About Me

I’m currently a full time Software Engineer at Meta! I graduated Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo

In my spare time you can find me drinking making lattes , exploring the city, or playing tennis

Experience

Meta (Facebook)

Meta (Facebook)

Software Engineer

Currently working on Facebook Groups building some cool features!

Facebook

Facebook

Software Engineering Intern

I spent my time this internship writing the first iteration for streamer schedules for streamer pages on Facebook Gaming!

Ripple

Ripple

Software Engineering Intern

Working at Ripple was a great learning experience me, and surprisingly the biggest company I've worked for so far! I worked on RippleNet, their solution to better cross border payments and got a ton of exposure to distributed systems, consensus, and message queue services.

Kik Interactive

Kik Interactive

Backend Developer Intern

During my time here, I worked on several of Kik's Go and Java GRPC microservices. At the time, the company was going through a rewrite of the app which included moving Kin Marketplace out of beta.

I developed critical server infrastructure supporting the release version of Kin Marketplace within the app. The result was better support for kin earn and spend opportunities, a much faster and more maintainable chat assets service, and reduced point of failure in the Kin transaction flow.

Secret Mission Software

Secret Mission Software

Software Developer Intern

Secret Mission Software is a growing software consulting company so while I was here, I got a ton of exposure to different work and was a critical member of the team. Most of my time was allocated to a project with a makeup startup based in LA called Hush.

My job was to work on the Android side of a social media app they wanted to release. I ended up writing all of the instant messaging and notifications features on the app, which included hooking it up to an XMPP service.

I also got to work with React on a personal finance app. Although the app wasn't finished by the end of the work term, I contributed to feature planning, and architecture design.

Sensors & Software

Sensors & Software

Software Developer Intern

At Sensors and Software, I developed a browser interface for a research-oriented ground penetrating radar. The device could hook up to 8 transducers and simulanteously collect data while running. The work I did here involved streaming data from the radar using websockets, and building the configuration editors.

I also had the opportunity to write a Python program that would autogenerate usage analytics reports of the different GPR products available.

Projects

Autogardener

Autogardener was a project I worked on for a few months, inspired by me wanting to spice up my cooking. Soon enough, I not only had hot peppers, but also a fully automated gardening device. This project included a dashboard to monitor and water the plants, even a voice control feature!

Check it out!

Playmoji

Playmoji is an emoji-to-playlist converter that we built at EngHack 2019. Using a series of emojis that's on your mind, your favourite songs, and some magic with the Spotify API, we generate a brand new playlist just for you!

Check it out!

Have any more questions for me?
Email me at erick@erickleon.com