Mark Ding
Software engineer, student at Carleton University.
Work Experience
Carleton University
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Sep. 2025 (incoming)
Probably Data Structures and Algorithms again (I love it).
Java
Amazon Web Services
Software Development Engineer Intern
May 2025 - Jul. 2025
GenAI knowledge base solution for the Aurora Limitless Database team.
TypeScript
AWS
ModelContextProtocol
Ciena Corporation
Software Developer Intern
Sep. 2024 - Apr. 2025
Microservices for network management, monitoring, and diagnostics.
Java
Go
Docker
Apache Cassandra
ClickHouse
Kafka
Carleton University
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Sep. 2023 - Aug. 2024
Intro to Computer Science (Accelerated Section); Data Structures and Algorithms.
Python
Java
Academics
Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)
Carleton University
Sep. 2022 - Dec. 2026 (Expected)
4.0/4.0 (12.0/12.0) GPA
AI & ML Stream, Minor in Mathematics. Also did some economics as a side quest.
Awards
Deans' Honour List 2022-2024Entrance ScholarshipThomas Scholarship
Beyond CV
Intelligence ranking of LLMsTurbopuffer (Cursor stores code embeddings there)Prompt injection (why MCP servers are problematic)
Remind me to write about my experience with MCP.
Some cracked individuals:
andrewti.meeryksadelski.comjacobvduncan.com