Employment
RentPlay
Jan 2025 -- Jul 2025
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
- Co-founded fintech startup combining rent payment rewards with local marketplace to help renters earn cashback on community spending
- Architected full-stack platform using React Native/Expo frontend, Node.js backend, and TypeScript, scaling to 1,000+ users and almost 100 merchants
- Built OCR-based rewards system with targeted offers and lead generation engine to drive users to local merchants
- Raised $100K SAFE note and secured $100K in grants from Alberta Innovates and Government of Canada
- Successfully returned 90% of investor capital after strategic decision to pivot focus, gaining valuable insights into product-market fit validation
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mar 2023 -- Dec 2024
Team Lead & iOS Developer
- Lead Weather Dissemination team creating weather components for Weather.gc.ca website and iOS/Android applications
- Lead iOS Engineer for WeatherCan app serving 5+ million monthly active users, Canada's #3 weather app
- Made product decision to prioritize GPS-based alerts over advanced radar, driving 40% increase in user engagement
- Managed cross-functional team of 3 full-time developers and 2 co-op students to achieve KPIs and project timelines
- Expanded Radar product to support real-time Lightning, Hurricane, and Tornado events across Canada
Wattpad Inc.
Aug 2021 -- Mar 2023
iOS Engineer
- Swift, SwiftUI, and Objective-C engineering for iOS Wattpad App serving 90+ million global users
- Lead iOS Engineer for new Wattpad Comments experience, complete overhaul from Obj-C to SwiftUI
- Advocated for simplified user experience over feature complexity, improving user retention by 15% across 90+ million users
- Introduced comment liking, in-line replies, and design system components that significantly improved user engagement
- Implemented WP Design System via atomic design methodology for unified product and developer experience
- Managed bi-monthly release cycles including testing, monitoring, and App Store releases
TD Bank Group
Jan 2020 -- Aug 2021
iOS Developer
- Designed and built iOS application features for TD App offering seamless banking services for 3+ million customers
- Championed biometric authentication implementation, understanding how security friction impacts user adoption in fintech
- Collaborated with backend developers to integrate financial APIs securely with multi-factor authentication
- Provided technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers, conducting code reviews and ensuring coding standards
Environment and Climate Change Canada
May 2017 -- Jan 2020
iOS and Software Developer
- Led concept-to-completion development of Canadian governmental WeatherCAN app with 2-person team under 1-year timeline
- Established real-time consumer-facing databases and backend APIs for mobile applications
- Developed VueJS components for Weather.gc.ca website redesign including lightning strikes and radar visualization
- Created and maintained XML Parsers and Product Generators supporting weather observations, forecasts, and alerts
Department of Economics, University of Toronto
Sept 2016 - Dec 2016
Statistical Research Assistant
- Developed machine learning models of economic information about the countries of Peru and
Canada to analyze the effect of trade policies on regional trade output
- Created databases using Python and R based pre-processing techniques which were used to
formulate and train machine learning models to generate inferences about efficient trade
policies
Academic Advising & Career Centre, University of Toronto
May 2015 - Aug 2016
iOS and Web Developer
- Native Swift development using UIKit, Google Maps, and injesting API
- Helped create the UTSC Student
Expereince App
- Created interal social media ticket system which boosted traffic 30% and reduced time taken
for posts
- Creating marketing materials and webpages for student workshops, events, and services
