Alvin Qian
Software Engineer at Vanta
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlvin Qian is a software engineer based in Oakville, Ontario with eight years of hands-on experience across backend, frontend and reliability roles at organizations including RBC and Ford. A McMaster Software Engineering co-op graduate, he has rotated through development, site reliability, and payments integrations work, showing fluency in both building features and keeping systems resilient. He has practical industry exposure from automotive connected-vehicle projects to retail banking platforms, and has mentored high school students through RBC’s Summer Tech Labs. Alvin’s background includes full-stack internships and civic-focused backend work, reflecting a balance of product-driven and mission-oriented engineering. Comfortable switching between SRE and application development, he brings a pragmatic, systems-aware approach to shipping reliable software. Outside of work, his early leadership as a Shad alum and experience teaching swim and lifeguarding hint at strong mentorship and safety-focused instincts.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Software Engineering at McMaster University
English, French, ChineseProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Alvin787/personal_website
Jan 2022 - Jul 2022
Contributions:12 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
Alvin787/qian-quantitative
Feb 2025 - May 2025
Platform for automated technical analysis and discovery of securites for the purpose of swing trading.
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
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