WOODY WAN, CFA
Toronto,Canada
Summary
Product-driven Full Stack Developer experienced in owning features end to end, from technical design and frontend architecture to backend APIs and production rollout, in high-trust, high-autonomy environments
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Full Stack Developer / Software Developer
PRODIGY EDUCATION
Toronto, Canada
01.2021 - 01.2026
- Designed and built a real-time goals and rewards system, ingesting up to 4,000 student answers per second, and delivering rewards to students within seconds; championed the frontend architecture and integration to ensure a seamless, low-latency user experience.
- Championed the frontend implementation of a real-time, nationwide classroom-vs-classroom leaderboard, handling live updates, state synchronization, and performance considerations at scale
- Contributed to the migration of the legacy teacher application to a modern Next.js + TypeScript stack, enabling a zero-downtime transition while improving performance, maintainability, and developer velocity
Automation Developer / Education QA analyst
PRODIGY EDUCATION
Toronto, Canada
08.2019 - 01.2021
- Work in education and online tutoring teams to deliver bug-free tutoring platforms, and contribute to improving the overall quality of the applications
- Build and maintain automated testing frameworks and End-to-End tests using Cypress
- Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipeline on CircleCI and GitHub Actions; Implement Datadog webhooks and dashboards to track and monitor test metrics; Integrate Percy for visual regression testing
Quality Assurance Analyst, Desktop Working Papers Quality Assurance
CASEWARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
Toronto, Canada
11.2012 - 08.2019
- Managed expectations for both internal and external clients, such as developers, DevOps, product owners, and consultants from Big 4 accounting firms, to ensure an excellent working environment and productivity to meet the planned deadlines
- Provided quality assurance for every release of CaseWare engagement software by collaborating with product owners and developers to understand the added value of new functions and assessing the net impact on existing features and stabilities
- Coordinated multiple large-scale testing projects which involved 50-100 users through composing ad-hoc and routine reports, tracking project progress, to determine issues
Private Equity Analyst Intern
HIGHLAND CREEK PARTNERS
Toronto, Canada
01.2013 - 09.2013
- Recognized and proposed future investment industries, including renewable energy and consulting/services, through comprehensive industry life cycle and market analysis using S&P Capital IQ
Education
Master of Mathematics - Applied Mathematics
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
Waterloo, Canada09-2012
Skills
Frontend
- React, Nextjs, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS
- Design systems, component architecture, accessibility, Cypress, and visual regression testing
Infrastructure and DevOps
- CI/CD (GitHub Actions, CircleCI)
- Kubernetes, Docker, AWS
- Monitoring and observability (Datadog, Sentry)
Backend and database
- Nodejs, Express, Django, RESTful API, GraphQL and Kafka
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
Leadership and collaboration
- Project ownership and technical leadership
- Cross-team collaboration (Product, Design, Data)
- Agile ceremonies
Projects
High-Speed Trading System
- Designed a latency-sensitive trading system with emphasis on network behavior and request determinism, including hands-on analysis of DNS resolution, edge routing, and IP affinity to understand and reduce response-time variability in real-time systems
- Built and operated backend services using Node.js and Express, exposing RESTful APIs consumed by Android clients, with a focus on throughput, reliability, and end-to-end system integration
Timeline
Full Stack Developer / Software Developer
PRODIGY EDUCATION
01.2021 - 01.2026
Automation Developer / Education QA analyst
PRODIGY EDUCATION
08.2019 - 01.2021
Private Equity Analyst Intern
HIGHLAND CREEK PARTNERS
01.2013 - 09.2013
Quality Assurance Analyst, Desktop Working Papers Quality Assurance
CASEWARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
11.2012 - 08.2019
Master of Mathematics - Applied Mathematics
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO