SOFTWARE ENGINEER • CONCORDIA 2027

Alex
Luangxay

⚡ Currently Data & Software Engineer Intern @ CDPQ•Montréal

Software Engineering student (CO-OP) at Concordia University. Building scalable data pipelines, AI-driven automation workflows, and distributed backend engines. Interested in high-throughput systems, latency optimization, and infrastructure.

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SCHOOLConcordia SWE '27
EXPERIENCECDPQ (3 Terms)
LOCATIONMontréal, QC
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01 / ENGINEER
STACKPython • SQL • Java • Go
DOMAINData Infra • LLMs • Pipelines
"Focusing on data reliability, idempotent ETL pipelines, and high-performance infrastructure."
Dragon Boat & Outdoor Athletics
02 / ATHLETE
CompetitiveBadminton
ENDURANCETriathlon (Swim/Bike/Run)
WINTERSnowboarding
Disciplined outdoor training & competitive team rowing.
Hackathons & Hardware Projects
03 / BUILDER
HACKATHONS1st Place @ UdeMHacks
PROJECTS SHIPPED6+ Applications
INTERESTSChess • Guitar • Piano
"Build it fast, measure performance, refine the architecture."

// TECHNICAL STACK & TOOLS

LANGUAGESJava • C# • C++ • JavaScript / TypeScript • Python • SQL • Go (Golang)
FULL-STACKSpring Boot • .NET 8 • Node.js / Express • React • Angular • Flask • React Native • SwiftUI
DATA & AISnowflake • Databricks • Apache NiFi • AWS S3 • PostgreSQL • MongoDB • Power BI • Power Automate
DEVOPS & TOOLSDocker • GitHub Actions • Git • JUnit • Postman • SSMS • DBeaver

// WORK EXPERIENCE

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

CURRENT

Software & Data Engineer Intern — External Data Optimization Team

April 2026 – Present

Montréal, QC

• Architected an operational email parser converting unstructured messages into structured business requests.

• Designed full Snowflake data model (email, request, audit tables) with transaction safety & idempotency.

• Integrated Databricks serving endpoints via REST APIs for LLM analysis, metadata extraction & recommendation scoring.

• Built executive Power BI reporting solutions tracking $100M+ budget allocation across software & data platforms.

HIGHLIGHT METRIC
$100M+

Budget visibility owned end-to-end for VP stakeholders.

Tech: Power BI • SQL • Snowflake • Databricks • Outlook API • REST APIs • Power Automate

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Data Developer — External Market Data Team

Sept 2025 – April 2026

Montréal, QC

• Implemented and optimized Apache NiFi data integration pipelines for high-throughput supplier market data.

• Orchestrated automated ingestion using AWS S3, Snowflake Stages, Tasks, and Snowpipe into enterprise data warehouses.

• Maintained Snowflake views, analytical schemas, and automated workflows to increase platform query reliability.

Tech: Apache NiFi • Snowflake • AWS S3 • Python • SQL

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Data & BI Engineer Intern / Student — Reference Market Data Team

Sept 2024 – Sept 2025

Montréal, QC

• Deployed Power BI dashboards tracking enterprise cloud data migration progress and pipeline status.

• Developed automated recovery tools for corporate SSIS jobs, significantly reducing manual intervention.

• Implemented Delta validation controls across environments to flag data inconsistencies prior to downstream consumption.

Tech: Power BI • SQL Server • Snowflake • SSIS

// PROJECTS & HACKATHON WINS

1ST PLACE OVERALL
/01 • HACKATHON WINNER

AI Medical Diagnostic Platform

Full-stack educational platform for medical diagnostic training. Generates dynamic clinical cases from symptom datasets with automated AI chatbot evaluation logic.

THE HARD PART: Constructing deterministic scoring prompts to evaluate student diagnostic accuracy against dynamic case data.
Awarded: 1st Place Overall & Best Use of AI
/02 • HACKATHON

Automated Expense Categorizer

Web application for invoice management and automated expense breakdown. Integrated custom AI APIs to analyze and categorize user spending patterns in real-time.

STACK: React • Python • OpenAI API • Flask
/03 • HACKATHON

ConUHacks Web Platform

Collaborative full-stack web application designed and shipped during a 24-hour sprint in a 4-person team.

STACK: React • Node.js • Express • Tailwind CSS
/04 • HACKATHON

AI Video & Numerical Recognition

Python-based video enhancement engine featuring AI-driven pattern matching and numerical recognition tools.

STACK: Python • OpenCV • NumPy
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↑ OUTDOORS & ATHLETICS • Mount Fuji
LOCATION TIME
16:00:00

Montréal, QC (EST)

CURRENT INTERESTS

Stock Market & Chess

Analyzing trends & strategy patterns

OFF THE CLOCK

Guitar, Piano & Rubik's Cube

Acoustic compositions & speedcubing