Maxwell Cruickshanks
Aurora, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMaxwell Cruickshanks is a University of Waterloo computer science student with six years of hands-on engineering experience across high-performance C++ trading systems, machine learning algorithms, and compute kernel development. He has interned at Akuna Capital, Untether AI, and LispLogics and is joining Jane Street as a software engineer intern, showing a strong trajectory in low-latency and compute-focused engineering. Maxwell combines algorithmic rigor from ML and data-science roles with practical systems experience optimizing performance-critical code. Based in Aurora, Ontario, he brings early-career depth in both research-adjacent algorithm work and production-oriented kernel development. Colleagues describe him as a problem-solver who seeks elegant, performant solutions rather than quick fixes.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, 99%, High School Diploma, 99% at St. Andrew's CollegeBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (6)
textbook10
python10
markdown9
computer-science8
science8
algorithms7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
maxcruickshanks/Paint
Jun 2020 - Jul 2023
Contributions:1 release, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
maxcruickshanks/CP-Templates
Sep 2021 - Feb 2024
Contributions:30 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 5 months
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