hi,

i'm samantha!

Systems Design Engineering student @ UWaterloo - welcome to my website :)

about

Hi! My name is Samantha Yee and I'm in my third year at the University of Waterloo studying Systems Design Engineering!

“What even is Systems Design Engineering?”
- A question I asked myself when applying.

To me, SYDE allows me to explore two key ideas:

systems that help us learn about the world
design that allows us to change it

This intersection fuels my passion for tackling problems from a human-centered perspective, always aiming to find innovation, curiosity (and fun!) in my work.

I'm currently looking for Fall 2025 and Summer 2026 internships in development or design, let's make something cool together! :)

skills

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Figma

Liquid

Python

experiences

Front-End Developer @ Apricotton
Jan-Apr 2025 | Toronto, ON

Liquid (Shopify) HTML CSS JavaScript Figma Canva Git

Built responsive, high-converting Shopify storefront features, increasing purchase rate by 128% and boosting daily traffic by 329%

UX Designer @ Solaire Canada Solar
Jun-Aug 2024 | Remote

Figma WordPress Canva

Designed and launched a responsive website and brand system from scratch, increasing traffic by 154% and boosting user engagement by 61%

UI/UX Designer @ Health Canada
Oct-Dec 2023 | Remote

Figma Canva UserZoom Jia (Atlassian)

Redesigned Canada's Food Guide dashboard via usability testing, heuristic reviews, and Figma prototyping to improve accessibility for 9.7M+ users

Software Engineer @ Health & Rehab Research Inc.
Jan-Mar 2023 | Remote

Python Git Google Colab MS Excel

Built a Python-based machine learning model (78% accuracy) to assess cardiovascular risk, working with 4.6M+ data points and time-series imputation techniques