Heidi Tong
Software Developer at Under the GUI Academy Inc.
Canada
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolHeidi Tong is a versatile software developer and SFU Computing Science student with nine years of hands-on experience spanning C++, Python, Cython, and frontend technologies. She has contributed to production SDKs and educational examples at D-Wave, maintained Python demos for quantum computing adopters, and improved test automation for D-Wave’s widely used Ocean SDK. Currently a developer at Safe Software while teaching coding to youth, she combines professional engineering with a strong aptitude for communication and mentorship. Her background in graphic design and music — from freelance branding work to private piano teaching — gives her a distinctive eye for user-facing tools and prototype UX. Colleagues know her for bridging research and product needs: shipping demos and web apps showcased at conferences while tightening CI and test coverage behind the scenes.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Challenge Program, High School, Challenge Program at Eric Hamber Secondary SchoolBachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (6)
python10
testing10
unit-test9
unit-testing9
quantum-computing9
cicd8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dwavesystems/dwave-ocean-sdk
May 2021 - Dec 2021
Installer for D-Wave's Ocean tools
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:1 release, 11 reviews, 27 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Heidi focused on enhancing the test suite for the `dwave-ocean-sdk` project. Their contributions included adding a smoke test for the `dwave-preprocessing` package and integrating it into the existing test framework. They also updated and added tests and made modifications to the CI configuration file to leverage the 'ocean orb'. In addition, the user updated test suite components, demonstrating a dedication to improving the quality and coverage of the tests within the SDK.
quantum-computingoceand-waveinstallerwave
dwave-examples/graph-coloring
Nov 2020 - Jan 2022
A demo of graph coloring using Leap's hybrid constrained quadratic model (CQM) solver.
Contributions:4 reviews, 19 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 2 months
hybrid-solutionsolverdiscretegraphshybrid
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