Philly Tan
Co-Founder at The University of British Columbia
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilly Tan is a co-founder and full-stack/DevOps engineer with roughly a decade of coding experience, currently studying Computer Science and Commerce at UBC. He builds scalable, production-grade systems—leading the Philippine Red Cross COVID-19 tech response and co-founding Dashlabs.ai (YC W21)—using TypeScript, Next.js, GraphQL, Kubernetes and cloud platforms like GCP and AWS. At Dashboard Philippines he migrated infrastructure, optimized performance for large datasets, and automated CI/CD and onboarding workflows, demonstrating a pragmatic focus on reliability and operational efficiency. Philly also contributes to UBC Launch Pad’s rocket2 Slack bot and teaches software construction as a UBC TA, blending hands-on engineering with mentorship. He’s a habitual hackathon participant with an ethos of “create for others,” and an early-start coder who pairs startup speed with public-good impact. An interesting detail: he’s built systems serving thousands daily (including a lab information system used by 5,000+ users) while still an undergraduate.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science and Commerce, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science and Commerce at The University of British ColumbiaDiploma Program, Diploma Program at International BaccalaureateInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Program, International Baccalaureate Diploma Program at Xavier School
Chinese, English
Github Skills (94)
apollo-server10
ubuntu10
vpn-manager10
kubernetes-service10
multiple-users10
javascript9
dynamodb9
browser-testing9
slack-bot9
apollo9
webcam-capture9
open-source9
pad9
like-button9
mongodb9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ProjectPiTutoring/ProjectPiTutoring.github.io
Jul 2018 - Dec 2019
Project π combines Mathematics and the accessibility of social media to create a unique learning experience.
Contributions:1 PR, 110 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 4 months
accessibilitymathematicssocial-medialearning-experience
dashboardlabs/common-actions
Nov 2021 - Mar 2023
Contributions:70 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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