hello, i'm

andre
arcaina

computer science student in toronto. i work on systems, cloud infrastructure, and backend software. lately that has meant open-source contributions, Go, and a mini PC running more than it probably should.

Andre scuba diving underwater

journey so far in my career

Aug 2026 — Present
Markham, ON (Remote)

Open Source Contributor

Linux Foundation (CNCF and LF AI & Data)

Contributing to cloud-native infrastructure projects including Flux CD, OpenTelemetry, gRPC-Go, Flyte, Kepler, and Trickster by improving Helm charts, unit and end-to-end test coverage, CI workflows, and overall software and system reliability.

Go · Rust · Python · Kubernetes · Helm · Prometheus · CI/CD · GitHub Actions · Flux CD · gRPC

Jun 2025 — Aug 2026
North York, ON

Software Engineer Intern

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

Modernized mission-critical weather, maritime, and Coast Guard systems by upgrading Java services, building Go test automation, and troubleshooting C++ decoders and production workflows.

Go · C++ · Java · Python · PostgreSQL · Maven · Jakarta EE · Apache Tomcat · PyQt · Jenkins · GitLab · Linux

Jan 2025 — Present
Toronto, ON

Backend Engineer

Undergraduate Science Society of TMU (USSTM)

Co-owned a contract-first Go REST API for a campus item-lending service, deployed on Amazon EC2 with Docker Compose and Caddy, with secure S3 uploads and asynchronous email delivery.

Go · AWS · Docker · PostgreSQL · Redis · SQLc · OpenAPI · Swagger · GNU Make

May 2024 — Aug 2024
Ottawa, ON

Software Engineer Intern

DataKinetics

Led development of a Spring Boot REST API and dashboard that converted COBOL copybooks to JSON and helped engineers edit Db2 records and troubleshoot mainframe data.

Java · Spring Boot · Thymeleaf · JavaScript · jQuery · Postman · GitHub Actions

Bachelor of Science (Honours), Computer Science (Co-op) at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU, formerly Ryerson University)

Sept 2022 — Apr 2027 · Toronto, ON

Outside class: Backend Lead @ PACS · Backend Engineer @ USSTM · Web Developer @ TMUCSA

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fafnir

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A mini PC used for Andre's homelab
A Gundam model
A glacier in Alberta
A waterfall in Alberta