Patricia Mielnik.

Developer

About Me

I am a highly motivated individual who is always enthusiastic about learning new things, who recently obtained a Bachelor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Business Administration at Wilfrid Laurier University in a dual degree program. I've been playing musical instruments since I was 4 years old, and one of my favourite hobbies is travelling with my camera in hand. Most often though, I love getting lost in code for hours, working out how a given system works or digging into details of code while debugging. I am an endlessly curious individual who loves learning and someone who greatly enjoys helping others - in addition to 2+ years of internships, I have spent much of my time mentoring individuals through organizations such as WiCS and giving back to my community by volunteering through organizations such as UW Blueprint.


Keep scrolling to learn more about my schooling, experiences, and awards!

Work Experience

Some of the places that have helped me learn a lot of the skills I possess now

Software Engineer Intern

Electronic Arts

September - December 2021

Software Engineer Intern

Facebook Messenger

January - April 2021

Production Engineer Intern

Shopify

September - December 2020

Software Engineer Intern

Google

January - April 2020

Software Engineer Intern

Kaleidescape

January - April 2019

Developer

Royal Bank of Canada

May - August 2018

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

University of Waterloo | August 2022

Bachelor of Business Administration

Wilfrid Laurier University | August 2022

Projects

Here are some of the things I've worked on recently

Used Spring Boot to build a RESTful web service. This service worked with the Eventrbrite API to GET event data, which was then delivered to the front end of the Ascend page.

I applied knowledge of hashing algorithms in Java to efficiently store and retrieve employee data. On the front end, I Co-designed a user-friendly interface with the Netbeans IDE.

Developed Android applications in collaboration with other students using the Android Studio IDE. Among these applications, I designed and developed a calculator application, and co-developed a contacts application that can be found on Google Play, with 5,000+ installs.

Delivered an introductory presentation on artificial intelligence and machine learning to a group of 16 high school students. This presentation introduced the students to types of machine learning problems, and provided a real world example of ML in action with an overview of the features and vulnerabilities of facial recognition technology.

Accomplishments

RBC Summer Hack

Second place out of 25 teams

New Venture Case Competition

Top 20% out of over 250 teams