Hi, I'm Anna!

I'm currently a Software Developer at PayByPhone, and I graduated from UBC with a BA in Computer Science. Besides coding, I love cooking, reading thriller novels, and consuming questionable amounts of caffeine.

Skills

Front-end

Flutter/Dart
JavaScript
React
HTML/CSS

Back-end

C#
Java
C/C++
SQL

Tools

Git
AWS
DataDog
Terraform

Experience

Software Developer @ PayByPhone Technologies

Identity Team (Co-op) | Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

Identity & Messaging Team (IC1) | Jun 2023 - Nov 2024

Consumer Personalization Team (IC1) | Dec 2024 - Present

Shaped and delivered an integration with Airship, which syncs user consent data to ensure the company meets GDPR compliance requirements prior to sending emails
Implemented the backend for a new feature that allows users to pay for parking through SMS
Provisioned an AWS Lambda and SQS for a new internal service using Terraform
Maintaining and adding new APIs to a .NET service that manages user accounts and identities, written in C# and tested with NUnit
Proactively monitoring team services in DataDog and the AWS console, addressing issues to reduce errors and improve performance
Maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ensuring Docker images are security patched and up to date
Contributing to an end-to-end automated Python test suite using the Pytest framework
Performing on-call duties, and handling intake tickets to resolve customer issues
Facilitating SCRUM meetings, grooming JIRA tickets, refining acceptance criteria, and providing feedback in code reviews

Software QA Analyst Co-op @ Copperleaf Technologies

Customer Delivery Team

Jan - Dec 2020

Developed test plans and generated complex test data for executing tests varying from Regression, Functional, Localization, UI, API, and Automation testing
Provided detailed reports of software defects and verified bug fixes
Documented a step-by-step and troubleshooting guide to improve the workflow of running automation test scripts
Presented a case study to contribute a deeper understanding of the flagship product to enhance testing practices

Projects

Call Graph Generator

Academic

Oct - Nov 2021

Developed the back-end within a team to implement a program analysis tool in Java that evaluates a given source code to produce a visual call graph of a particular execution
Leveraged JavaParser and the Visitor pattern to generate and traverse Abstract Syntax Tree of source code

Weather App

Personal

Jun 2021 - Present

Designing and building a weather app with React, using the OpenWeatherMap API to retrieve the current weather, temperature, and UV Index for a given location
Writing unit and API tests with Jest to ensure app works as designed after code refactoring
Adding more features such as a 5-day weather forecast, and changing the UI colour scheme based on the weather and temperature

TCP Server & Client

Academic

Mar - Apr 2021

Implemented a simplified Netcat clone using socket programming in C with a feature that allows server to connect to multiple clients using synchronous I/O multiplexing and multithreading

Rock Paper Scissors Game

Personal

May 2021

Created a fun UI for a rock-paper-scissors game using HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript

Todo List

Personal

May 2021

A simple to-do list made in HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript
Added creative touches by experimenting with CSS filters and gradients to achieve a glassmorphism style
Converted to-do list data to JSON, utilized local storage to persist and update to-do items

Food Delivery Database GUI

Academic

Nov 2020

Collaborated in a team of 3 to implement a Java application that provides a GUI for the user to run SQL queries of the data from a fictional food delivery service
Designed ER diagram for mapping out relationships between entities of the database
Utilized Java's JDBC API to connect the app with the UBC CS department's Oracle DBMS, and designed GUI with Java Swing