# Aaron O.

> Incoming @ Jane Street, MTS @ ATOMS | Software Engineering + C&O @ UWaterloo | SHAD Calgary 2018

Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aarono

I'm a third-year Software Engineering student at the University of Waterloo pursuing a minor in Combinatorics & Optimization. Having worked in the telecom industry for three years, my code runs on several Tier 1 carriers in North America and New Zealand.

My areas of interest include compilers and computer languages, specifically performance and functional programming.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Jane Street
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Incoming Summer 2026

### Member of Technical Staff @ ATOMS
Jan 2026 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States
Mesh networking algorithms

### Founding Engineer @ Ridges AI
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Richmond Hill, ON
• Added correctness guarantees to core infrastructure via property-based testing, validating incentive logic under edge cases
• Designed and optimized database infrastructure with advanced indexing and query strategies, enabling 4 billion+ tokens of inference monthly at 500+ QPS on AWS, and ensuring reliability under high-load conditions
• Engineered and scaled a robust crypto incentive mechanism on the Bittensor blockchain (subnet 62), leveraging Python, SQL, and TypeScript to deliver a state-of-the-art agent (73.6% on SWE-Bench Verified)
• Developed real-time monitoring and analytics platforms (React, Next.js, WebSockets) for live token flow, agent performance, and system health, supporting data-driven decision-making across a distributed network

### Software Developer @ JaggedXY
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
• Architected high-throughput C# data pipelines processing millions of trace files for Tier 1 telecom carriers, enhancing network reliability for millions of users across North America and New Zealand
• Applied combinatorial pruning over XYZ tile hierarchies, reducing visualization latency (15.7s to <1s) while preserving correctness
• Led technical initiatives and mentored co-op students, delivering production-grade solutions recognized with MVP award and adopted by international carriers

### Software Engineer @ Besty AI
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States
• Built scalable sentiment analysis pipelines using multi-agent LLMs, enabling real-time insights across hundreds of conversations with advanced search, sort, and filter features
• Reduced SQL query latency from 6+ minutes to ~180ms through schema redesign and strategic indexing, dramatically improving system responsiveness and decreasing database load
• Created a modular API abstraction layer, facilitating seamless integration with 4+ Property Management System APIs

### Software Developer @ JaggedXY
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
• Created comprehensive automated reporting tools and geospatial visualization systems that eliminated manual processes while enabling real-time network health monitoring and emergency 911 call location tracking
• Built a comprehensive Rust CLI tool for microservice cluster management with GitLab CI automation, delivering cross-platform statically linked binaries and streamlining deployment workflows for development teams
• Engineered custom TypeScript parser with type-checking and autocompletion for secure SQL query compilation
• Implemented SAML SSO authentication to enhance platform security for enterprise clients with 100k+ users

### Software Developer @ Optimal Edge Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
• Wrote a complete programming language compiler for OeScript (custom DSL)—designing custom grammar, lexical analysis, and code generation to enable type-safe database interactions and eliminate boilerplate code
• Led development of a WebAssembly-based UI framework leveraging OeScript enabling seamless C# class integration for client-side execution, allowing server logic and data definitions to be shared across browser and desktop environments

### Owner @ ElleBowGents
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Computer-Aided Design. CNC machining. Custom laser engravings. Graphic design. Individually crafted wooden bow ties for the fashionably refined.

### SHAD Fellow @ SHAD Network
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Earned the SHAD Fellow designation after being nominated to attend the award winning enrichment and entrepreneurship program, SHAD, which brings together top youth from across Canada every July. Students go through an intense experiential learning program that empowers them to become change makers.

Member of the lifelong SHAD Network which includes numerous Rhodes Scholars, Top 30 under 30 award winners, Loran Scholars, and leaders in many different fields in Canada and around the world.


## Education
### Bachelor of Software Engineering – BSE in Computer Software Engineering
University of Waterloo

### Stratford Central Secondary School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aaroncolsen

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Last updated: 2026-04-11