ATE Ball
Builder
Pool table that detects balls with computer vision and projects each shot’s predicted trajectory onto the table.
Computer Vision ✦ Projection Mapping
Justin Jiang Records · Long-Player
33⅓ RPM · STEREO · LP / 2026
Now Playing — SWE Intern @ Shopify · Summer 2026
JUSTIN
JUSTIN
JIANG
A Long-Player●
Software Engineer●
Crate-Dug & Hand-Built
A1Liner Notes
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.
★ This Week On The ChartsPos. / Stat
0GPA @ USC
0Hackathon 1st Places
0Companies Shipped At
0Peer-Reviewed Publication
A2Interlude
The Sampler.
A little beat maker. Finger-drum the pads (or your keyboard — 1 2 3 4 / Q W E R / A S D F / Z X C V), toggle steps in the grid, then hit Play (or Space). Audio stays off until you flip Sound up top — nothing autoplays, and your pattern saves automatically.
B1The Tracklist
Experience.
Side A recorded 2026
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A1
Shopify — SWE Intern, Channel Platforms
Jun – Aug 2026Building infrastructure that powers Shopify’s merchant presence across external sales channels and the broader commerce ecosystem.
Label: Shopify -
A2
Hemut YC X25 — SWE Intern
Feb – May 2026Redesigned 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).
Credits:
TypeScript ✦ PostgreSQL ✦ AWS RDS
Side B recorded 2023 – 2025
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B1
Deloitte — SWE Intern, Discovery I
Jun – Aug 2025Streamlined 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.
Credits:
Python ✦ REST APIs ✦ Cloud Due Diligence -
B2
Yale Astrophysics — Research Software Engineer
Jun – Oct 2023Engineered 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 ↗
Credits:
Python ✦ PyTorch ✦ Computer Vision
B2The Catalog
Projects.
Valkyrie
Co-Founder / Developer · Feb 2026 — Present
Equine health monitoring app that watches a Ring camera feed through a Qwen vision model to catch early signs of colic in horses — and alerts owners in real time. Won USC’s Lavalab accelerator; now working with the Amazon Ring team to launch on the Ring App Store.
React Native ✦ Supabase ✦ Qwen VLM ✦ Ring API
Live site ↗
BREW
Full-Stack Developer · April 2025
Agentic AI outreach tool that automates personalized cold outreach across email and messaging. Took 1st place ($1.75K) at LA Hacks and generated a 100+ person waitlist off the demo alone.
Clado API ✦ Gemini ✦ Stagehand
Devpost ↗
TempoRun
iOS Developer
iOS app that builds personalized Spotify playlists from workout duration, pace, and BPM targets.
iOS ✦ Spotify API
Devpost ↗
The Click
Game Developer
Multiplayer horror game with networked play and AI-driven enemy pathfinding.
Unity ✦ Photon ✦ NavMesh AI
YouTube ↗
OSSA
Full-Stack Developer
Open Source Software Analyzer — full-stack app that helps aspiring open-source contributors find the right project to work on.
GitHub ↗B3From the Crate
Rotation.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted FantasyKanye WestGold standard — Runaway
BlondeFrank OceanBest emotional album ever
Get UpNewJeansImpeccable discography, no misses
AstroworldTravis ScottImpeccable production
Apricot PrincessRex Orange CountyRex's best
Mr. Morale & the Big SteppersKendrick Lamar
The Divine FeminineMac MillerCinderella — all-time top 10
IGORTyler, the CreatorTyler's best
GraduationKanye WestMakes me feel unstoppable
Hit Me Hard and SoftBillie EilishBest album in recent years
Man on the Moon IIKid CudiMy favorite Cudi
channel ORANGEFrank Ocean
Take CareDrakeDrake's best by far
DAMN.Kendrick Lamar
Who Cares?Rex Orange County
UtopiaTravis Scott
FreudianDaniel Caesar
SwimmingMac Miller
The Miseducation of Lauryn HillLauryn HillStill hits 25+ years later
At Long Last ASAPA$AP Rocky
NectarJojiJoji's best
2014 Forest Hills DriveJ. Cole
Luv(sic) HexalogyNujabesInsane vibes
MelodramaLordeInsane album by Lorde
The SailorRich BrianBest album by an Asian artist
CharmClairo
C1The Rig
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
C2The Label
Education.
University of Southern California
B.S. Computer Engineering & Computer Science · Minor in Business Finance
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
D1Hidden Track
Offline.
D2Outro · Run-Out Groove