Simon Huang

M.Sc. Informatics student at TUM

Munich, Germany

Work Experience

Productlane

Oct 2024 - Present

Working Student – Founding Engineer

Building a customer support platform for B2B SaaS companies, serving clients such as Clerk, Mintlify and Flightcontrol.

All Quiet

Apr 2024 - Oct 2024

Working Student – Founding Engineer

First hire at a SaaS startup focused on simplifying incident escalation, serving clients such as MistralAI, Groupon, and Paradox.
Developed features across web app, backend, and native Android and iOS applications, enhancing user experience and functionality.

Technical University of Munich

Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

Teaching Assistant

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 Groups on Campus TUM

Oct 2024 - Present

Organizer

Coordinated and executed events and workshops about both technical and non-technical topics.
Led a team of 5 in collaboration with local companies such as JetBrains and CHECK24.

Google Developer Student Club

Oct 2023 - Oct 2024

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

Rust

TypeScript

JavaScript

Swift

C++20

Python

SQL

Lua

Java

Next.js

Linear

Figma

React

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