Simon Huang

Informatics student at TUM, Founding Engineer at AllQuiet

Munich, Germany

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Work Experience

All Quiet

Apr 2024 - Present

Working Student – Founding Engineer

  • First hire at a SaaS startup focused on simplifying incident escalation.
  • Developed features across web app, backend, native Android, and iOS apps.
  • Partnered with cofounders on architectural decisions, driving business growth.

SelectCode

Oct 2023 - Apr 2024

Working Student – Full Stack Developer

  • Key contributor to Everbay, a recruiting platform, implementing features with NestJS, React, and GraphQL.
  • Built a customizable email service and led a major redesign.
  • Enhanced developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and overall code quality.

Siemens

Nov 2021 - Sep 2023

Working Student – Software Engineer

  • Led frontend development for an internal service tool using React and NextJS.
  • Implemented GitLab CI/CD for continuous integration and deployment.

Technical University of Munich

Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

Tutor

  • Tutored students in math preparation, programming, and software engineering courses.
  • Mentored students, simplifying complex concepts in programming and software engineering.

Education

Technical University of Munich

Oct 2023 - Present

Master of Science in Informatics

  • Specialization in Software Engineering, Databases, and Algorithms.

Technical University of Munich

Oct 2019 - Oct 2023

Bachelor of Science in Informatics

  • Application subject mathematics.
  • Thesis: Learning Analytics of Grading Programming Exercises.

Leadership & Activities

TUM.ai Student Initiative

Jun 2023 - Present

Head of Software Development

  • Led projects implementing a brand and design system, and a comprehensive review tool for efficient applicant evaluation.
  • Gathered requirements from stakeholders in academia and industry.
  • Oversaw system design, cloud infrastructure, and project coordination.

Google Developer Student Club

Oct 2023 - Present

Core Team Member

  • Organized events and workshops, enhancing technical and communication skills.

Honors & Awards

Issued by Microsoft

Dec 2023

TUM Hackathon at Microsoft: Using LLMs to improve the student support at TUM

  • First place for creating an LLM solution with both chatbot and email support.

Issued by Solana

Nov 2023

hackaTUM Solana Challenge

  • First place for building CrowdLana, a decentralized crowdfunding platform using smart contracts.

Skills

Communication
Critical Thinking
Leadership
Persuasive Writing
Technical Writing
Rust
TypeScript
JavaScript
C++20
Python
C#
SQL
Lua
Java
C
R
Next.js
Figma
React
Angular
Node.js
Svelte and Sveltekit
TailwindCSS
.NET
Spring Boot

Projects

CV website

Automatic creation of this website and a PDF from a single YAML file.

Side Project
Next.js
TypeScript
Vercel

TUM Support Bot

Developed a support bot that answers common questions about the TUM School of Management. Won first place at the TUM Hackathon by Microsoft.

Hackathon
Next.js
TypeScript
Vercel
Vercel AI SDK
LangChain
Azure OpenAI

CrowdLana

Built a decentralized crowdfunding platform using smart contracts. Won first place in the Solana challenge at hackaTUM 2023.

Hackathon
Next.js
TypeScript
Vercel
DaisyUI
TailwindCSS

CHECK24 hackaTUM challenge

Developed a fast search function for finding craftsmen near a postal code. Received an honorary invite to present the solution at CHECK24's office.

Hackathon
Rust
Axum
Redis
Next.js

Smolbo

Created an LLM-based flashcard app that generates flashcards from lecture slides.

Side Project
Next.js
TypeScript
Vercel
LangChain
Pinecone
TailwindCSS

CHECK24 GenDev messenger

Developed an interactive chat app with a Rust server using the actor model and WebSockets. Created a web client in Svelte with SvelteKit.

Side Project
Rust
Actix
WebSockets
Svelte
SvelteKit