janelle tam

software developer • mtl, van

A stack of books
A silver digital camera
A strip of enamel pin buttons
A pink butterfly cut from newsprint
A blue and white mechanical keyboard
A purple felt star
Another strip of enamel pin buttons
A green record player
A gold star
A cup of coffee
A pink microcontroller board
An ESP32 development board
The Montréal métro sign
A red bicycle
A serial LCD display module
A row of resistors

tech x art, tech x community, tech x hardware, tech x music, tech x storytelling

about

hey, i'm janelle! i'm a 4th-year software engineering student @ McGill and a Schulich Leader Scholar. i love exploring creative tech and finding intersections between engineering and the world around us!

i'm also co-chairing CUSEC, Canada's longest-running student tech conference, to bring together students across Canada in early january so they can find their community in tech.

outside of software, I love biking, cafe-hopping around montreal, and hosting fun events that bring friends and strangers together.
i believe running little experiments is the best way to keep learning about yourself, so i've made a pact with a friend to keep experimenting with something new every week - maybe an activity, a hobby, or even just a new recipe. :)

say hi!

  • Shopify

    Winter 2027

    Software Engineering Intern

  • Botpress

    May-Aug 2026

    Platform Engineering Intern

    TypeScript, React, AWS (Lambda, API Gateway), Docker, Redis, Grafana, IaC

  • Cambio Earth

    May-Dec 2025

    Software Developer Co-op

    C#, .NET, Python, SQL, EFCore, Azure DevOps/Pipelines, MAUI, Appium

  • Middle Earth Technologies

    May-Aug 2024

    Software Engineering Co-op

    Java, Python, Node.js, AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway), Selenium

  • UBC SOAR Project

    June-Aug 2022

    Software Developer

    Java, Android Studio, Figma

projects

3d-printed butterfly wings and servo mounts laid out on a desk with jumper wires

Butterfly Hairclip

ESP32 and servo-powered butterfly hairclip, 3d-printed from carbonfiber

A scrapii canvas filled with linked, colour-coded note cards

scrapii

inspired by Kinopio, scrapii is a second brain and visual canvas for your thoughts and ideas

The strudel live-coding editor with a pattern in progress

strudel-w-friends

strudel is a live-coding platform to make music. strudel-w-friends adds real-time collaboration to it!

The HerMap interface showing pinned locations across a city map

HerMap

an interactive map for women to share their stories, favourite places, and find community

A plot of EEG frequency data across several channels

neurotech @ mcgill

implemented Bayesian and random search to find optimal hyperparameters for our EEG diffusion & classifier models

shenanigans

A bridge stretching over open water on a clear blue day

68 km bike ride

A grid of blue things photographed around Montreal

Colour hunting in MTL

Scavenger hunt props laid out on a table before the event

Organizing our CUSEC Scavenger Hunt

A hand holding a lasercut wooden mechanism

Lasercutting & CAD!