Cameron Burrows

About

Founding Engineer and full-stack software engineer who has built and shipped end-to-end applications using modern web stacks (Next.js, React, Node.js, Firebase) and AI features (OpenAI, RAG, embeddings, persistent chat workflows). Experience includes launching an NSF-backed AI career coaching platform as the sole engineer, modernizing full-stack education platforms, and delivering production-ready web features from scratch across frontend/backend, authentication, APIs, and database models.

Experience

• Founding Engineer · Waverley Creations02-01-2024

  ▪ Built and launched Your Next Work Chapter, an AI-powered career coaching platform backed by an NSF Phase I grant; supported ~500 registered users and validated monetization with dozens of paying customers. ▪ Architected and developed the full-stack application end-to-end as the sole engineer, taking the product from concept to prototype to production using Next.js, Firebase, OpenAI, Node.js, and Typescript. ▪ Implemented RAG + embeddings-based memory retrieval and shipped AI coaching workflows with persistent chat history (Firestore + serverless APIs), powering 2,000+ sessions for end users. ▪ Built an admin console for dashboards, user management, feedback analysis, and prompt/workflow testing to speed support/debug and accelerate iteration. ▪ Implemented authN/authZ using Firebase Auth and Firestore Security Rules, secured API credentials via GCP Secret Manager, monitored reliability via Cloud Logging/Error Reporting, and shipped updates every 2-4 weeks.

• Software Engineer - Full-stack · Codecraft Works04-01-2023 – 06-30-2024

  ▪ Built full-stack features for a coding education platform using AngularJS, Node.js, Firebase, and Docker. ▪ Modernized the AngularJS/Node monorepo (Angular, TypeScript, Node upgrades), remediating 100+ critical vulnerabilities and reducing technical debt. ▪ Improved Docker development workflows and enhanced containerized infrastructure to execute student code in isolated environments, increasing reliability, performance, and grading consistency. ▪ Designed a C++ curriculum and automated grading workflows with GitHub Classroom, scaling delivery to ~90 assignments/week.

• Full Stack Software Developer · Take Action Global03-01-2022 – 03-31-2023

  ▪ Built a consumer-facing full-stack web application using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and MongoDB from scratch to empower students, teachers, and partners to reverse climate change. ▪ Designed and implemented authentication flows and RESTful backend APIs, establishing the foundation for secure user accounts and application data workflows. ▪ Implemented a real-time chat feature and responsive UI components to support interactive learning. ▪ Collaborated on a small product team to ship features end-to-end, integrating frontend interfaces with backend APIs and database models to deliver production-ready functionality.

• Software Engineer Intern · Planet04-01-2021 – 10-31-2021

  ▪ Implemented backend and UI updates to merchant-facing forms using Java (Spring MVC) and SQL, ensuring compliance with evolving merchant processing requirements. ▪ Extended SQL schemas and data models, collaborating with the database team to support new features. ▪ Resolved production support tickets by using JUnit and Selenium in a test-driven development workflow.

Education

• University of FloridaBachelor of Science, Computer Science

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