Samuel Cheong

AI Apprentice @ AI Singapore | ex-GovTech

Singapore

About

I like to automate things. And for the things that I don't automate, I try to make good decisions. I like to learn from others and contribute with a team.

Experience

  • AI Apprentice at AI Singapore
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    Learning and implementing AI ML systems

  • Teaching Assistant at National University of Singapore
    Aug 2024 - Dec 2024 · 5 mos

    - Teaching 2 lab sessions where students get hands on experience with Wireshark, Cisco routers and switches and a myriad of networking Linux commands. - Inspire students to understand commonly used protocols in different OSI layers.

  • DevOps Engineer (Intern) at GovTech Singapore
    Jan 2024 - Aug 2024 · 8 mos

    • Reduced running costs and build time using Gitlab runner autoscaler using EC2, ECS and Fargate for a multi-stage Docker container build with Kaniko • Increase adherence to IM8 security policies through container signing and attestation using cosign • Bolstered monitoring through notifications to detect high CPU/memory usage using AWS Cloudwatch, Lambda, Simple Notification Service and Simple Queue Service

  • Google Developer Student Clubs NUS (GDSC NUS) (Part-time · 3 yrs)
    • Lead
      May 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Head Of Operations
      Jul 2022 - May 2023 · 11 mos

    • Operations Associate
      Aug 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr

  • Information Technology Intern at CBM Pte Ltd
    May 2023 - Jul 2023 · 3 mos

    Developed a full-stack project management system consisting of both a flutter frontend and a Laravel backend. The aim is to automate the project reporting processes of the CBM Projects department. I mainly worked on the backend using Voyager, Laravel, PHP and MySQL