Anthony Tecsa

CS @ The University of Waterloo

Work Experience

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Convoke

Software Engineer Intern

04/2026 – PresentSan Francisco, CA
TypeScriptPythonReactFastAPI
  • Building tooling to unify data, automate workflows, and accelerate development milestones for biopharma drug development.
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Kleiner Perkins

KP Engineering Fellow

Summer 2026Menlo Park, CA

Shopify

Software Engineer Intern

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05/2025 – 08/2025·Toronto, ON

RubyRailsGraphQLBigQuery
  • Diagnosed and resolved critical checkout validation errors, securing over 30,000 successful checkouts and $200,000+ GMV.
  • Reduced average query latency by 42% across 100k+ daily subscription requests by optimizing Rails ActiveRecord performance.
  • Automated 23% of internal support requests by building a Python FastAPI Slackbot, with ticket classifiction capabilities.

Adanomad

AI Engineer Intern

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01/2025 – 04/2025·Toronto, ON

TypeScriptNext.jsFastAPIGCP
  • Built a DAG-based workflow engine with FastAPI, Zustand, and Supabase; scaled to 312 weekly runs across 4 businesses.
  • Shipped realtime WebSocket infrastructure supporting 100+ weekly client sessions and cutting message latency 83%.
  • Secured onboarding flows for 200+ patrons, enabling user authentication, role-based access, and encrypted API key management.

StoryBee

Software Engineer Intern

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06/2024 – 09/2024·Toronto, ON

ReactFirebaseJestPostman
  • Raised retrieval accuracy 15% for librarian agent queries with a query-routed RAG pipeline using OpenAI.
  • Boosted repeat engagement by 36% from 300+ users via a Saved Stories feature built with React + Firebase.
  • Increased test coverage to 91% through Jest unit tests and Postman integration suites for user and content APIs.