Cameron Hildebrandt
Edmonton, AB · (825) 436-1108 · cameron@chil.dev
Summary
Software engineer with 7+ years of experience designing and building financial systems and full-stack products, including 4+ years of technical leadership. BSc (Honours) in Computing Science, specializing in machine learning.
Experience
Intermediate Software Engineer2y 9m · Jan 2024 - Present
Bitcoin Well - Edmonton, AB
- Designed and maintained financial infrastructure covering bank integrations, transaction processing, reconciliation, and asynchronous transaction lifecycles, including failure recovery.
- Spearheaded development of our AI engineering workflow, leveraging technologies like OpenClaw to overhaul and massively streamline implementation, debugging, code review, and QA.
- Hardened backend systems against security vulnerabilities by developing an AI-driven security audit pipeline to identify exploits before and after deployment.
- Built an internal FINTRAC reporting system that automated reporting workflows, improving submission accuracy and freeing compliance teams to focus on higher-priority work.
- Optimized the customer onboarding flow with product, increasing monthly signups by 47%.
- Drove ambiguous technical problems across product, frontend, backend, infrastructure, and financial systems from investigation through production.
CTO5y · Feb 2019 - Feb 2024
NeurAlbertaTech - Edmonton, AB
- Designed and launched the organization's marketing website, directly supporting over $250,000 in funding and acquisition of thousands of hackathon participants.
- Led development of a modular suite of internal tools for event logistics, identity verification, and micro-credentials.
- Built and delivered hundreds of hours of workshops covering software development, machine learning, and brain-computer interfacing.
- Technical lead across hackathons, internal teams, and student projects - mentoring developers and contributing to product and technical strategy.
Software Engineer (Intern → Junior)1y 3m · May 2021 - Aug 2022
Ghostlab - Edmonton, AB
- Built and shipped the cash-out feature, increasing platform revenue by over 20%.
- Identified and fixed a nuanced fee calculation bug responsible for thousands of dollars of lost revenue per month.
- Proposed and implemented a new UX flow that significantly reduced friction, improving conversion for first-time users.
BCI Course Developer2m · Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
NeuroTechX - Montreal, QC
- Developed NeuroMaker's initial Brain-Computer Interface curriculum, contributing to an educational platform now used by 300+ schools across North America.
- Distilled complex topics such as neuroscience, ethics, signal processing, machine learning, and software development into hands-on lessons and programmable projects.
Technical Skills
- Languages
- JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, C++, HTML, CSS
- Frameworks
- Angular, React, Next.js, Astro, Django
- Cloud / Infra
- AWS, Docker, GitHub, Bitbucket, Jira
Education
University of Alberta2018 - 2024
BSc, Honours Computing Science (ML Specialization)