Hello! I'm Dexter!

I build cool stuff for fun.

Software Engineer @ Open Government Products

About Me

I am a full-stack software engineer with an interest in networking and databases.

Skills

Stuff I use frequently

Stuff I use occassionally

Experience

  1. Software Engineer

    Open Government Products

    Building the new ActiveSG.

  2. Undergraduate Research Assistant

    National University of Singapore

    Explored the use of BGP and MPLS to enable inter-domain host-to-host QoS.

  3. Software Engineering Intern

    Open Government Products

    Built the Health Appointment System.

  4. Software Engineering Intern

    Shopee

    Developed a client-side load balancer using Python and Redis to manage traffic between internal services, helping to double service throughput.

    Implemented a new loggined system that allows stakeholders to trace logs between services.

    Created a developement tool for managing connections to different environments and the extraction of application logs.

  5. Software Engineering Intern

    Computing for Voluntary Welfare Organisations

    Developed a national COVID-19 forward contract tracing system used by the Ministry of Health and Singapore Armed Forces.

Education

  1. National University of Singapore

    Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science)

    Valdictorian, Honours (Highest Distinction)

    NUS Global Merit Scholarship

    Distinction certificates in Networking and Distributed Systems, Database Systems, Software Engineering, and Computer Security focus areas

  2. Nanyang Junior College

    GCE A Levels

    6As + H3 Distinction

    Robotics Club, Vice President

    NYJC-BHCCC Community Leadership Programme