Hi, I'm Rafe
I'm an aspiring systems programmer, currently studying Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia. I've received outstanding marks in school and evaluations at work - doing digital circuit design and software development. I'm interested how we can improve systems by building more performant hardware and leveraging it at a software level. In my free time, I enjoy competing on the UBC nordic skiing team, playing piano (especially romantic era and Jazz pieces), and running/going to the gym.
Skills
Work Experience
JMA Consulting
Junior Software Developer
May 2025 - August 2025
- Created custom forms to meet client needs, allowing an industry certification board to quickly register users for exams, a white-label SAAS to update business information, and another client to import data.
- Extended open-source CRM software to provide statistics on emails sent via Amazon SES, to generate and assign badges from BadgeCert to users, and to sync events between two sites.
- Packaged existing software to run in Docker, installing dependencies, moving configuration to environment variables, scripting startup tasks, and minimizing image size. This allowed for easy and consistent deployment across heterogeneous hardware and software configurations.
- Integrated cron jobs and update logic into a Kubernetes operator, making site updates and installations seamless, auditable, and consistent.
- Researched and made recommendations to improve internal processes, including which image registry to use, tools for local containerized development, auto-unlocking encrypted disks on boot, and logging configuration. These recommendations were accepted, resulting in fewer wasted developer hours.
Junior Software Developer
May 2024 - August 2024
- Reimplemented Django Python scrapers of Canadian elected officials’ information on 75 websites and stored it in a database for later use by a petition service
- Created functionality using a low code framework and PHP to manage counselling waitlists and scheduling appointments for the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton
- Developed displays of candidate information in PHP for an online educational certification system for the Construction Industry Licensing Board of Florida
- Custom responsive styling of Bootstrap based theme for new company website
- Created an internal company gitlab CI/CD pipeline on code pushes that runs my bash script to reapply patches to site files and if there are conflicts notify an administrator otherwise merge the changes to the repo without triggering the same pipeline
Junior Software Developer
July 2023 - August 2023
- Developed a client management application for a software company specializing in building websites and constituent relationship management systems for nonprofits
- Implemented custom entities to represent contracts, servers, clients, websites
- Created PHP script to import Excel data into MySQL database
- Created form in PHP to on-board new clients and create relevant entities
Education
The University of British Columbia
BASc in Computer Engineering
September 2023 – May 2027
I am currently entering my second year of Computer Engineering at UBC. In first year, I achieved a 91% average, placing on the Dean’s list. In addition, I earned 98% in Introduction to Computation in Engineering Design (APSC 160) and received the Trek Excellence Scholarship for first-year marks in top 5% of program. I am excited to continue to learn more about computer engineering in the coming years of my degree.
Saint Michael’s Choir School
High School Diploma
September 2019 – June 2023
- Received the Governor General’s Academic Medal for the highest average in the graduating class at a consistently academically top-ranked school, Extended French Certificate and Ontario Scholar
- Graduated with subject awards in Advanced Functions, Calculus and Vectors, Chemistry, French, Physics and Vocal Music
- First place in school in University of Waterloo mathematics contests for grades 9 through 12 (Pascal, Cayley, Fermat, Euclid and Senior Mathematics)
- Participated in the Lloyd Auckland Invitational in 2022, an invite-only week long event held for 70 top students in Waterloo’s Fermat contest
Projects
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