micahdb.com =========== ╔══════╗ Portrait ║ Here ║ ╚══════╝ Micah Baker's website. I am a: Software Developer Based in: Vancouver, BC, Canada Education: BSc Computing Science E-mail: <micah_baker@sfu.ca> GitHub: https://github.com/micahdbak LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/micahdbak Résumé: /resume.pdf ---- Education ========= I'm working towards a Bachelor of Science in Computing Science at Simon Fraser University. I've completed coursework in: * Systems programming (CMPT 201, 454) * Databases & DBMS implementation (CMPT 354, 454, 496) * Machine learning (CMPT 310, 410) * Computer vision (CMPT 361, 415, 416) * Computer graphics (CMPT 361) In addition to regular coursework, I've had the opportunity to participate in research under the supervision of Dr. Lawrence Kim (Tangent Lab) and Dr. Tianzheng Wang (Data-Intensive Systems Lab). Tangent Lab ----------- From Fall 2025 (CMPT 415) to Spring 2026 (CMPT 416), I helped build a robotic guide dog at Tangent Lab. My contribution was a computer vision system for recognizing motion gestures from a 360-degree camera. See the project listing under Projects - "Gestures for a Robotic Guide Dog" for more details. Data-Intensive Systems (DIS) Lab -------------------------------- TBD: working on a super-secret project optimizing DBMS development through memory access abstraction. ---- Experience ========== Open WebUI ---------- What: Software Developer (Part-time) Where: Austin, TX, USA (Remote) When: Jan 2026 - Apr 2026 (4 months) Stack: JavaScript (Svelte), Python (FastAPI) Maintained and implemented quality-of-life upgrades to a Reddit-like community platform with nearly half a million users. Led end-to-end development of an email microservice which receives and processes thousands of events from the community platform daily for mailing through AWS Simple Email Service (SES). Built a newsletter pipeline to reliably distribute emails with care given to prevent congestion and throttling, as well as gracefully handle errors. Improving --------- What: Software Developer 1 (Internship) Where: Vancouver, BC, Canada (Hybrid) When: Sep 2024 - Aug 2025 (1 year) Stack: C++ (CMake, Visual Studio), C# Contributed 27 pull requests to open-source database connection wrappers, providing client-side support for a variety of AWS Aurora/RDS features. Designed and implemented Aurora Limitless support in AWS PostgreSQL ODBC driver, allowing an application to react to cluster topology changes in milliseconds. Integrated AWS IAM, Secrets Manager, and federated SSO (ADFS, OKTA) as authentication methods for AWS PostgreSQL ODBC driver and AWS Advanced .NET Data Provider Wrapper. Brave Technology Coop --------------------- What: Firmware and Software Developer (Internship) Where: Vancouver, BC, Canada (On-site) When: Sep 2023 - Apr 2024 (8 months) Stack: JavaScript (Node, Express, React), C++ (Particle Device OS) Built IoT firmware and infrastructure equipped with radar sensors. Redesigned backend architecture for readability, security, and efficiency. Created deployment, monitoring, and CI/CD pipelines across AWS, DigitalOcean, and GitHub Actions. Trained incoming development team, ensuring complete and effective knowledge transfer. ---- Projects ======== micahdb.com ----------- Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/micahdb.com When: Beginning of Time - Present Stack: TypeScript, GLSL Gestures for a Robotic Guide Dog -------------------------------- Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/isaac_ros_gestures When: 2025 Sep - 2026 Apr Stack: Python Computer vision system for recognizing motion gestures within a robotic guide dog platform. Gestures are recognized using an online model for personalized interaction. Cheddar and Feta ---------------- Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/cheddar-and-feta When: 2025 Jan - 2026 Feb Stack: C++ Links: Steam Page A short two-player cooperative adventure where you must save Cheddar and Feta from the perils of a militarized fire ant colony, published to Steam. Both game and engine built from the ground up in C++ using SDL3 for cross-platform windowing and graphics support and libdatachannel for WebRTC networking. Blog post coming soon! Gleebleglob ----------- Repo: https://github.com/Vixlump/GG When: 2024 May - 2024 June Stack: C++ Links: Archived Website Video streaming service on your terminal written in C++. MP4 videos are decoded by FFmpeg, and displayed in ASCII. Video storage and authentication facilitated by remote server. droppr ------ Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/droppr When: 2024 Mar - 2025 Jun Stack: JavaScript, Go Links: Website Send files over the internet using the peer-to-peer WebRTC API. Large files are chunked into blobs and stored in the IndexedDB API for fast retrieval and recovery of failed packets. Signal channel written in Go uses six-letter codes for peer discovery. PacMacro -------- Repo: https://github.com/CSSS/pacmacro2 When: 2023 Jun - 2023 Sep Stack: JavaScript, Go PacMan played in real life with a mobile web application. Uses Geolocation API to track player locations. Synchronizes players with a WebSocket server written in Go. Built during my role as Frosh Co-Chair of the SFU Computing Science Student Society in 2023 and 2024, where PacMacro was enjoyed by up to 20 consecutive players at a time. Yell ---- Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/yell When: 2023 Feb - 2023 Apr Stack: C C library for P2P applications and example chat program. Built using BSD sockets for POSIX-compliant systems. Exeirus ------- Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/exeirus When: 2022 Dec - 2023 Feb Stack: JavaScript, Python An ARG where players compete by solving cryptographic puzzles. ---- You reached the end. Good job! You can go back to the top, if you'd like.