May - Aug. 2022
Bell Canada
Quality Assurance Intern
Karina Moffat
Hi! I'm Karina, I recently graduated from Computer Engineering at Queen's University in Canada, and am now a Software Engineer in Toronto. I've been building AI-powered products for startups and in enterprise for over 2 years. I'm passionate about AI's potential to advance our world forward, and am excited to be part of this change.
Timeline
Where I've worked so far:
May - Aug. 2023
Bell Canada
Software Engineer
May - Aug. 2024
Ernst & Young
Tech Consultant Intern
Sep. 2024 - Dec. 2025
OpenJustice
Software Engineer
Jan. 2026 - present
Ernst & Young
Software Engineer
Experience
Startup + Enterprise
Enterprise Experience
Software Engineer
Ernst & Young
LangGraphAzureElasticsearchPostgreSQLRedis
Building out a computer vision product for AI-powered video analytics across the manufacturing, construction, transportation, and defence industries. Owning frontend and backend dev, I have conducted model evals for multi-modal LLMs and vLLMs and implemented the highest performing models, engineered a two-level video ingestion pipeline to cut token costs by 60%, refactored the UI for strong client demos, and setup CI/CD pipelines and Azure infrastructure (Kubernetes, Container Apps, VMs) for automated IaaS.
Startup Experience
Software Engineer
OpenJustice
ReactTypeScript/JavaScriptRAGRLAIFDockerQdrant
Was a founding software engineer for a legal AI platform, building a multi-LLM system to simulate how a lawyer reasons through a legal case. Using React, Next.js, TypeScript and JavaScript, I engineered the MVP in one month and used Selenium to scrape hundreds of legal documents to create a structured RAG database that enhanced the product's response accuracy. I implemented reinforcement learning with scoring heuristics to refine model responses, aligning them to lawyer tone and language by an additional 80%.
Projects
Some Stuff I've Built
Hardware
CUDA Optimizations
Analyzing GPU performance, memory transfer overhead, and optimized matrix multiplication using parallel kernels and shared memory.
CUDA
GitHub repo
Full Stack
Rental Properties Website
A platform connecting prospective tenants with roommates based on similarities and preferences.
HTML, CSS, MySQL
GitHub repo
Hardware
Microprocessor
A simulation of the basic functionality of a microprocessor using 32-bit registers.
Verilog
GitHub repo
Machine Learning
Custom Computer Vision Model
Training an image detection model using pixel-wise image detection, classifying each pixel to a category.
Python, PyTorch, Torchvision
GitHub repo
Machine Learning
Autoencoder
An autoencoder project focused on image reconstruction and feature learning with custom PyTorch training pipelines, for image detection with the MNIST dataset.
Python, PyTorch, torchvision
GitHub repo
Full Stack
Roomie Radar
A full-stack app that keeps shared households organized with chores, expenses, schedules, and quick group decisions.
React, Next.js, TypeScript
GitHub repo
Robotics
Duckietown
Autonomous vehicle system simulated with ducks, using computer vision and object detection to navigate different driving environments.
Python, ROS
GitHub repoCommunity
Volunteering + Leadership
CREO Astra
March 2023 - December 2025
Technical Lead for software/AI products that serve paying clients.
QUESST
March 2023 - March 2025
Co-chair of a new conference and competition at Queen's, focused on the intersection of technology and sustainability.
Clark Hall
September 2024 - April 2025
Bar staff at the oldest university pub that is core to Queen's engineering spirit.
TUTORS4QUEENS
September 2022 - April 2023
Tutor in the organization's first year, supporting students with physics and programming in C.
Travels
Beyond the Desk
Our planet is huge and I love exploring it. These pictures don't do it justice.
Barcelona
Spain
2025
Barcelona
Spain
2025
Barcelona
Spain
2025
Capri
Italy
2025
Capri
Italy
2025
Positano
Italy
2025
Florence
Italy
2025
Florence
Italy
2025
Florence
Italy
2025
Milan
Italy
2025
Lisbon
Portugal
2025
Porto
Portugal
2025
Porto
Portugal
2021
Tokyo
Japan
2025
Tokyo
Japan
2025
Ha Giang
Vietnam
2025
Ha Giang
Vietnam
2025
Ha Giang
Vietnam
2025
Hoi An
Vietnam
2025
Hoi An
Vietnam
2025
Hanoi
Vietnam
2025
Krabi
Thailand
2025
Koh Tao
Thailand
2025
Koh Tao
Thailand
2025
Chiang Mai
Thailand
2025
Chiang Mai
Thailand
2025
Chiang Mai
Thailand
2025
Bangkok
Thailand
2025
Bangkok
Thailand
2025
Bangkok
Thailand
2025
Bangkok
Thailand
2025
Bangkok
Thailand
2025
Bangkok
Thailand
2025
Honolulu
Hawaii
2025
Honolulu
Hawaii
2025
Honolulu
Hawaii
2025