · 2026Selected for research-to-product work serving campus accessibility.Skills
TypeScriptGoRustDockerKubernetesPostgreSQL
“Alex approaches backend constraints with systematic rigour and clean, testable code.”
Private companion
Application tracker
Researching
Distributed DB · RaftNext step saved
Parser.js · WASMNext step saved
Applied
Kernel Systems · LinuxNext step saved
Compiler Labs · LLVMNext step saved
Interviewing
Systems Engineer · OrbitNext step saved
Offers
CloudScale InfraNext step saved
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