# David W.

> Software Engineer at Citadel

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidw1

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Citadel
Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Treasury Trading Execution

### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, CA
Led development for the Google Play logging server, gateway for Google first party applications with ~1M QPS.
Reduced CPU and memory usage of the Google Play logging server by ~60%, saving ~1.4 SWE/year.
Migrated sequence pipelines to new infrastructure, reducing resource costs by ~99%, saving ~3.3 SWE/year.
Led development for Rubic and Echo, internal data visualization tools with ~4400 annual unique visitors.
Spearheaded Data Access Management initiative for ~2000 employees across Google Play.

### Researcher @ Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Stanford, California, United States
Developed and applied generative deep learning models for satellite imagery super-resolution at the Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence Lab. Co-author of paper accepted to NeurIPS 2021 Conference.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Improbable
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | London, United Kingdom
Enhanced Content Management System to reduce webpage update time from 3 minutes to ~3 seconds. Improved Content Management flow by designing and implementing page previews and publish scheduling.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Google
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Mountain View, California
Developed monitoring framework for Google Play order pipelines handling play store transactions.

### Backend Software Engineer Intern @ Fitbit
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Developed features in Java for data collection and classification on the Sleep and Wellness team. Implemented demographic statistics backend and client API leveraging Protocol Buffers and Thrift.

### OpenCL FPGA Engineer (Intern) @ Intel Corporation
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Developed framework for retrieving RTL module utilization statistics from compilation on FPGAs, generating Verilog wrappers and compiling standalone modules, and summarizing module performance information. Languages used include Python, Tcl, and Perl. Additional tasks include Makefile enhancements and creation of a board support package for testing purposes.

### Virtual Reality Application Software Developer @ Toronto Western Hospital
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Developed Oculus Rift Demo to induce sensation of self-motion for novel diagnosis of early stage glaucoma. Created motion stimuli using Unreal Engine to investigate vection response in patients versus control.

### Backend Software Developer (Intern) @ IBM
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Markham, ON, Canada
Designed and implemented Docker Controller, a Python plugin to multiple IBM distributed computing products for controlling Docker containers within a shared grid. Customers include IBM Watson and JPMC. Docker Controller implementation included implementation of overlay networking for multi-host container communication using VXLAN, Docker container dependency handling, efficient concurrent monitoring and logging, and design of fuzz testing suite. Also completed a Java Native Interface exposing core C/C++ resource management API.

### Nanomaterials Research Intern @ University of Toronto
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Designed curriculum for the nanOntario outreach program, showcasing innovative biomimetic nanomaterials. Secured sponsorships from companies such as Hitachi and Integran to fund research and develop exhibits.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Science - Electrical and Computer
University of Toronto


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/david-w-55081862

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Last updated: 2026-04-05