TEJBIR WASON (TJ)

Software Engineer

SKILLS SUMMARY

Ever since I discovered the world of programming in university, I've been fascinated. No other profession lets you instantly see what you create. Few others have as many resources for self-learning. I've since accrued roughly four years of work experience and six years of personal projects in topics ranging from scalable data visualization to testing automation to inventory forecasting. I'm highly proficient in JavaScript (Angular, React, Node.js) and Python alongside having extensive previous experience in Java, Ruby (Rails), C++, and Swift. Past employers have described me as an eager and quick learner, friendly, conscientious, and a strong communicator.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Up n' Go, Full-Stack Developer, San Diego, March 2019 – Present
- Part of the early engineering team working on core payment integration infrastructure including support for Apple Pay, Venmo.
SAP, Software Developer, Vancouver BC, July 2016 – November 2018
- Part of the data visualization team for SAP Analytics Cloud, building the charting infrastrucure consumed by thousands of SAP entreprise customers
- Led design, implementation, deployment and testing of high-visibilty features including: Inline Axis Labels, Integrated Variance, Axis Line Break, Enhanced Variance Chart Control, Radar Chart Threshold, Bubble Styling, Chart Dynamic Min/Max Axis, Repeated Data Label Detection, Variance Error Improvements and numerous internal usage tracking tools.
- Implemented transition of legacy features to using a Redux datastore paired with a React user interface that reduced update times by upwards of 10x.
Amazon, Software Engineering Intern, Seattle, Jan. 2015 – May 2015
- Pioneered testing automation for the inventory simulation team. Designed an A/B testing framework, using Java to perform end-to-end simulations and compare results for quick reporting. Reduced number of man hours needed for testing from 2 weeks to less than a day, drastically improving workflow for downstream teams
- Full code ownership of framework and design of DynamoDB data stores; optimized to handle the large data passed around during simulations, along with integration to upstream data sources
Alcatel-Lucent, Software Engineering Intern, Ottawa, May. 2014 – Aug. 2014
- Built a SpringMVC app to calculate and quote cost of deploying Alcatel equipment. Consolidated a complex business problem into a simple web workflow for creating detailed quotes for customers worldwide
- Reduced number of client hours required to create deployment quote from 3 business days to two hours. Today a sizable proportion (~25%) of Alcatel's €14.4 billion revenue flows through this quotation tool
- Designed along with another intern entire UI/UX and coded the responsive web frontend using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap and jQuery. Implemented backend function of linking an equipment configuration to a specific location for localized labor costs with real-time currency updates
Broadcom, Software Engineering Intern, Richmond BC, May. 2013 – Dec. 2013
- Developed Python scripts to utilize adb (android debug bridge) commands for stress-testing android devices with Broadcom SOC (System-On-Chip) inside them
- Constructed extensive test suites for wifi, battery, bluetooth, file transfer performance. Tests were designed to be capable of adapting to a varying range of devices like mobile, tablets, set-top box (pre-release FireTV). Also implemented a Perl-based web reporting tool to auto generate and analyze the result of continuously scheduled runs
- Routinely performed investigation of Android-level system termination and stress. Collaborated with chip designers for generating weekly performance summaries. Visualized some key metrics that proved to be insightful for upper management

ENTREPRENEURIAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Wason Marketing, Founder COO, Apr. 2019 – Present
- Boutique marketing firm on a mission to help SMB's (mostly ecom) build social marketing campaigns to attract new customers
- We specialize in copywriting, ad design and scaling strategies for the Facebook and Instagram platform
Aviarry, Founder, Aug. 2015 – Jan 2016
- Developed a web service that lets users to build a community-centric world map. Heavy use of Ruby on Rails on backend including custom authentication, maps integration
- Designed and coded for the responsive mobile and web front-end using HTML5, CSS3, CoffeeScript and JavaScript. Implemented AWS workload balancing and auto-scaling strategies to handle daily traffic spikes
Capacious Labs, Founder, May. 2014 – Jan 2015
- Product warehouse for rapid prototype development of experimental ideas
- BeerHiest - A Node.js app that uses a Scrapy crawler that scrapes a popular beer store website to display options for the cheapest beer per unit dollar you spend
- CrookedBlue - A Discourse (Rails) app to serve as an online social commonplace for UBC students. Utilized a lightweight Vagrant dev environment and deployed using Docker image on DigitalOcean for easy resource management
MyJam, Co-Founder, July. 2014 – Aug. 2014
- Led winning project team at Startup Weekend Ottawa 2014. Prototyped a mobile app that allows creation of real-time collaborative playlists for parties and gatherings.
- Project shelved for launch in Fall 2016
Xerocopy Limited, Co-Founder, Operations Lead, Aug. 2010 – May 2011
- Part of a founding team that bootstrapped a novel advertising channel that utilized xerox copies as advertising space for local businesses
- Spearheaded growth in client base through referrals, eventually on-boarded 35 commercial businesses. Led a large multi-functional team (~20 employees) with a clear daily operational strategy that helped grow profits two-fold in the first six months

EDUCATION

Udacity, Artificial Intelligence Nanodegree, April 2018 – Sept 2018
University of British Columbia, B.A.Sc., Software Engineering, 2016 – With distinction
- Notable course projects include a iOS emergency response app (Swift), live geo-tagged tweet processing system (AngularJS, AWS), Android game that helps enhance working memory (Java), an interactive two-person cannonball game programmed entirely onto a DE2 Board (C++), a micro controller enabled auto-dispensing coffee machine (Assembly)
Online Courses
- The Analytics Edge - Demitris Bertsimas (MIT)
- Machine Learning - Andrew Ng (Stanford Univerity)
- How to Build a Startup - Steve Blank
- The Complete iOS Devloper Course - Rob Percival
- Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence - Richard Boyatzid (Case Western Reserve University)
- Rapid Prototyping - Carl Sziebert, Jay Harman (Google)

AWARDS

Dean's Honour List, University of British Columbia, BC, 2012, 2013, 2014 – excellent academic standing based on combination of GPA and percentile rank
UBC TREK Excellence Scholarship, University of British Columbia, BC, 2012 – academic scholarship for top percentile students after first year engineering
Youngest Winner of Startup Weekend across Canada, June 2014
Outstanding International Student Award, University of British Columbia, BC, 2011 – scholarship for meritorious performance in academics, sports and extra-curriculars
President's Entrance Award, Univeristy of British Columbia, BC, 2010 – entrance scholarship based on grade 12 academic performance
Prestigious rank in All-India Engineering Entrance Exam (4747 of 1 million candidates), Chandigarh, India, 2010– entrance scholarship based on grade 12 academic performance

EXTRACURRICULARS

Travel
- Explored 7 countries in Winter of 2019: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Phillippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea.
Vancouver Golf Tour
- Winner (Aug 2017) - Won the 2017 Pitt Meadows Classic held annually at Pitt Meadows Golf Course, BC
UBC Golf Club
- President (Sept 2014 - Apr 2016) - initiated constitution of student club for golfers. Led the executive team to strategically grow size to 250 members, fastest growing club in the school’s history.
- As Treasurer (Sept 2013 - Aug 2013) - drafted annual budget for club. Planned and coordinated student tournaments with the TheFirstTee youth golf program, raising $10000 with all proceeds going to charity
- As Webmaster (Sept 2014 - Apr 2016)- coded and managed entire online presence of club to help ease on-boarding and spread word to potential members
Misc. Side Coding
- Hackathons – Partook in (and occasionally won) various events including Open Data, CODE, Global Game Jam and Startup Week Hackathon. Pushed personal boundaries by trying technologies including WebGL, Swift and Go
- Hacked on various small projects to solve personal problems including daily mini-journal app (AngularJS), automatic login script for university website (JavaScript), scraping and messaging for a daily juice recipe (Beautiful Soup, Twilio)

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