Bernadine Dao

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locationMelbourne, VIC

Professional Summary

As a transitioning software engineer with a background in medicine, I bring a unique blend of technical and analytical skills.

I am experienced in effective communication, collaboration, and critical reasoning – and I am eager to leverage my skills in full stack development to deliver innovative and scalable software solutions.

Skills

  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Python
  • Flask
  • Trello
  • Figma
  • Vite
  • Miro
  • AWS - S3, CloudFront, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, EC2
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite
  • MongoDB
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Material UI
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Sanity
  • Mantine
  • C code
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Jest
  • Render
  • Vercel

Strengths

  • Analytical and design skills
  • Effective communication of complex concepts
  • Attention to detail
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Ownership and accountability for delivery of high-quality code

Education

Software Engineering Bootcamp

General Assembly | Apr 2024 - Jul 2024

CS50

Harvard University | Nov 2023 - Feb 2024

Bachelor of Medical Science (Hons)

Monash University & Oxford University (UK) | Mar 2017 - Nov 2017

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (Hons)

Monash University | Mar 2014 - Nov 2019

Experience

Software Engineering Bootcamp Student

General Assembly | Melbourne, VIC | Apr 2024 - Jun 2024
  • Developed multiple full stack web applications incorporating RESTful APIs, browser rendering within MPA/SPAs, and database management.
  • Worked autonomously, as well as in collaboration with software engineers, to design, develop, and deploy rich, robust full-stack web applications
  • Applied cutting-edge frameworks and technologies to create thoughtfully designed, scalable software solutions.

Medical Doctor

Eastern Health / Western Health / Austin Health / Bendigo Health | Melbourne, VIC | Feb 2020 - May 2024
  • Worked as a doctor in various public hospitals in Melbourne (VIC) for over 4 years.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, ensuring effective communication and clinical leadership in fast-paced environments
  • Applied analytical and diagnostic skills to solve complex problems under high-stakes conditions.

Projects

Fridge to Fork

  • Created a full-stack single page application for finding recipes by ingredients / cuisine / diet, integrating an external API and an internal REST API.
Technologies

Node | Express | React | React-Router | Vite | PostgreSQL | HTML | CSS | JavaScript | Material UI | Render | Figma | Miro | AWS - S3, CloudFront, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, EC2

GitHub

https://github.com/berternie9/fridge_to_fork

YouTube Demo

ScribeSpace

  • A project that I built as part of the General Assembly Software Engineering course.
  • Developed an online reading companion and implemented CRUD features (e.g. adding new books, notes, reviews and vocabulary).
  • Ensured industry benchmark features for user authentication, sessions, and routing conventions using a REST API.
Technologies

Node | Express | PostgreSQL | HTML | CSS | Javascript | Render

GitHub
https://github.com/berternie9/scribespace
YouTube Demo

Garden Planner

  • Originally my Final Project for the CS50 course.
  • Developed an online yearly garden planner, with CRUD functionality for custom plants and gardens.
  • Integrated a weather API, which can display the weather at user-inputted coordinates.
  • Incorporated a robust SQLite database to track plant and garden information, which I converted to PostgreSQL for deployment on Render.
Technologies

Python | Flask | PostgreSQL | HTML | CSS | Javascript | Render

GitHub
https://github.com/berternie9/garden-planner
YouTube Demo

Tic Tac Toe

  • A project that I built as part of the General Assembly Software Engineering course.
  • Built a web application for playing tic tac toe; either 2-player, or against a bot.
  • Incorporated 'finite state machine' and 'expert system AI' concepts into bot logic.
Technologies

HTML | CSS | Javascript | GitHub Pages

GitHub

https://github.com/berternie9/tic-tac-toe

Deployed on GitHub Pages

https://berternie9.github.io/tic-tac-toe/

Screenshot
tic tac toe screenshot

Epsilon Servo

  • Collaborated with other software developers to build a full-stack single page application (SPA) for finding petrol stations, with a model view controller (MVC) framework.
  • Leveraged version control (Git & GitHub), and maintained clear and concise communication across the group to coordinate pull requests and merges.
  • Implemented multiple external and internal APIs, incl. Google Maps, Open Meteo, Geocoding & Reverse Geocoding.
Technologies

Node | Express | PostgreSQL | HTML | CSS | JavaScript | AJAX | Git | JSON | Trello | Figma

GitHub

https://github.com/berternie9/epsilon_servo

Screenshot
epsilon servo screenshot