Oliver Ni
Tournament Director at Berkeley Math Tournament
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolOliver Ni is a software engineer and technical organizer in San Jose with nine years of experience building backend systems and leading tech projects. He is the creator and lead developer of Pokétwo, a widely used Pokécord clone, where he implemented core game logic—spawning, catching, and inventory management—using Mongoengine/MongoDB and integrated it with a discord.py bot. At UC Berkeley he pairs a BA in Mathematics with a BS in EECS and has production internship experience at Jane Street and Apple, combining strong quantitative foundations with systems engineering. He currently serves as Technical Director and Tournament Director for the Berkeley Math Tournament and previously managed the Open Computing Facility, demonstrating both community leadership and operational experience. On GitHub he is known as @poketwo and focuses on shipping pragmatic, scalable backend solutions for community-driven projects.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics at University of California, BerkeleyJunior, High School Diploma, Junior, High School Diploma at Lynbrook High School
English, Chinese, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (6)
discord-py10
mongodb10
back-end-development10
python10
mongodb-database10
database-design9
Programming languages (31)
Github contributions (5)
poketwo/poketwo
May 2020 - Jan 2023
A (not so) small Pokécord clone.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:65 reviews, 1067 commits, 119 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Oliver was responsible for adding core functionality to the Pokétwo clone, specifically focused on implementing features for catching and spawning Pokémon. Their work involved creating models for game data and database interactions using Mongoengine, as well as integrating these features with a Discord bot built using discord.py. The user contributed to the core logic, implementing commands to choose starters and manage the player's Pokémon inventory, while also working on the backend aspects of the bot, as is evident in the use of MongoDB.
discord-jsdiscordbotdiscord-botdiscord-py
oliver-ni/advent-of-code
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:93 commits, 152 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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