CJ Quines
Summary
Full-stack web developer, focusing on front-end.
Loves developer tooling, interface design, code maintenance, writing
copytext.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2019–2023
GPA: 5.0/5.0
BS Mathematics and BS Computer Science.
Relevant coursework: Software Construction, Computer Languages, Computer Systems
Relevant coursework: Software Construction, Computer Languages, Computer Systems
Experience
Software engineer · Instabase
Aug 2023–now
aihub.instabase.com
Develops front-end for document classification, data extraction, and
custom functions.
Halved CI costs, automated front-end integration testing, sped up unit tests by 6×.
Halved CI costs, automated front-end integration testing, sped up unit tests by 6×.
Front-end intern · Instabase
Jun–Aug 2022
Shipped annotation suggestions, document search, navigation improvements,
bulk annotations.
Upgraded JavaScript to TypeScript, sped up build by 10×, added stricter linting rules.
Upgraded JavaScript to TypeScript, sped up build by 10×, added stricter linting rules.
Student researcher · Computational Psycholinguistics
Laboratory
Jun–Aug 2020
Made a web app to gamify collecting data for computational language
research.
Integrated machine-in-the-loop language models to provide live, low-latency user feedback.
Integrated machine-in-the-loop language models to provide live, low-latency user feedback.
Web developer · Educational Studies Program
2019–2023
esp.mit.edu
Maintained custom Django site for managing large short-term educational
programs.
Site serves 5,000+ students each year; open-source code is shared across the country.
Site serves 5,000+ students each year; open-source code is shared across the country.
Projects
GalactiCardCaptors
Aug–Nov 2023
2023.galacticpuzzlehunt.com
Card game puzzlehunt, 2,000+ participants. TypeScript, React, Python,
Django.
Hydrant
2022–2023
hydrant.mit.edu
Student-run class schedule planner, 3,000+ yearly users. TypeScript,
React, Python.
You Will Explode If You Stop Talking
Jan 2021
yweiyst.github.io
Game inspired by Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes and Spaceteam.
JavaScript, Canvas.
qboard
Jul–Oct 2020
cjquines.com/qboard
Whiteboard focused on efficient, customizable keybindings. TypeScript,
Fabric.js, React.
Service
Organizer · National Olympiad in Informatics – Philippines
2018–now
Test developer · Philippine Mathematical Olympiad
2019–now
Teaching assistant · Introduction to Machine Learning
(6.390)
2020–2023
Head counselor · Program in Mathematics for Young
Scientists
2020–2021
Awards
Karl Taylor Compton Prize
2023
Putnam Mathematical Competition
2019 Honorable Mention
International Olympiad in Informatics
2018 Rank 179 of 335