Emma Shi
I'm a Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo. Interested in the intersection of software, product, and entrepreneurship.
/ Experience
Datadog (opens in new tab)
New YorkBuilt RBAC, authorization, and authentication infrastructure for systems at scale.
Shopify (opens in new tab)
TorontoBuilt the end-to-end tax calculation engine for Canada's launch of Shopify Tax (opens in new tab) to hundreds of thousands of merchants.
Ply Health (YC S24) (opens in new tab)
San FranciscoDesigned the credentialing infrastructure that tracked enrollment dependencies across payer-provider networks. First engineer hire during Series A raise.
Zomp
TorontoEngineered data pipelines for physical oil and gas pipelines across North America. Improved defect classification by modeling spatial patterns in sensor data.
Wat Street (opens in new tab)
WaterlooML Project Lead. Working on Correlation Trading (opens in new tab) to develop models that measure time-dilated correlations between stock pairs.
/ Programs
Wrote a research paper on how GenAI adoption disclosures affect returns and volatility across the S&P 500.
Jane Street (opens in new tab)
New YorkSpent a week working alongside quants, devs, and researchers.
Outside of tech, I'm on the Varsity Ultimate Frisbee Team at Waterloo, and enjoy basketball, board games, travelling, reading, and cafes.