Est. 2025 / Toronto, ON

Ruben

Maxwell

"If you're going through hell, keep going."

Winston Churchill
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About

I like turning rough ideas into useful, polished systems.

I'm a University of Toronto Computer Science student focused on web development, AI systems, and quantum computing. My work moves between hands-on prototypes, production-minded interfaces, and research-driven experiments.

Now

Software Engineer at Fourth Dimension (4D)

Base

Toronto, ON

Education

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Focus

Web, AI, and quantum systems

Principles

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”

Benjamin Franklin

“Well done is better than well said.”

Benjamin Franklin

Expertise

Core Skills

Frontend Engineering

Responsive, polished interfaces built with modern React tooling.

React.jsTypeScriptNext.jsTailwind CSSFramer Motion

Backend & APIs

APIs, data flows, and service layers for practical products.

Node.jsPythonFirebasePostgreSQLREST APIs

AI & Machine Learning

Model building, evaluation, and applied AI experiments.

PythonTensorFlowPyTorchscikit-learnLLMs

Quantum Computing

Hybrid quantum-classical workflows and algorithm research.

QiskitPennyLaneCirqVQEQuantum Neural Networks

Robotics & IoT

Hands-on robotics, embedded systems, and automation projects.

ArduinoLEGO MindstormsPythonC#Java

Data Science

Analysis, visualization, and computer vision workflows.

NumPyPandasMatplotlibJupyterComputer Vision

Experience

Recent Experience

May 2026 - Present

Internship

Fourth Dimension (4D)

Software Engineer

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Building and maintaining production software features
  • Collaborating across product, design, and engineering workflows

Jul 2025 - Sep 2025

Internship

QMorphix LLC

Software Developer + Project Manager

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Researched quantum machine learning methods including VQE, QNNs, and quantum kernels
  • Built and simulated quantum circuits with Qiskit, PennyLane, and Cirq
  • Explored hybrid quantum-classical pipelines for classification and regression

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

Contract

My Code Club

Frontend Developer

Remote

  • Developed a responsive website with dynamic front-end components
  • Integrated Firebase hosting, APIs, and newsletter subscriptions
  • Built workflows for workshop content and user data management

Sep 2023 - Jul 2025

Volunteer

Inspirit AI

Ambassador

Remote

  • Selected for an AI Ambassador program led by Stanford and MIT graduates
  • Created a CNN object detection project that reached 97% accuracy
  • Built real-time data collection and visualization tools for model testing

Mar 2024

Contract

The STEAM Project

Camp Counselor

Remote

  • Taught robotics and programming to 70+ students aged 9-14
  • Created lessons for Arduino, LEGO Mindstorms, and block-based coding
  • Led collaborative classroom projects with students and peers

Jul 2023 - Aug 2023

Contract

HIVE5

Robotics Instructor

Remote

  • Instructed students in Python, Java, and C# through hands-on projects
  • Guided group activities, debugging, and iterative development

Selected Work

Games, experiments, and things I've built.

Descent into Madness

Moss Ninja facing the Drowned Choir, with attack and defence cards in hand

Moss Ninja facing the Drowned Choir, with attack and defence cards in hand

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Descent into Madness

Browser game

My browser card roguelike. Explore the dungeon, build a deck, and keep your sanity through each fight.

  • Game development
  • Deckbuilding
  • Pixel art
Play Descent

Read the Room

Read the Room party pack landing page

Read the Room party pack landing page

Read the Room

Browser game

A browser party game I made for friends. Grab the room password and join in.

  • Party game
  • Web
Open Read the Room

Decyp3r: Microgame App

Decyp3r: Microgame App

Decyp3r: Microgame App

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Decyp3r: Microgame App

Mobile app

React Native microgame with Firebase auth, score submissions, daily limits, streaks, and live rankings.

Live rankings + daily attempts

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • TypeScript
  • Firebase

ForgeFountain

ForgeFountain

ForgeFountain

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ForgeFountain

Market tools

Market intelligence app that ranks live game-economy opportunities by return, liquidity, and execution time.

70% faster decisions, up to 60% better margins

  • React
  • APIs
  • Data Modeling
  • Caching

AI Object Detection

Computer vision

CNN-based computer vision project with real-time detection, data collection, and visualization.

97% model accuracy

  • Python
  • TensorFlow
  • Computer Vision
  • CNNs
Arduino Dancing Robot video previewWatch robot demo

Arduino Dancing Robot

Robotics

3D-printed motor-controlled robot designed in Fusion 360 and programmed with Arduino.

  • Arduino
  • Fusion 360
  • Robotics
  • Prototyping
Watch on YouTube

Notebooks

Code and experiments, open in Colab.

Quantum image reconstruction

Saved notebook output comparing an original scan with a patch-based quantum reconstruction

Saved notebook output comparing an original scan with a patch-based quantum reconstruction

Quantum image reconstruction

Experiments with Qiskit circuits, grayscale image patches, and k-space data.

Qiskit / PythonOpen notebook

Data visualization

Car velocity plotted against time in Matplotlib

Car velocity plotted against time in Matplotlib

Data visualization

A few NumPy and Matplotlib exercises, from velocity plots to comparing equations.

NumPy / MatplotlibOpen notebook

MRI reconstruction

Experimental MRI output: undersampled input, early reconstruction, and ground truth

Experimental MRI output: undersampled input, early reconstruction, and ground truth

MRI reconstruction

A PyTorch experiment reconstructing images from undersampled k-space data. Includes saved results and comparisons.

PyTorch / PythonOpen notebook

On the workbench

A VEX build and a couple of 3D prints.

VEX robot

VEX robot on the workbench, showing the drive wheels, gears, and pneumatics

VEX robot on the workbench, showing the drive wheels, gears, and pneumatics

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VEX robot

The build on the bench, a closer look at the mechanism, and a short test clip.

Open video

3D print

My white and grey 3D print of the Knight from Hollow Knight

My white and grey 3D print of the Knight from Hollow Knight

3D print

My bronze-coloured 3D print of an armoured warrior with a sword and shield

My bronze-coloured 3D print of an armoured warrior with a sword and shield

some things i like printing on my free time :)

Resume & Proof

Work you can inspect

Video

Project Walkthrough

Machine Learning with Python certificate
Certificate

Machine Learning with Python

IBM / Coursera

AI For Everyone certificate
Certificate

AI For Everyone

DeepLearning.AI / Coursera

Version Control certificate
Certificate

Version Control

Meta / Coursera

12+

Projects Shipped

4+

Years of Experience

8+

Technologies

2+

Research Areas

Contact

Let's build something useful.

EmailLinkedInGitHub

Email me directly at

rubenbmaxwell@gmail.com