Michael Lam
Software Development Engineer at Ford Motor Company
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Lam is a software development engineer based in Ottawa, currently shaping vehicle software architecture at Ford after internships and co-ops with Ford, Trend Micro, Kinaxis, and Nokia. A fourth-year Carleton University computer science student specializing in cybersecurity with a biology minor, he blends systems thinking with a human-centered interest in healthcare-enabled devices. With eight years of hands-on experience across systems software, site reliability, and innovation incubators, he focuses on building accessible technology that meaningfully impacts daily life. He’s contributed as a teaching assistant, showing a knack for translating complex concepts for others, and brings practical production experience from both enterprise and R&D settings. Michael’s background suggests a rare combination of security-minded engineering and curiosity about biomedical applications—pursuing software that’s both robust and socially useful.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science Honours with High Distinction, Bachelor of Computer Science Honours with High Distinction at Carleton UniversityGlebe Collegiate InstituteA.Y. Jackson Secondary School
English, French, chinese, mandarin (traditional & simplified), chinese, cantonese (traditional)
Github Skills (5)
macos-big-sur10
fan-control9
bootcamp8
macos7
discord-js3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
michaeljylam/100-Days-of-SwiftUI
Jul 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
michaeljylam/michaeljylam.github.io
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
This repository contains a personal website, featuring a detailed résumé and projects.
Contributions:2 PRs, 17 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 9 months
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