Alex Huang
Full Stack Software Engineer
Contact
Canada, BC, Victoria/Vancouver
[email protected]
https://www.github.com/zthh626
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-huang-uvic/
Professional Experience
Software Engineer - Microsoft
September 2024 - Present
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AI Copilot Backend Services (C#): Shipped public preview features for Copilot in Teams, including automated channel reports and collaborative agent experiences.
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Built cross-service integrations (client, Microsoft services, backend), working with multiple teams to deliver at scale.
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Contributed production-ready code within first month of onboarding.
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Teams Client – Authentication (TypeScript): Implemented cross-tenant security features preventing XSS attacks, safeguarding millions of Teams users.
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Delivered on strict security deadlines and resolved high-severity on-call incidents across multiple teams.
Founding Full Stack Engineer - Lobby Technologies Inc.
December 2021 - May 2024
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Engineered a GDPR-compliant AI chat platform that enhanced user productivity tenfold by integrating data from web, PDFs, Google Docs, and GitHub, utilizing Typescript, SvelteKit, Python, and PostgreSQL.
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Developed a VSCode extension powered by AI that boosted developer productivity by 25% by offering code snippets via the VSCode API, crafted with React and Express.
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Created a cryptocurrency-reward survey platform with a complex and robust system architecture, developed with NextJS, MongoDB, and Express.
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Launched a Wikipedia-style platform with crypto gating that created community-driven content hubs, using Next.JS, TypeScript, GraphQL, Express, and PostgreSQL.
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Participated in thrice-weekly Agile sprints, contributing to a 75% improvement in project completion rates and enhanced team collaboration.
Full Stack iOS/Android App Developer (Co-op) - Ergonomyx
December 2020 - August 2021
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Spearheaded the development of a Kotlin Android application for a Bluetooth-controlled sit-stand desk, enhancing product usage by 200% through Native Android APIs, including BluetoothGatt service.
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Integrated Siri into an iOS application, improving accessibility and user engagement with SwiftUI, CoreData, and CoreBluetooth.
Software Testing Engineer (Co-op) - Rooof
January 2020 - August 2020
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Developed a custom Selenium regression testing framework for Chrome extension products, reducing bug detection time by 50% and increasing test coverage by 70% using JavaScript, Node, and Mocha.
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Conducted comprehensive API and application testing for Django and JavaScript Chrome extension products, ensuring robust feature performance.
Projects
Sport Prediction Algorithm
November 2023 - Present
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Developed a sports prediction algorithm achieving 70% accuracy on NBA games, using statistical analysis and NLP.
Crypto Trading Bots
February 2021 - June 2023
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Designed a multi-layered trading bot, interfacing with trading exchanges via WebSockets and REST APIs, with a companion application for statistical analysis, hosted on AWS and RDS using Python, Next.JS, SocketIO, and Express.
Founding Software Lead - UVic Environmental Engineering Club
September 2021 - December 2022
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Led a team to design and develop an unmanned surface vehicle for microplastics filtration, delivering significant pollution reduction under budget and ahead of schedule.
Education
University of Victoria
Bachelor of Software Engineering
Graduated 2024
Skills
Languages: Typescript/Javascript, Python, C#, GoLang, Kotlin, SwiftUI, Godot
Frameworks: React, Next.JS, Tailwind, GraphQL, REST APIs, React Native, SvelteKit, NodeJS, SocketIO, Websockets, FastAPI, Jest, Pytest
Hosting Services: AWS, EC2, RDS, GCP, Azure, Vercel, Cloudflare, Supabase
Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, SQLite, MariaDB, CosmosDB
Tooling: Docker, EC2, Git, Stripe, CDNs, Nginx, ESLint, Visual Studio, VS Code, NeoVim
Technical Experience: System Architecture, Performance, Scalable Infrastructure, Technical Design, Server Side Rendering
References
As requested.