Joseph Maltese

McMaster University

CGPA: 4.0/4.0

Honors & Awards: Deans’ Honour List (2024-2025), Provost’s Honour List (2024-2025), H.L. Hooker Scholarship (2025)

Relevant Coursework: Data Structures and Algorithms, Databases, Object-Oriented Programming, Operating Systems

Soti · Mississauga, ON

• Worked on the Android For Work team to deliver a major feature for the MobiControl platform, developing frontend functionality in Angular and collaborating with engineers and product managers from implementation to release.
• Resolved high-priority backend issues in .NET through root cause analysis and targeted fixes.

McMaster Start Coding Club · Hamilton, ON

• Worked alongside fellow executives to manage and organize the software architecture team, leading weekly scrum meetings, reviewing pull requests, driving project initiatives, and contributing to the full-stack development of the STaBL.rocks site.

Fondation STaBL Foundation · Hamilton, ON

• Collaborated on Music Creator 2.0 under Dr. Christopher Anand (Department of Computing & Software, McMaster University), an accessible educational tool that teaches programming through music for visually impaired students.
• Contributed full-stack development using JavaScript for the frontend, Node.js for the backend, and PostgreSQL for data management.

Google Developer Student Club · Hamilton, ON

• Worked with a team of software developers and designers to build and maintain the club's new website for its 2025 rebranding.
• Used the Next.js framework to deliver a modern and performant web experience.

McMaster Start Coding Club · Hamilton, ON

• Worked with a team of software developers to maintain and develop the STaBL.rocks web application, which is used by McMaster Start Coding to teach over 50,000 K-PhD students the fundamentals of programming.
• Used the full-stack Haskell web framework, IHP.

HammerHacks Hackathon · Hamilton, ON

• Helped students brainstorm creative project ideas which fit the theme of the hackathon. Gave suggestions for which technologies could help them achieve their goals.
• Assisted with any technical issues that students faced throughout the course of the competition.