Samuel Tee
Backend Engineer at Shopee
Singapore, Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuel Tee is a backend engineer with 8 years of hands-on experience building data-driven systems and infrastructure, currently contributing to Shopee's backend. He has practical expertise in real-time data pipelines, PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB, Apache NiFi and dashboarding from internships at Thales/Hitachi Rail, and experience upgrading embedded Linux/OpenWRT kernels from a role at MaxLinear. A National University of Singapore computer science graduate who also studied at Keio, he blends strong systems-level curiosity with pragmatic engineering. Comfortable writing efficient SQL, Python, and infrastructure glue, Samuel favors automating data flows and turning operational logs into actionable insights. Notably, he has gone beyond coursework to reverse-engineer and adapt complex open-source builds, demonstrating persistence and a low-level systems appetite that complements his backend focus.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Keio International Program, Keio International Program at Keio UniversityInternational Baccalaureate Diploma, International Baccalaureate Diploma at Hwa Chong International SchoolBachelor of Computing (Honours) in Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computing (Honours) in Computer Science, Computer Science at National University of Singapore
Github Skills (69)
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Kidsnd274/Av1anStaxRipWrapper
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
Wrapper script to use Av1an with StaxRip
Contributions:1 review, 100 commits, 6 PRs in 2 months
wrapper-scriptpython-scriptvideorav1effmpeg
Kidsnd274/tp
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Contributions:1 PR, 81 pushes, 24 branches in 1 month
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