iOS Engineer | Jul 23 - Present, May - Aug 22 (Internship)

TikTok Pte. Ltd.

• Domain owner of TikTok Messaging’s core components: sticker, action bar, and chat input. Led architecture design and performance optimisations across these areas.
• Delivered high-impact product features such as sticker typing recommendation and action bar ranking.
• Led Messaging-side development of Social Avatar, launching complex features such as Mix Studio and Avatar Duo.
• Collaborated with Tenor and Giphy for third-party sticker experiences in TikTok.
• Pioneered the Swift migration efforts and adoption of newer technologies like Combine.

Tech Stack

Swift

Combine

Cocoapods

Python

Git

JIRA

iOS Engineer | May 21 - Aug 21

SeaTalk, Sea Group

• Spearheaded the design and implementation of a foundational iOS SDK for language localization that is integrated with numerous internal Apps across Sea.
• Reduced the loading time of large albums in the SeaTalk iOS App from over 5 seconds to under 1 second, thereby greatly improved the user experience when selecting media to send.
• Implemented various other features and fixes across SeaTalk, such as support for WebP stickers and real-time sticker syncing.

Tech Stack

Swift

ReactiveSwift

Cocoapods

Swift Package Manager

Git

JIRA

Full Stack Web Developer | May 20 – Aug 20

Computing for Voluntary Welfare Organisations (CVWO)

• Built the client-facing application for the Lions Befrienders Service Association (LBSA) using React, Redux and Ionic that streamlines the workflow of volunteers, allowing LBSA to scale up their operations.
• Developed a new management system using Rails for LBSA staff to record case histories of their senior clients.
• Developed and deployed an Express API server that manages the electoral division data for LBSA clients.

Tech Stack

ReactJS

Redux

Typescript

CSS

HTML 5

Ruby

Rails

Git

Frontend Web Developer | Jan 20 – May 20

Source Academy, NUS

• Developed new features such as new game effects and patched flaws for the front-end game component of Source Academy.
• Improved the communication of user data between the front-end and back-end via new API endpoints.

Tech Stack

ReactJS

Redux

Typescript

CSS

HTML 5

Git

CS3217 Teaching Assistant | Jan 22 - Apr 22

National University of Singapore

• Mentoring 17 students over different milestones across their individual projects.
• Managing administrative work such as peer review allocations and submission tracking.
• Constantly providing feedback to students on their architecture design and code quality for their individual projects.

Tech Stack

Swift

Python

Git

Github