Clarence Kwong

(416) 278-8185 · clarencekwong7@gmail.com

I am a Full Stack Developer with a passion for puzzle solving. Experienced in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React, and Python. Toronto native, born listener, hike enthusiast, and dog owner.


Projects

OpenShop

Developed a Rails API backend with endpoints for users, stores, orders
Implemented user interface with ReactJS and used Semantic-UI for styling
Utilized Amazon’s Simple Storage Services to host all images
Utilized JSON web tokens and localStorage to store encrypted user information on the client-side

Oenophilia

Developed a Rails API backend with endpoints for food and wine pairings
Implemented user interface with ReactJS and used Semantic-UI for styling
Utilized localStorage to store user information on the client-side

Tetrotis

Developed a Rails API backend with endpoints for user hi-scores
Implemented vanilla JavaScript to dynamically update the webpage
Utilized custom CSS styling for the application


Experience

Survey Programmer

Canadian Viewpoint Inc, Richmond Hill, ON

Programmed Online/CATI surveys to respondents nationally across sector marketing research through the DecipherInc platform using Python, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript.

Nov. 2016 - Dec. 2018

Business Analyst

Aurora Technology Development Inc, Markham ON

Designed and researched for a POS system and operated as the lead point of contact between client and in-house development team.

Oct. 2016 - Nov. 2016

Account Manager

Aurora Technology Development Inc, Markham ON

Established long-lasting customer relationships that resulted in numerous business referrals.

Aug. 2016 - Oct. 2016

Education

Flatiron School

Software Engineer Immersive
15 week, intensive, on-site programming bootcamp

Course consisted of JavaScript (including React and Redux), Ruby (including Rails), HTML/CSS, Git, and SQL

Jan. 2019 - Apr. 2019

University of Toronto

Honours Bachelor of Science with Distinction
Psychology

Committed 15 hours a week as a Technical Research Assistant for 2 years for the Toronto Laboratory for Social Neuroscience

Sept. 2012 - June. 2016

Udemy

Go: The Complete Developer's Guide (Golang) by Stephen Grider
Angular & NodeJS - The MEAN Stack guide by Maximilian Schwarzmüller

Mar. 2019 - Current

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools

Interests

Apart from being a full stack developer, I enjoy most of my time being outdoors. In the winter, I am an avid snowboarder and snow angel perfectionist. During the warmer months here in Toronto, I enjoy hiking, bouldering, and camping.

When forced indoors, I follow a number of sci-fi and fantasy genre movies and television shows, I am a boardgame connoisseur and escape room fanatic, and I spend a large amount of my free time Udemy or Coursera to enhance my expertise in new areas of technology.