Software Engineering Intern @ Shopify · Summer 2026

JUSTIN JIANG

Software engineer studying CS & Computer Engineering at USC — Presidential Scholar, class of ’28. Currently building channel-platform infrastructure at Shopify; previously Hemut (YC X25), Deloitte, and Yale Astrophysics.

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About.

CS & Computer Engineering student at USC, minoring in Business Finance — Presidential Scholar, GPA 3.87.

  • Software engineering intern at Shopify on Channel Platforms — infrastructure powering merchant presence across external sales channels.
  • Previously shipped a redesigned freight-marketplace quoting interface at Hemut (YC X25), and automated donor-data processing at Deloitte — 30% less manual entry, ~$500K saved per year.
  • Co-authored a peer-reviewed publication from Yale Astrophysics research on supernova classification.
  • Co-founder of Valkyrie — won USC’s Lavalab accelerator, now launching on the Ring App Store with Amazon’s Ring team.
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GPA @ USC
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Hackathon 1st places
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Companies shipped at
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Peer-reviewed publication

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Experience.

  1. 01Shopify

    JUN — AUG 2026 · NEW YORK, NYCURRENT

    Shopify

    Software Engineering Intern · Channel Platforms

    Building infrastructure that powers Shopify’s merchant presence across external sales channels and the broader commerce ecosystem.

  2. 02Hemut

    FEB — MAY 2026 · LOS ANGELES, CA

    Hemut YC X25

    Software Engineering Intern

    Redesigned the freight-marketplace quoting interface in TypeScript, streamlining an orderbook platform for shippers and carriers.

    Built CRM endpoints and refactored consumers to use them — cutting redundant database queries, validated against AWS RDS (PostgreSQL).

    TypeScript PostgreSQL AWS RDS

  3. 03Deloitte

    JUN — AUG 2025 · LOS ANGELES, CA

    Deloitte

    Software Engineering Intern · Discovery I

    Streamlined a nonprofit client’s donor-data workflow with Python and REST integrations — 30% less manual entry, ~$500K saved per year.

    Evaluated software & cloud infrastructure of acquisition targets to advise on technology-driven M&A strategy.

    Python REST APIs Cloud Due Diligence

  4. 04Yale

    JUN — OCT 2023 · NEW HAVEN, CT

    Yale Astrophysics

    Research Software Engineer

    Engineered a Python pipeline (NumPy, SciPy, PyTorch, TensorFlow) processing observations from 5 telescopes across 7 epochs, with Faster R-CNN supernova classification and isochrone fitting.

    Modeled supernova light curves to a 394 ± 38 Mpc cosmological distance — co-authored a peer-reviewed publication ↗

    Python PyTorch Computer Vision

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Projects.

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Toolkit.

Languages

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • C++
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • SQL

Frameworks

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • React Native
  • Tailwind CSS

Infra & Tools

  • AWS
  • Docker
  • PostgreSQL
  • Supabase
  • Linux
  • Git
  • REST APIs

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Education.

University of Southern California

B.S. Computer Engineering & Computer Science · Minor in Business Finance

LOS ANGELES, CA · CLASS OF MAY 2028 · GPA 3.87 / 4.00

USC Presidential Scholar Viterbi Dean’s List LA Hacks 1st Place HackSC 1st Place

Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms · Algorithm Analysis · Machine Learning · Professional C++ · Object-Oriented Design · Software Engineering · Distributed Systems · Probability Theory · Trading & Exchanges

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Offline.

Flying
Rocket launch day
Golden State Warriors
Preflight walk-out
With the research team
Snowboarding
Golden Gate Bridge
Presenting
Soldering
Hackathon team

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LET’S
TALK.

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