Resume

The short version.

Cameron Hildebrandt

Edmonton, AB · (825) 436-1108 · cameron@chil.dev

chil.dev · chil.dev/LinkedIn · chil.dev/GitHub

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)