ABOUT ME

Hi! I'm Vincent Li, a Software Engineer at AMD. I also studied at the University of Toronto specializing in Software Engineering and majoring in Mathematics. I like getting involved with hackathons, learning about new technology, listening to music, and of course playing video games!

WORK EXPERIENCE

AMD - Software Engineer 2

June 2024 - Present

Currently working on AMD bootloader code for AMDs flagship, and custom products. Mainly working in C to talk directly with hardware, while also working in Python to create scripts that improve workflow.

AMD - Trusted OS + Bootloader Intern

May 2022 - May 2023

Developed secure processes to ensure a tamper-proof boot process on AMD's flagship consumer processors. Worked directly with hardware through C and ASM syscalls, in order to implement features related to firmware loading. Modified binaries and physical memory (DRAM) in order to test and verify behavior.

taq - Co-op Developer

January 2021 - August 2021

Vehicle dearlership CRM software that integrates the whole customer lifecyle into one web application. Worked with the company's C#, .NET and Microsoft SQL backend, Angular.js based frontend, and created business oriented unit tests.

EDUCATION

University of Toronto - HBSc

Computer Science Specialist & Mathematics Major

September 2019 - May 2024

Completed both the Computer Science specialist and Mathematics major program, and graduated with High Distinction at the University of Toronto. Completed courses related to computer programming, graph theory, cryptography, calculus, linear algebra, statistics and more.