Paulina Khew
Software Engineer at Bloomberg
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolPaulina Khew is a software engineer based in New York with seven years of experience building backend and full-stack systems across startups and large platforms, currently contributing at Bloomberg. A University of Waterloo Systems Design Engineering graduate, she brings rigorous interdisciplinary problem-solving and a strong foundation in math and science to production services. Her work spans Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, and JavaScript—shipping features like Shopify billing tools, CLI improvements, and a Bulk Credit automation that integrated Rails, GCS, and Polaris. At Twitch she implemented a Golang data-plane delivery tracker aggregating SQS into DynamoDB for observability of chat message distribution, and she significantly improved OCR accuracy in earlier roles using OpenCV and Google Cloud Vision. An active open-source contributor, she’s fixed core issues and added features to high-profile Shopify API libraries used broadly by developers. Known for learning quickly and shipping pragmatic solutions, she pairs curiosity-driven engineering with attention to developer experience and reliability.
7 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Python Fullstack Immersive, Coding, Python Fullstack Immersive, Coding at Byte AcademyHigh School, Arts Specialization, High School, Arts Specialization at Cardinal Carter Academy for the ArtsBachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Systems Design Engineering (SYDE), Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) at University of Waterloo
French, English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (32)
shopify-api10
javascript10
pytest10
python10
apidoc10
session-management10
shopify10
webhooks10
testing10
command-line-interface10
typescript10
authentication10
user-authentication10
shopify-cli10
hmac-authentication10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/shopify_python_api
Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
ShopifyAPI library allows Python developers to programmatically access the admin section of stores
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:22 reviews, 64 commits, 47 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Paulina primarily contributed to the Shopify API library by addressing bug fixes, refactoring, and implementing new features. Their work focused on fixing issues in the core functionality of the library, such as resolving a "filter" type issue and Python 3.6 compatibility. They also added new functionalities, including the initial implementation of application credit features and associated tests. The user demonstrates a strong understanding of the library's codebase and the Shopify API.
pythonadminprogrammaticallystores
Shopify/shopify-api-php
Mar 2021 - Jun 2021
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:95 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Paulina primarily focused on building out the Shopify API integration for the PHP library. Their main contributions involve implementing and testing functions for shop domain validation, HMAC validation, and query parameter retrieval. They also refactored the utility functions into a single file and created a session class with supporting file-based storage. These changes provide core functionality for authenticating and interacting with the Shopify API.
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