"Building reliable, modular software systems with a focus on performance, maintainability, and real-world impact."

• Architected modular runtime systems using reusable components and event-driven design.
• Implemented AI behavior, procedural systems, traversal, combat, and dynamic environment interactions.
• Profiled and optimized runtime performance to maintain stable 60 FPS during complex sequences.
• Awarded a perfect A+ as an HKU Final Year Project.

• Built an AI-driven real-time application integrating Llama, Whisper STT, and F5-TTS.
• Designed asynchronous processing, context management, and fallback logic for variable inference latency.
• Optimized inference and runtime synchronization to achieve <500ms end-to-end response time.
• Integrated speech, language, and animation systems into a unified runtime pipeline.

• Led a 10-person distributed team developing a production application with modular, data-driven architecture.
• Designed event-driven systems and reusable components supporting rapid iteration and maintainability.
• Implemented state machines, procedural generation, pathfinding, and runtime systems.
• #1 Most Popular in the Unity Play Winter Showcase 2024 among 334 submissions.

• Developed timeline and camera authoring tools for a proprietary Unreal Engine 5 application.
• Optimized widget rendering and data-binding to reduce memory overhead by approximately 30%.
• Translated requirements from non-technical users into maintainable and reliable tooling.
• Worked closely with artists to iterate on usability and workflow.

Professional Client Delivery · Press Start Studios

• Built interactive data-visualization and runtime systems for a government client.
• Implemented structured content, branching logic, inventory management, and audit-friendly logging.
• Translated complex data and stakeholder requirements into accessible user-facing systems.
• Delivered within production schedules and client requirements.

Systems & Networking Prototype

• Built a modular client/server framework with server authority, client prediction, and state replication.
• Implemented networking components for synchronization, reliability, and extensibility.
• Explored RPC patterns, concurrency, latency handling, and distributed state management.
• Maintained a documented C++ codebase focused on reusable system design.

• Built a reusable framework for interactive applications using data-driven architecture and modular components.
• Implemented parsing, serialization, save/load functionality, branching logic, and designer-oriented tooling.
• Designed reusable systems to reduce project-specific hardcoding and support rapid iteration.

Production Applications Shipped: 15+
Projects Built: 40+
Cumulative Usage: 24M+ plays
Peak Monthly Active Users: 1M+
Peak Concurrent Users: 1,350+
Languages Supported: 7+
Team Leadership: 10-person distributed team

// Build systems that are maintainable, measurable, and easy to evolve.
class SoftwareSystem {
 // 1. Design for change: keep components modular and loosely coupled.
 // 2. Measure performance: profile before optimizing.
 // 3. Test systematically: reproduce, isolate, validate, iterate.
 // 4. Document decisions: make systems easier to maintain and extend.
};

• Performance-aware — Measure first, then optimize based on real bottlenecks.
• Modular by default — Prefer reusable, testable, and replaceable components.
• Systems-oriented — Focus on architecture, reliability, concurrency, and runtime behavior.
• User-focused — Translate technical complexity into intuitive and reliable applications.
• Continuous improvement — Prototype quickly, learn from results, and iterate.

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📧 nwkemail@gmail.com | 📍 Hong Kong | 🎓 B.Eng. Computer Science, HKU (July 2026)

• Software Engineering
• Backend & Systems Engineering
• AI / LLM Engineering
• Developer Tools & Automation
• Real-Time Applications
• Technical Engineering
• Full-time, contract, freelance, or remote opportunities
• Open to relocation

Building reliable software systems, solving complex problems, and learning continuously.

💡 For recruiters: My portfolio includes project demos, source code, technical breakdowns, and additional architecture documentation. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to discuss a project in more depth.