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welcome

I'm Tong Ying, fullstack developer.

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I'm inspired to create software solutions that benefit people. I also love challenges and am excited to learn new technologies. Currently, I am a software engineering intern at Central Provident Fund Board.

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tong ying
/tɒŋ -ɪŋ/
noun
  1. aspiring software engineer: excited to build software solutions to solve real-world problems
  2. artist: keen design intuition and adept at executing creative ideas
  3. a drummer and a dancer
      • drummer
verb
  1. to obsess over matcha
      • girl holding matcha

Origin

2024-2025

Imperial College London (ICL)

Exchange Student

  • 1-year exchange student at Imperial College London, Computing

2024 (Jan-Aug)

Central Provident Fund Board (CPFB)

Software Engineer Intern

  • Fullstack developer for draftCentral, a genAI correspondence drafting web application
  • Integrated a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture, utilizing Python, LangChain and FastAPI for the backend functionality
  • Developed a user-friendly interface using React and Material UI
  • Constructed PostgreSQL and Azure AI Search schemas for efficient data retrieval
  • Integrated Langfuse for prompt management and LLM output evaluation
  • Optimised Azure infrastructure configurations through modularization with Terraform
  • Integrated Payload Content Management System with Next.js for the team website

2023-2024

Checkmate

Software Engineer

  • Volunteer project with Better.sg to build a scam-checking application
  • Worked on the telegram web application for Checkers using React, TailwindCSS, FastAPI

2022-2026

Renaissance Engineering Programme (REP), NTU

Scholar

  • Dual-degree scholars programme: B.Eng (Spec. in Computer Science) & MSc in Technological Management
  • Extra-curriculars: REACH Enable, REP Jamband (Publicity Head)
skills
languages
CC++DartHTML/CSSJavaJavaScriptPythonTypescript
frameworks
ExpressFastAPIFlutterLangChainNext.jsNode.js React.js
developer tools
AzureDockerFirebaseGitGithubLangfusePostgreSQLTerraformTensorflowVercel
projects & competitions
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Personal Website

NextTailwindCSSVercel

Developed a portfolio website to showcase my projects and achievements

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HacX! Hack for Public Safety 1st Runner-Up

ReactFirebase

Developed a mobile-first web application that streamlines the home rental process for homeowners, particularly to ease the tracking of pass status of foreign tenants

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Kumar Sustainability & Innovation Prize 2023 2nd Runner-Up

FlutterEntrepreneurship

Created a mobile application, Eupheus, which aimed to promote educational sustainability by promoting holistic education to secondary students

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Checkmate (Better.sg)

ReactTailwindCSSExpressFirebase

Designed the user interface and implemented it as a telegram web application, which serves as a dashboard and a voting platform

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Enable Ahma

ArduinoFlutterRaspberry PiTensorFlow

Partnered with Engineering Good to build a device to alert the hard-of-hearing of incoming bicycles

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Shell Imagine the Future 2022/2023 1st Runner-Up

Public speakingAnalytical thinking

Developed scenarios of life in Bangalore in the future based on extensive research on the city's current state and future trends

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