Connor Bernard

Connor Bernard

software engineer & cs student at Brock University . building projects with an interest in ai. based in Toronto, ON.

work:

  • Software Engineer Intern@
    Shopify
    Shopify

    summer 2025. worked on Shopify Plus trial experience for new merchants and Shopify Partners.

  • Software Engineer Intern@
    Sun Life
    Sun Life

    fall 2024. worked on internal marketing tools and automation for the MarTech team. won 1st place in internal AWS hackathon.

  • Research Assistant@
    Brock University
    Brock University

    summer 2024 through winter 2025. built knot theory tools for fast simplification/identification across large datasets. created interactive web app for visualizing and teaching knot theory concepts.

  • Software Developer Intern@
    Caribou Contests
    Caribou Contests

    winter 2024. maintained online contest infrastructure and built interactive web game that was played 165,000+ times.

  • Summer Student@
    Ford Motor Company
    Ford Motor Company

    summer 2023. manual labour on the trim line. put cup holders (and more) in ~800 Ford Edge's per day.

extracurriculars:

  • Club Executive@
    BrockCSC
    BrockCSC

    winter 2025 to present. built and maintained club web experiences, ran events and workshops, made graphics for club socials.

projects:

  • brocktimetable.cominteractive course planner for Brock University students. used by thousands of students to easily generate and filter schedules.

  • echofully automated bot for gamepigeon word games using opencv. achieves record-breaking scores without human input.

  • roadworksai road safety pipeline using computer vision to detect defects from street imagery, map risks to the road network, and generate safety heatmaps.

  • rubydiscord bot for real-time Valorant account and match stats, scaled to 35,000+ users across 75+ servers.