Hello! I'm Harry Qu

I am a Software Engineering Student at University of Auckland. Well-versed in technology to create reliable and user-friendly systems. Skilled leader with proven ability to motivate, educate, and manage teams to build reliable software applications. Love coding, love gaming, love life 🤔

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What I do

PASSIONATE LEARNER WHO WANTS TO EXPLORE EVERY TECH STACK

Front-End Development

➼ Developed web applications with multiple 3rd-party software integrations

➼ Built responsive static websites using HTML/CSS/JS

➼ Built responsive Single-Page-Apps in Vue.js and React.js

➼ Reinforced Graphical User Interface interactivity using JavaFX

Back-End Development

➼ Built RESTful APIs in Spring Boot, ASP.Net and Express.js

➼ Implemented file sync tool and custom shell programs using C, Java

➼ Designed database schemas in relational databases and used SQL for database manipulation

➼ Implemented cache system with Redis for fast server reponse

➼ Created a distributed messaging service using RabbitMQ for backend microservices decoupling and load balancing

Cloud Infra-Architecture

➼ Set up development environment on Linux using Docker

➼ Experience of using simple services on AWS

➼ Hosted and maintained websites on EC2 instance, GitHub Pages and Vercels

Competitve Programmming

➼ Participated multiple hackathons and programming competitions ranging from online trading to data strcuture & algorithm

➼ Ranked first in 2021 New Zealand Regional Programming Contest (Tertiary Intermediate)

Game Development

➼ Implemented a 2048 web game using React.js ,Redux and C#

➼ Designed 2D games using C# and Unity

Proficiency

UI/UX
70%
Front-End
80%
Back-End
85%
DevOPS
60%
Game Development
50%

Education

University of Auckland
Bachelor of (Software) Engineering (Hons)
Mar 2020 - (Graduating) Oct 2023

Year 3 of 4

  • GPA 8.4/9.0 for all courses, GPA 8.6/9.0 for software courses (A/A+ average)
  • Faculty of Engineering Dean's Honours List - Top 5% in the cohort (2020, 2021)

Experience

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Akuna Capital

Software Development Intern
Nov 2022 - Present
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    Tidy

    Software Engineer Intern
    May 2022 - Jul 2022
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      University of Auckland

      Software Teaching Assistant & Tutor
      May 2022 - Present
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        Microsoft Student Accelerator

        Software Developer & Tutor
        Dec 2021 - Present
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          Fractional IP

          Software Engineer Intern
          Dec 2020 - Jun 2021

            Projects

            Harry Blog

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            My personal blog website where I posted all my technical writings. The site is developed using Hexo and JavaScript, hosted on GitHub pages and making use of GitHub Actions to deploy the website on every push.

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            Harry Portfolio

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            My personal portfolio website! Developed with Reactjs, implemented server side renderig with Nextjs ,hosted by Vercels and Github Actions.

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            Parallel A* Algorithm Visualizer (Processor 8)

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            A implementation of multi-threaded A* algorithm to calculate the optimal solution of the Task Scheduling NP-Hard and visualized the execution.

            Easy Shopping

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            A Java microservices full stack web application that helps shop owners better organize their products and customers. Implemented cache system with Redis and decoupled backend microservices by RabbitMQ.

            Peckish

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            A Hackathon project developed with React, React-Router and Material-UI in 48 hours aimed to provide a commercial platform for food vendors/food trucks to sell their products.

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            Māori Vocab Learner

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            A Text to Speech graphical user interface that helps children learn Māori vocabulary built with Bash, Java, JavaFX, SceneBuilder and CSS.

            2048

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            Worked with the Microsoft Student Accelerator’s developer team to create a 2048 game web application (Currently kept private from members).

            Zapp

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            Software solution that gamifies classrooms to help teenagers learn with joy.

            Achievements

            WDCC x SESA Hackathon

            First Place in 2022 WDCC x SESA Hackathon

            NZPC

            First Place in 2021 New Zealand Regional Programming Contest (Tertiary Intermediate).

            Azure AI

            Acquired Microsoft Azure AI-900 Certificate.

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            Technical Writing

            Wrote over 100 technical articles on my blog and attracted over 500 active readers.

            REACH OUT TO ME!

            Contact me via Emain or LinkedIn for anything! Come and say Hi!

            University of Auckland third year software engineering student

            Auckland, New Zealand