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Sunny Chen

Hello World - I’m Sunny. I’m currently a CS student at UNSW, SWE intern at Atlassian, and I love building new things.

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Experience

Education (The University of New South Wales)

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Experience

Backend Software Engineering Intern

Atlassian

May 2026 – Nov 2026

Still on placement
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Experience

Finance Systems / Business Analysis Intern

Reserve Bank of Australia

Sydney · Sep 2025 – Jan 2026

  • Designed a process improvement that saved an eight-person team 1.5 months of manual effort annually, simplifying a recurring tender workflow and automating data extraction with PowerShell and Excel VBA
  • Contributed to the redesign and data migration of SharePoint Online sites using Microsoft Power Platform, gathering requirements from different stakeholders and presenting recommendations for migration
  • Improved the maintainability and operational reliability of a legacy C++ accounting codebase by documenting system architecture in UML
  • Recognised by department managers for delivering over $80k in value through automation and scripts that reduced manual workload
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Education, The University of New South Wales

Computer Science

Major in AI, minor in Mathematics

Sydney · Jan 2024 – Aug 2027

Awards & scholarships

  • UNSW Computer Science Co-op Scholarship
  • UNSW Scientia Scholarship (99.95 ATAR)
  • Dean’s List 2024, 2025

Results

  • High Distinction WAM
  • Notable results: 97 Higher Complex Analysis, 97 Intro to Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics, 94 Higher Mathematics 1A & 1B, 94 Algorithm Design and Analysis, 99 Software Engineering Fundamentals

Activities & societies

  • CPMSoc Infrastructure Subcommittee 2026
  • Google Developer Student Club (GDSC) UNSW Marketing Director 2025
  • UNSW Project Hope Vice President 2025
  • CSESoc Marketing Subcommittee 2024
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Education, The University of New South Wales

Algorithm Design and Analysis

Casual Academic

COMP3121 tutor · Sydney · Sep 2025 – Present

  • Teaching algorithmic problem solving to a dozen students weekly, turning difficult quantitative material into clear, structured explanations
  • Delivering individualised feedback on weekly problem sets, demonstrating clear written communication