Trinity College Cambridge '27
Hello! I'm Brian, an engineering undergraduate starting my third year at the University of Cambridge, with a strong focus on mid-level and systems programming in C++ and Rust. I'm currently seeking internship opportunities in systems or backend development.
Skills: Proficient in Rust, C++, Python, TypeScript, React, and HTML/CSS. Experienced with AWS, Azure, and GCP. Knowledgeable in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and blockchain technology.
High First Class (Top 5%) in both 1st and 2nd Years.
Modules: Computer Architecture; Algorithms and Data Structures; Control Theory; Information Theory and Coding; Communications.
C++ and Python contributions to GPU driver and various internal performance tracing tools. Collaborated with other members of the GPU Instrumentation team during the 12-week internship. Attended stand-up, planning and bug review meetings and discussed solutions to bugs.
Collaborated with two full-time engineers during the 12-week internship. Contributed to Python and TypeScript codebases, developed production middleware, and updated frontend based on UI/UX designs. Delivered a scalable solution to automate content generation and verification using large language models, impacting millions of users.
Full-stack app with Rust backend to prioritise message delivery with configurable email and calendar integration. MVP built and deployed in under a day, with QoL and scalability improvements afterwards. Formal writeup completed after project completion.
Designed and implemented a lightweight custom protocol based on UDP for real-time applications. Utilised Rust with the tokio asynchronous library to complete the implementation, with a C++ port in ongoing development. Protocol capable of handling packet losses while being significantly faster than TCP. Implemented small test games (tic-tac-toe, chess) as a protocol demo.
Frontend and backend completed within 12 hours, as the developer in a team of 2. Polkadot blockchain network and OpenAI integrations. MVP correctly handles transaction requests and account queries. First place in hackathon after on-stage demonstration and pitching. Best project amongst over 200 candidates and 60 projects.
Developed frontend and parts of the backend of a web3 dApp within 24 hours, as the main full-stack developer in a team of 5. Completed blockchain integration. Project shortlisted as finalist in competition, top 7 in more than 40 projects.
Trained an open-source LLM with 1000 university exam questions using PyTorch. Completed backend of Web App that processes user upload and generates exam questions.
B Chen, C Xu, W Cai, and Y Xia. Narrowing Down the Secrets of the Internet - a Review of Privacy Leakages and Prevention Methods, Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, peer-reviewed (2023), 87-95.