Elvis Sun
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolElvis Sun is a data-focused engineer with 10 years of experience blending machine learning, data mining, and backend engineering to turn messy data into production-ready insights. He has applied NLP and deep learning (BERT, Transformer, Word2Vec) in production settings at Lalamove and built ETA and classification models using XGBoost and stochastic processes at SF Technology. Comfortable across the stack, he works with Python, PySpark, Hive, Airflow and PostgreSQL, and has contributed backend features to the widely used Firebase CLI—improving extension provider metrics, cloud monitoring parsing, and interactive commands. His background in mechanical engineering and hands-on design work gives him a practical, systems-oriented approach to model validation and deployment. Based in Old Toronto, he combines rigorous academic training from the University of Toronto and Alberta with a knack for translating stakeholder needs into measurable technical solutions.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering at University of AlbertaMaster of Engineering - MEng, Industrial Engineering, Upon Transcript, Master of Engineering - MEng, Industrial Engineering, Upon Transcript at University of Toronto
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Github Skills (15)
javascript10
nodejs10
api10
cloud-monitoring10
apidoc10
gcp9
command-line9
cli9
command-line-interface9
testing8
tensorflow6
python6
typescript4
typescripts4
typescript-types4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
firebase/firebase-tools
Nov 2021 - Apr 2022
The Firebase Command Line Tools
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:115 reviews, 58 commits, 55 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Elvis primarily focused on developing and enhancing features related to extension providers within the Firebase tools. Their work included implementing metrics commands, producer stats APIs, and refining cloud monitoring integrations. Furthermore, the user contributed to the command-line tool's functionality by adding interactive options and addressing versioning issues within the cloud monitoring response parsing process, showing a focus on backend API development. These efforts resulted in enhancements to the tool's usability and feature set.
firebasecommand-line-toolscli
elvisun/Snake-Game-AI
Jun 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 1 year 8 months
snakesnake-gamepythongame-ai
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