I'm Liam — a software engineering student in Universiti Malaya who somehow always ends up coding till midnight.

This is a small personal website. I post here whenever I learn something worth sharing — usually through engineering projects, hackathons, or making mistakes first.

I'm a Software Engineering undergraduate at Universiti Malaya and co-founder of Gunners, a team with 7 hackathon wins, including Champion of Cursor Hackathon 2025 (Best Fintech App, with Ryt Bank) and 1st Runner-Up at China Mobile AI Hackathon.

Experience

Nov 2025 — Jan 2026 Contract · Remote

Software Engineer

Tesserac AI

Built backend services for a multi-tenant financial reporting platform serving 5 enterprise clients, with tenant isolation built to scale to 1,000+ entities.
Owned the trial-balance engine for multi-entity consolidations, handling non-standard fiscal years and producing every client's consolidated figures.
Shipped production backend features in Python as part of a 4+ engineer Agile team.

Jan 2023 — Feb 2023 Internship

Audit Intern

All Tax Sdn Bhd

Assisted senior auditors with vouching and verification of client financial statements and supporting documents.
Prepared audit working papers and reconciliations for client engagements.
Performed compliance checks against accounting standards and internal control procedures.

Skills what I actually reach for

Languages: Python · TypeScript · JavaScript · Java · SQL · Dart
Backend: FastAPI · Node.js · Express.js · REST APIs
Databases: PostgreSQL · Supabase · MySQL · MongoDB · Redis
AI Engineering: LangGraph · LangChain · RAG · GraphRAG · LLM APIs · Neo4j · Qdrant
Frontend & Mobile: React · Next.js · Flutter
Tools: Git · Docker · pytest
Spoken: English · Mandarin · Malay · Cantonese

Education

2024 — Present

Universiti MalayaB.Sc. Computer Science (Software Engineering)

Dean's List · CGPA 3.85 / 4.0 · UM Basketball Captain · GDG-UM Student Buddy

2022 — 2024

Taylor's CollegeCambridge A-Levels — Further Math, Math, Computer Science

Taylor's Excellence Award Scholar · 3A* · Top 20, International Economics Olympiad

2017 — 2021

SMJK Yok BinSijil Pelajaran Malaysia

Top Student Award · 10As · Varsity Basketball · Treasurer PRS · Secretary Taekwondo

More about me — activities, testimonial →

Selected Projects

2026 Zync REE engineering intelligence → 2026 Vesper Semiconductor compliance platform → 2025 Cypher AI equity research →

See all projects →

Recent Writing notes from the workbench →

2026 · 06 · 20

What it's like to design software for people who already have a system that works

Junctn wasn't a blank-slate build — it had to fit into an advisory org that already ran on habit and spreadsheets. Notes on the four features that only made sense once we saw where the real workflow broke.

Case-StudyProductAI6 min
2026 · 05 · 01

I have been 1st runner-up three times. Here's what I've learned about second place.

Losing hurts less when you realise growth isn't measured by trophies alone. Some thoughts on almost-winning, pressure, and why I still keep showing up to hackathons anyway. Or maybe it's because of my team name: The Gunners!

ReflectionHackathons5 min

All writing →

Now updated 14 May 2026

Wrapping up a backend contract and looking ahead to what’s next.

Exploring 2026 opportunities — internships or new grad roles as a Software Engineer, Full-Stack Engineer, or AI/LLM Engineer

Open to Software Engineer, Full-Stack Engineer, and AI/LLM Engineer roles — happy to connect and chat.

Email me →