Cyril Zhang
Junior Software Developer at Web Industrial Solutions
Markham, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolCyril Zhang is a junior software developer and Queen’s University AI undergraduate (3.88/4.30) with three years of hands-on experience building both front-end and back-end features for open-source and commercial projects. He has contributed UI accessibility and UX improvements to Mattermost’s web app while also hardening backend APIs and data integrity in the Mattermost monorepo, showcasing full‑stack fluency. At Web Industrial Solutions and in academic research, he focused on practical AI and analytics tasks, bringing strong mathematical foundations and a disciplined, team-oriented approach. Known for punctuality and accountability, Cyril pairs theory with shipping reliable code and a visible record of improving real-world collaboration software.
3 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Chengdu SHISHI High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Artificial Intelligence, 3.88/4.30, Bachelor of Science - BS, Artificial Intelligence, 3.88/4.30 at Queen's University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (25)
javascript10
web-application10
apidoc10
typescript10
user-interface10
mattermost10
go10
api10
webapp10
typescript-types10
golang10
typescripts10
web-development10
react10
tsql9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mattermost/mattermost-webapp
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
Archived web app of Mattermost. Moved to the monorepo: https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:40 reviews, 30 commits, 35 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Cyril primarily contributed to the Mattermost web application's front-end, focusing on improving user interface components. Their work involved loading custom emojis in the top reactions components and adding display names to the add members to channel modal. They also addressed accessibility issues by improving profile popovers and adding aria attributes to global header buttons. Furthermore, the user implemented changes related to user group popovers and fixed a button issue in the global header.
webapphttps-servermattermostmattermost-server
mattermost/mattermost
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle..
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 9 commits, 26 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Cyril primarily contributed to the Mattermost backend, focusing on API enhancements and bug fixes. They implemented error checking and improved the insights API, enhancing the reliability of data retrieval. Further contributions involved preventing the creation of groups with reserved names and adding functionality to return group members in a specific order. These changes indicate a focus on improving the application's functionality and data integrity.
golangsecuredevelopment-lifecyclelifecyclereact-native
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