Singapore
Incoming Software Engineer Intern
May 2026 - August 2026
Software Engineering
- Incoming internship focused on software engineering in Google's Singapore office.
Profile in action
Hello, I'm Ron,
Backend, data platform, compliance, and ML engineering across Kafka, Spring Boot, ClickHouse, Redis, Kubernetes, React, and PyTorch.
Current signalSystems online
$ boot: portfolio.runtime
$ scope: backend | data | compliance | ml
$ signal: singapore
$ status: building reliable systems
1M+
Task instances served daily
40%
Manual review time reduced
30%
Latency or memory reductions
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Ron Quah / NUS Computer Science / Google SWE Intern / Shopee Data Platform / Binance Global KYC / Kafka / ClickHouse / Spring Boot / PyTorch / Ron Quah / NUS Computer Science / Google SWE Intern / Shopee Data Platform / Binance Global KYC / Kafka / ClickHouse / Spring Boot / PyTorch /
About
Engineering instincts shaped by data platforms, compliance systems, and ML deployment.
Computer Science student at the National University of Singapore, building across backend infrastructure, data platforms, compliance workflows, and applied machine learning.
Recent work spans Kafka and ClickHouse log ingestion, Spring Boot microservices, Redis-backed fault tolerance, Kubernetes preview environments, React/Next.js frontends, and low-latency computer vision inference.
+Backend systems
+Data reliability
+Compliance automation
+Computer vision
Experience
Production-facing engineering across high-trust systems.
A compact timeline of internships and engineering roles.
Singapore
Backend Engineer Intern, Data Platform
Shopee
December 2025 - April 2026
SpringKafkaRedisGrafanaClickHouseKubernetes
- Designed and implemented a distributed log storage pipeline with Kafka and ClickHouse ReplicatedMergeTree, using partitioning, sharding, and replication to ingest and serve logs for 1M+ task instances daily.
- Improved data quality service reliability with Grafana monitoring and thread pool concurrency tuning, reducing memory usage by 30% under load.
- Collaborated with SRE to architect Kubernetes namespace based preview environments with namespaced Kafka topics, S3 prefixes, Redis keys, and automated CI/CD teardown.
Singapore
Software Engineer Intern, Global KYC
Binance
May 2025 - November 2025
SpringMySQLKafkaRedisTestNG
- Built a scalable Spring Boot microservice for multi-stage document verification, orchestrating OCR extraction and LLM-based compliance checks with RAG jurisdiction rules.
- Generated explainable pass/fail previews and reduced manual compliance review time by 40%.
- Engineered a Kafka fallback mechanism using Redis as temporary persistence during broker unavailability and ZooKeeper leader re-election.
Remote
Junior Developer
Reform DAO
November 2024 - May 2025
ReactExpress.jsTailwindJavaScriptTanStack QueryTanStack Table
- Built full-stack airdrop features connecting React interfaces with Express.js APIs for peak usage of up to 3,000 users.
- Architected data-driven dashboards with TanStack Query caching and TanStack Table presentation for responsive frontend data handling.
Singapore
Frontend Developer Intern
Classpoint
July 2024 - September 2024
ReactNext.jsTailwindJavaScript
- Architected responsive React and Next.js interfaces with reusable component hierarchies and Tailwind-based design systems.
- Delivered 10+ production pages in partnership with product and backend teams.
- Reduced initial bundle pressure through dynamic imports, lazy loading, and code splitting.
Singapore
Machine Learning Engineer Intern
Digital Intelligence Service (DIS)
June 2022 - April 2023
PyTorchPythonDockerResNet50YOLOv5
- Designed and implemented a real-time computer vision inference pipeline for operational military use.
- Built and optimized CNN-based object detection models, achieving 80% target detection accuracy during live field exercises.
- Reduced processing latency by 30% through inference pipeline restructuring, batching, and runtime tuning.
Projects
Selected systems from recent engineering work.
Key features architected and implemented in production.
Shopee Data Platform
Distributed Log Storage Pipeline
Kafka and ClickHouse ingestion system with ReplicatedMergeTree, partitioning, sharding, and replication for high-volume task logs.
Served logs for 1M+ task instances daily.
Binance Global KYC
KYC Document Verification Service
Spring Boot microservice coordinating OCR extraction, LLM compliance checks, and RAG-backed jurisdiction rules with explainable decisions.
Reduced manual compliance review time by 40%.
Shopee SRE collaboration
Ephemeral Preview Environments
Per-PR isolated deployments using Kubernetes namespaces and namespaced Kafka, S3, and Redis resources with CI/CD provisioning.
Improved development isolation and cleanup reliability.
Digital Intelligence Service
Real-Time Vision Inference Pipeline
Low-latency target detection workflow using CNN-based models, Dockerized deployment, batching, and runtime performance tuning.
Reached 80% detection accuracy and cut processing latency by 30%.
Skills
Technical stack with backend depth and product-surface range.
Languages
PythonJavaScriptJavaGolangTypeScriptHTML/CSSSQLMongoDB
Frameworks
ReactNext.jsSpring BootExpress.jsTensorFlowPyTorch
Data & Infra
Apache KafkaApache SparkRedisClickHouseGrafanaDocker
Cloud & Tools
GCPAWSFirebaseGitHubVS CodeJestTestNG
Systems Focus
MicroservicesCI/CDObservabilityFault toleranceComputer visionRAG workflows
Education
Computer Science foundation at NUS.
National University of Singapore
Bachelor of Computer Science
August 2023 - May 2027