William W. โ Software Engineer
Nice to meet you, my name is William! ๐ TLDR: - 74x hackathon winner ($200K+ in prizes) - 7x SWE intern (Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, B, C, D, Bloomberg, now at Meta) - 3x VC Intern (Canada's largest VC and largest FinTech VC) I am a: ๐ Builder - 50+ hackathon winner across AI, VR, and blockchain. SWE at Seed, Series A, B & C startups. Data at 4000+ employee bank. Received interviews twice for YC and YC China's S23 batch. I learn fast and love solving problems! ๐ Critical Thinker - Strategy & Operations at Canada's largest VC and Canada's largest FinTech VC. Performed strategic analysis to achieve operational and strategic objectives across 22 funds, 2500+ investments, and $10B assets under management. ๐ค Connector - Ambassador for Consensys (Metamask), Solana, and Ripple; ran logistics for NFT art galleries at Korea Blockchain Week, Permissionless II, and Art Basel Miami (54K combined attendees) - I bring together the right people, ideas, and resources to foster collaboration and innovation. โ Optimist - Passionate about bringing the marginal cost of experiences to 0 and the future closer to the present everyday. ๐ฎ Fun Fact: I achieved the top rank of "Legend" in Hearthstone (Top 1700 out of 100 million total players) back in Grade 10! ๐ Interests: Musicals & Karaoke, PC Building, Strategy Games Awards & Distinctions (in $CAD): ๐ฅ Winner - ETHDenver ($17,500 Prize, 38K attendees) - Mar 2024 ๐ 2nd Stacks Track, 4th Stellar Track - Consensus 2024 ($18,000 Prize, 15K attendees) - Jun 2024 ๐ 3 First Prizes, 4 Sponsor Prizes - ETHWaterloo ($10,000 Prize, 650+ hackers) - Jun 2023 ๐ฅ 1st Place Overall - OlympiHacks ($5,000 Prize, 200+ hackers) - May 2023 ๐ฅ 1st Place Overall - ETHBoston ($5,000 Prize) - Apr 2023 ๐ Runner-up - Chainlink Spring 23 Hackathon ($5,000 Prize, 2.4K hackers) - Jun 2023 ๐ฅ 1st Place Solana Track - LionHack 2023 ($4,000 Prize) - Apr 2023 ๐ 9 Sponsor Prizes - ETHGlobal NYC ($4,000 Prize, 1K hackers) - Sep 2023 ๐ 3rd Place, Global Finalist - NASA Space Apps Toronto (55,000+ participants) - Oct 2023 Unlisted: Google x MHacks, ETHGlobal Frameworks, IvyHacks.ai, ETHGlobal London, McGill AGC, Starknet HHโ24, Smith FinTech4Good Hackathon, ETHGlobal Circuit Breaker, DeerHacks โ23, QHacks '23, GenAI Hackathon, Entrepreneur First, Equitable Elevation I, Hack the Valley, Blockhacks, UofT Hack The MIST, MetHacks, DeerHacks, MLH MapHacks 2, MLH x GitHub All-In Hackathon, UofT EWB Hackathon, Treasure Hacks 3.5, GryphHacks 2023, AI HackFest, MLH x NEAR Hackathon, Grapevine Labs Hackathon, Grapevine Fall Summit Hackathon
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer with a strong focus on AI and data analysis in the tech industry.
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Experience: 2 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Machine Learning
- Software Engineering
- Data Analysis
- Data Quality
- Data Annotation
- Ai Integration
- Internal Tools Development
- Venture Capital
- Strategic Operations
- React Native Development
- Backend Development
- Product Development
- Automation
- Web Development
- Ui/ux Design
Career Highlights
- 74x hackathon winner with over $200K in prizes
- Software Engineer at Meta focusing on machine learning
- Critical thinker with strategic analysis experience in VC
Work Experience
Meta
Software Engineer, Machine Learning (10 mos)
Bloomberg
Software Engineer Intern (4 mos)
Cohere
Senior Data Quality Specialist (5 mos)
Passes
Software Engineer Intern (2 mos)
Microsoft
Guest Developer (6 mos)
Portage
Data Intern, Research (8 mos)
BDC
Data Intern, Strategy & Operations (4 mos)
Data Intern, Thrive Venture Fund (3 mos)
Super
Software Engineer Intern (3 mos)
IRLY
Software Engineer (1 yr 1 mo)
Somm
Software Engineer Intern (4 mos)
TOOLBX
Software Engineer Intern (3 mos)
Year Zero Studios
Software Engineer Fellow (3 mos)
Post-COVID Youth
Frontend Developer (3 mos)
Camp Tamarack
Orientation Camp Theme Director (6 mos)
Orientation Camp Counsellor (6 mos)
Victoria Park Collegiate Institute
Sound Technician (1 yr 6 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science - BCS at University of Waterloo
StartMIT '24 Cohort at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
AI Startup School at Y Combinator
at International Baccalaureate