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πŸ‘‹ Hi, I'm Gordon Wang

I'm a student at the University of Waterloo studying Computer Science and Finance, passionate about building scalable software and solving meaningful problems at the intersection of tech and finance.

  • πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» Previous SWE Intern @ Microsoft & Shopify
  • πŸ’Ό Distributed Systems and Full-stack experience across big tech

πŸ”— Connect with Me


πŸ§ͺ Recent Experiences

πŸ’‘ Microsoft β€” Software Engineer Intern (May 2025 - August 2025)

C++

  • Redesigned Azure’s distributed file storage system with a new asynchronous architecture to reduce the latency of Azure file deletions by 50%

πŸ’‘ Shopify β€” Software Engineering Intern (Jan 2025 - Apr 2025)

React Native | React | Ruby on Rails | GraphQL

  • πŸ† Won internal hackathon β†’ promoted to ship production AI-podcast app for over 1M users.
  • πŸ“ˆ Built new features & fixed critical UI bugs for Merchant Analytics (web & mobile).

πŸ“Š Advantage Group β€” Software Developer Co-op (May 2024 - Aug 2024)

Java Spring Boot | PostgreSQL | Tableau

  • Built APIs and optimized SQL schemas for 50+ market research surveys.
  • Designed Tableau dashboards and managed complex ETL pipelines.

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« UW β€” Teaching Assistant, CFM-101 (Sep 2024 - Dec 2024)

Python | Pandas | NumPy

  • Taught financial data analytics using Python; marked and guided student work.
  • One of only 2 TAs selected for academic excellence.

πŸš„ Waterloop β€” Web Team Lead / Full-stack Developer (Apr 2022 - Aug 2024)

React | TypeScript | Node.js | PostgreSQL

  • Led development of key features for internal tools and CMS.
  • Scaled the frontend to handle a 30% increase in users over a year.

βš™οΈ Technical Stack

Languages:
Java Python C++ C JavaScript TypeScript SQL Ruby HTML/CSS GraphQL

Frameworks & Tools:
React Angular Spring Boot Node.js Express.js Ruby on Rails Flask Knex.js Redux Docker PostgreSQL MySQL Redis

Data & ML:
Pandas NumPy OpenCV TensorFlow Tableau ETL Pipelines

Dev Tools:
Git AWS Figma VS Code IntelliJ Postman Linux Jupyter


πŸ“ˆ Currently Working On

  • βš™οΈ Real-time IoT backend with Java Spring Boot
  • πŸ§ͺ Prototyping side projects in React, TypeScript & Python

🧠 Fun Facts

  • 🧾 Finance geek who invests time and money into the markets
  • πŸŽ“ CFM student blending tech with financial intuition
  • ⚽🏈πŸ₯‹ Big sports player and fan

Thanks for stopping by β€” feel free to reach out!

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