John Lin

John Lin

Currently a MScAC student @ UofT.
Computer Science @ Concordia.
Experimental Medicine and Physiology @ McGill.
Based in Toronto 🇨🇦.

Passionate about digital health, big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain and beautiful UI/UX.

Also passionate about film photography 📷, jazz 🎺 and dumplings 🥟.

Education

Start End Location Degree Major
2024 2025 University of Toronto Master of Science in Applied Computing Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
2020 2023 Concordia University Bachelor of Computer Science Computer Science, General
2016 2019 McGill University Master of Science, Thesis Experimental Medicine
2012 2016 McGill University Bachelor of Science Physiology

Experiences

2022 Stealth Startup
Software Engineer, Machine Learning Infrastructure and Developer Tooling
  • Designed and implemented system architecture for a no-code automated statistical analysis and ML platform
  • Developed the architecture for a synthetic data generator to create test fixtures for ML model validation
  • Piloted cross-OS development through containerized development environments for developer consistency using Docker Compose and Devcontainers in VSCode
  • Technologies used: Python, Rust, Pulumi, DigitalOcean, GitHub Actions, Docker
2022 - 2023 SSENSE
Software Developer Intern
  • Worked on the platform/shared-services team and helped develop internal tools used within the company
  • Contributed to the publisher-subscriber codebase, introducing an automated subscription manager that connects subscribers to the correct endpoints
  • Contributed to the developer portal, using Spotify Backstage plugins to add useful features for the developer team at SSENSE
  • Technologies used: Python, Typescript, React, AWS, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Datadog
2019 - 2021 Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Lab Technician, Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy's Lab
  • Contributed to over 20 scientific publications at part of the Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program and Chronic Viral Illness Service
  • Used lab techniques to research the role of gastrointestinal immunity in people living with HIV
  • Helped secure research grants and government funding for further research in HIV and other chronic viral illnesses
2015 Inviva, McKesson Canada
Summer Student
  • Consolidated patient files and performed data entry

Scientific Publications

Please refer to this link for an up-to-date list of published works

Extracurriculars

2014 - 2016 McGill Science Undergraduate Society
Vice President of Academic Affairs
  • Worked with departmental student councils to organize workshops and career events
  • Headed planning committees for the Graduate and Professional Schools Fair and Academia Week
  • Attended departmental meetings with the Dean and Associate Dean of Science
Academia Week Coordinator
  • Helped prepare and run Academia Week
  • Invited guest speakers to speak to undergraduate McGill students about career opportunities in the sciences
Finance Committee Member
  • Helped audit departmental student councils
2014 - 2015 McGill University Health Centre
Patient Welcome Volunteer
  • Welcomed new inpatients and provided companionship through games and crafts

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