Hoth Stephen Bar Jock

Full-stack developer, strongest in backend and data

Incoming fourth-year Computer Science student at McGill, working across the stack with Python, Java and React.

Now: Data & AI Engineering intern at FluidAI Medical

Portrait of Hoth Stephen Bar Jock

Experience

Sep 2026 to present

Data & AI Engineering Associate (Intern) FluidAI Medical

  • Designed and implemented the move of a clinical review tool to a shared PostgreSQL backend.
  • Built sign-in and role-based access control with Firebase Auth.
  • Added safeguards so concurrent reviewers cannot overwrite each other's work.

Python · FastAPI · PostgreSQL · TypeScript · React · Docker · Firebase Auth

Feb 2025 to Aug 2026

Research Software Developer Brian Chen Lab, McGill

Since May 2026. Site Administrator & Web Developer from Feb 2025.

  • Backend work on an enzyme-prediction platform for the lab.
  • Owned the backend and CI pipeline for the GeneDig rebuild.
  • Administered the lab's websites, including genedig.org.

Python · FastAPI · SQLAlchemy · PostgreSQL · GitHub Actions · Docker

Projects

HothTV (opens in new tab)

2025 to present

what
Streaming platform API
built
Backend, JWT auth and role-based access
stack
Java 17 · Spring Boot · PostgreSQL · Flyway

ShiftPredict (opens in new tab)

2026

what
Staffing-risk tool that scores 5 shift signals
built
The scorer and its Gemini explanations
stack
React · Express · Node.js · Gemini

McMeet

2026

what
Office-hours booking app, COMP 307, team of 4
built
Availability management and the database schema, and restructured the frontend and backend
stack
React · Express · SQLite · Sequelize
live
Live site (opens in new tab) (needs McGill VPN)

Also: Shield of Athena, bilingual donation platform, Morgan Stanley Code to Give hackathon (Nov 2025, team). React · Firebase · Code (opens in new tab)

About

Skills

Languages
Python · Java · SQL · TypeScript · C++
Backend & data
FastAPI · Pydantic · SQLAlchemy · PostgreSQL · Alembic/Flyway · Spring Boot · Node/Express
Auth & security
Firebase Auth · OAuth 2.0 / OIDC · JWT · RBAC
Frontend
React · Chrome Extensions (Manifest V3)
Tooling
Git · Docker / Docker Compose · GitHub Actions · OpenAPI

Background

Education
McGill University, B.Sc. Computer Science, Minor in Economics, Aug 2023 to present
Awards
WUSC Student Refugee Program Scholarship (2023). National award, top 1% of A-Level students, Uganda (2022).
Community
VP Peer Support, WUSC McGill (2024 to 2025): mentored Student Refugee Program scholars.