about me

• i graduated with a cs degree from NUS, and i'm on a journey to touch grass and figure out how to have a personality beyond your academics and career. turns out i like writing, hard techno, and going out to hike.
• you can reach me at conradsoon[that little symbol that usually goes here]gmail.com!

experience

• i'm a member of technical staff at exa now!
• i was a SWE intern (HPC) at the trade desk - i worked on C++, C# and Kubernetes here!
• i was a SWE intern (C++) at hudson river trading - i worked on internal reflection tooling and exchange connectivity here!
• i was a SWE intern at tiktok - i built an alarm monitoring system in golang here!
• i was a SWE intern at a crypto exchange - i worked on low latency C++ for orderbook reconstruction and liquidity provisioning systems here!
• i was a sensors & IoT intern at GovTech - i built smart lighting systems and worked on automated thermometers for COVID-19 here!

hire me

• i like maths & enjoy cracking my head on algorithmic problems. i'm proficient with working with lower level languages like C++. i really love computational-type or optimisation-type problems.
• it's always been my dream to go to the US to work. if you're a startup that's willing to sponsor a J-1 for a scrappy young student that's curious about everything, please reach out!
  • i found that startup :)
• i'm a singapore citizen with work authorization in singapore. i'm also eligible for the H-1B1 visa.

trivia 🤡

• as of 07/08/23 i have approximately 896 golang gopher keychains and 96 golang gopher crocs jibbitz that i've made as a joke gone too far.
• if you'd like to buy some (i can do bulk orders as well), hit me up on carousell!