Emma Shi

I am a Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo. Interested in all areas of software, particularly the intersection of product and entrepreneurship.

•Software Engineer Intern at Shopify, Taxes

•Incoming Software Engineer Intern at Datadog

•Previously at:

◇Ply Health (YC S24) - Built full‑stack systems to automate provider credentialing. Worked as one of the first engineers during seed raise.

◇Zomp - Improved defect detection and classification in oil and gas pipelines across North America.

◇Citadel | Citadel Securities - Competed in a Datathon in Miami. Wrote a research paper on how GenAI adoption disclosures affect returns and volatility across S&P 500 equities, using event-study methods to identify statistically significant trading signals.

◇Jane Street - Spent a week in NYC, working alongside quants, devs, and researchers.

•Currently ML Project Lead at Wat Street, working on Correlation Testing: a project developing models to measure time-dilated correlations between stock pairs.

Outside of tech, I play on the Varsity Ultimate Frisbee Team at Waterloo, and enjoy basketball, board games, travelling, reading, and cafes.