CV

Joanna Tsang (she/her or they/them)

Preferred email: j dot m dot f dot tsang at cantab dot net.

Full-stack platforms engineer, with domain knowledge in mathematics and audio, and a penchant for teaching.

Experience

  • 2022–current: Senior Software Engineer @ Meta Reality Labs Research Audio. Leading a team of 3–5 developers to build software and hardware infrastructure for data collection and engineering, and collaborating closely with an interdisciplinary group including audio researchers and recording engineers.

    Designing, building and maintaining a data collection platform for audio research labs (FastAPI), and the supporting data pipelines, and leading a team of 3–5 developers.

    Keywords: Python, FastAPI, JavaScript, React, Node.js, graph databases, NoSQL, mentorship, project management

  • 2015–2024: Supervisor (Teaching Assistant) @ various Cambridge colleges supporting several courses in applied mathematics or theoretical physics.

    Keywords: mathematics, physics, mentorship, teaching.

  • 2019–22: Data Engineer, then Senior Data Engineer @ Audio Analytic. Built web, desktop and shell apps for data analysis and annotation.

    Keywords: Python, Django, Java, Spring Boot, Postgres, data management, GDPR, data modelling.

  • 2015–19: Research student @ DAMTP, University of Cambridge.

    Keywords mathematics, physics, research, teaching, C++, MatLab.

Skills and highlights

  • General-purpose programming languages: Python, JavaScript, Java, Bash.
  • Backend frameworks: FastAPI, Flask, Django, Spring Boot.
  • Frontend frameworks: React, although I prefer vanilla JS.
  • Databases: Postgres, MySQL, graph databases.
  • Domain knowledge: Audio and acoustics, applied mathematics, physics (continuum mechanics).
  • Management: Scrum and Agile, Jira.

Education

  • PhD, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge (2015–19). Numerical simulations of granular currents.
  • MMath and BA (Hons.), Faculty of Mathematics/Queens' College, University of Cambridge (2011–15). Applied mathematics and fluid dynamics.
  • Secondary education (2004–11).

Publications

GitHub.

ORCID (under my deadname).

Interests

codebar and related causes. Music. Languages and linguistics.

Miscellany

  • Current residence: Cambridge, UK.
  • Nationality: British.