My name is Andrei Taylor

I am a Software Engineer in Toronto, ON

About Me


I am a Software Engineer living in Toronto, Ontario. I studied at the University of Victoria. In the past I have been a Ground Systems Programmer at MDA and the President of UVic AERO. I spend much of my spare time learning about technology and working on open source projects. If you are looking for a dedicated and driven individual to join your team than look no further.

Languages: Javascript, C++, Python, Golang


Resume

Extra Cirricular Projects


Uvic Aero

Aero is a student lead team that participates in unmanned aircraft competitions. I designed and implemented a tracking algorithm that points an antenna at the plane to allow live image capture

languages: C and C++

website

Board Game Tracking

A Web application that allows real time tracking of money in board games like Monopoly or Powergrid. The server is Nodejs with Express Middleware, the frontend logic is controlled with Angular JS

language: Javascript

website, github

Battle Snake

Wrote an algorithm to control a snake in a battle arena. The snake was controlled through a restful api, we wrote our server using bottle and guinicorn

language: Python

website, github

MPG Microprocessor Training

MPG is a hands-on training course for embedded systems. I programed the board to play pong wirelessly against others. I learned about programming embedded systems and building circuits

language: C

website

Work Experience


MDA - Software Developer

Developed mission planning software for the RADARSAT constellation mission, a three-spacecraft fleet of Earth observation satellites

Optimized C++ code

Isolation Network - Software Developer

Developed a replacement user interface for Universal Media Group's content distribution system

Created a Restful API for the existing SQL database using Node.js

Responsible for upgrading angular controllers to components readying the update to Angular 2.0

Latitude Geographics - QA Analyist

Designed and Implemented a selennium based application that automated tedious tasks in testing

Wrote a script that archived sites hosted on internal servers resulting in a 80% decrease in storage

Gained experience using restful API's

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