Figma – Software Engineering Intern
May - August 2023
Working on making the editor as usable as possible by designers, engineers, and product teams using C++ and TypeScript
Hey, I'm Emily!
I'm a Systems Design Engineering student at the University of Waterloo aiming to make a positive impact on people's lives through technology.
I solve problems using my building blocks of design and development to make the world a better place. To me, learning is a lifelong journey and it never stops.
When I'm not collaborating with others on fun projects, you can find me drawing, watching the latest Star Wars show or playing video games.
I travelled to Taiwan to teach English in 2018!
Some of the things I've done
Lumafield – Software Engineering Intern
September - December 2022
Iterated and developed a user-friendly interface for the world’s first accessible x-ray CT scanner for engineers using TypeScript and React
Architected and built an authentication system for the interface and API routes using Python and Ansible
Figma – Software Engineering Intern
January - April 2022
Shipped 3 features to FigJam which has over 400,000+ weekly active users
Created the universal inserts modal which consolidated 4 entry points into a single one
Refined canvas snapping and guideline algorithms to improve the user interaction experience
Owned and created emoji reactions and custom CSS animations in real time for keywords typed in cursor chat for FigJam's first year anniversary
Unity Technologies – Software Engineering Intern
May - August 2021
Created 7+ advertising experiments seen by almost 1 billion users and generated 5% more revenue
Followed best development practices and created a custom component library
Ontario Digital Service – Software Engineering Intern
September - December 2020
Developed and launched 3 new versions of Ontario’s COVID-19 data visualizations at covid-19.ontario.ca/data, averaging 450,000 views per month
Ontario Digital Service – Product Design Intern
January - April 2020
Spearheaded the creation of covid-19.ontario.ca with 1.25 million views one week after launch
Redesigned a platform for government id renewals to be accessible by 5 million users annually
Microsoft – Software Engineering and Product Design Intern
July - August 2019
Designed and developed an internal inventory tracker used by over 2,000 employees which was launched in beta, and explored numerous Azure features and prototyped applications for the Hololens