Derek Trider

Full-Stack Developer

• Developed features and improvements for an online platform for healthcare professionals to participate in medical education and share research.
• Made numerous improvements to metrics reporting code and methodology, greatly improving data accuracy and usefulness for customers and internal stakeholders.
• My focus was mainly on backend development using Go (Golang) and PostgreSQL, but I also did some frontend work using React.

Software Engineer

• Worked on next-generation secure identity solutions using Go (Golang), Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), Verifiable Credentials (VCs), OpenID Connect, OAuth2.0, and other technologies.
• Developed maintainable, performant, and scalable backend services for performing credential issuance, verification, and storage.
• Developed new APIs and made improvements to existing APIs with a focus on proper object-oriented design and ease-of-use.
• Thoroughly tested code by writing extensive unit tests and BDD tests.
• Contributed to a reference Flutter Android + iOS mobile wallet application by developing and integrating Go/Gomobile APIs.
• Created documentation with usage examples.
• Contributed to and implemented various decentralized identity/self-sovereign identity-related specifications. I was also an editor for an encrypted storage specification, available at identity.foundation/edv-spec. My implementation is available here: github.com/trustbloc/edv.
• Used Docker and Kubernetes for application containerization and deployment.
• Added MongoDB, CouchDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL support to various services.
• Most of my work there is open-source and available to view online at github.com/DRK3.
• Note: I started this role at SecureKey Technologies Inc., which got acquired by Avast in 2022. Avast subsequently merged with Norton to form Gen.

Software Engineer

• Worked on robotic automation and simulation software using C# and Python.
• Developed UIs with WPF, wrote unit tests, and made improvements to the CI flow.
• Led coding standards discussions and established team guidelines.

Mobile Developer (Co-op)

• Developed Android and iOS app prototypes from the ground up.

Virtual Reality Software Developer (Co-op)

• Added features to a VR app that we released on multiple platforms during my co-op term there.
• Contributed to a multi-layer codebase consisting of Unreal Engine blueprint, C++, and Java code.
• Enhanced the existing user interface to be more intuitive for a 3D space.

Software Engineer (Co-op)

• Worked in an Agile environment to add new features to a hearing aid configuration tool using C#.

Engineering Performance Analyst (Co-op)

• Collected GPU performance data and performed competitive analysis.

University of Waterloo

Notable courses:

• Computer Security: Cryptography, software vulnerabilities, network security issues, and secure design principles
• Distributed Computing: Thrift, Spark, Hadoop, and Zookeeper
• Database Systems: Database design and MySQL
• Computer Networks: Networking protocols and design principles
• Computer Architecture: Implemented a cycle-accurate MIPS processor core with Verilog