Projects Experience Education Skills Resume

Ben Hilderman

Software Developer

Computer Science (Honours) at Queen's University. Three-time software engineering intern at Ciena. I build iOS apps, full-stack web projects, and test automation pipelines.

Projects Projects

GymQuest

An offline-first iOS fitness app with local persistence, optional FastAPI backend for training-load scoring, and a grounded RAG coach (FAISS + embeddings). 50+ automated tests running in CI via Fastlane.

Swift FastAPI FAISS/RAG XCTest/XCUITest Fastlane CI
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ClearMindAI

An LLM journaling web app with embeddings, FAISS semantic search, and grounded RAG reflections. Indexed 150 entries with 20 golden regression tests to prevent prompt/format drift.

Embeddings FAISS RAG Golden Regression Tests
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SpotterBox

QHacks 2025

An iOS AI music discovery app built in under 48 hours. Groq/Ollama LLM integration, Spotify OAuth2, swipe-to-train feedback, and persisted state with Core Data/SQLite and Keychain.

Swift Spotify OAuth2 Keychain Core Data/SQLite LLM API
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Experience Experience
May — Aug 2025
Software Engineer Intern (Performance & Test Automation)
Ciena · Ottawa, ON

3rd internship on the Release Engineering team. Implemented release-blocking quality gates in Jenkins using Playwright, Angular TestBed/Jasmine, and Spring Test/Mockito for a platform supporting $1B+ budgets. Enforced PR validation across 200+ source files. Hardened E2E tests with stable locators and isolated test data.

May — Aug 2024
Software Engineer Intern (DevOps)
Ciena · Ottawa, ON

2nd internship on the Release Engineering team. Prevented license exhaustion and reclaimed 500+ Perforce tokens (~$10K/yr) by automating license hygiene with Python/Bash cron. Modularized admin logic and migrated legacy scripts from Perl to Python.

May — Aug 2023
Software Engineer Intern (DevOps)
Ciena · Ottawa, ON

1st internship on the Release Engineering team. Built Linux-hosted workflow automation for Perforce user analysis using Python/Perl/Bash. Accelerated CI issue resolution by reproducing failures using Jenkins logs and internal telemetry.

Jan — Apr 2022
Full Stack Web Developer
The County Cooperage · Ottawa, ON

Improved Shopify storefront performance by refactoring Liquid theme architecture and optimizing JS/CSS delivery. Used Google Analytics and Shopify analytics to prioritize high-impact updates. Contributed to a ~35% increase in sales through iterative, analytics-driven releases.

Oct 2020 — Apr 2022
Contractor, Media Production (Automation & QA)
Self-employed · Remote

Drove 10M+ YouTube views by delivering reliable editing outputs using Python + FFmpeg automation. Cut turnaround to 6–12 hours with folder watchers and scripted batch jobs. Reduced revisions through scripted QA checkpoints and strict versioning conventions.

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Education Education
Sep 2022 — Apr 2026
Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)
Queen's University

GPA 3.72 (Dean's Honours List), Varsity Tennis. Coursework: Operating Systems (Java), System Level Programming (C/Linux), Software Quality Assurance, Database Management Systems (SQL/DDL), Formal Methods in Software Engineering.

Sep 2020 — Aug 2022
College Diploma, Interactive Media Design Co-op
Algonquin College

GPA 3.74 (Dean's Honours List). Coursework: Content Management Systems, Web Development, Responsive Web Design.

Skills Skills

Languages

Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, Go, C/C++, Bash, Swift

Dev / Infra

Linux, Jenkins, Git/Bitbucket, Angular 16+, Spring Boot/Hibernate, REST/Microservices, Unit Tests

AI / Data

PostgreSQL, SQL/DDL, PyTorch, OpenAI/Groq, FAISS/RAG

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