Darren Teo

2023 - 2027 [expected]
NUS B.Comp. (Hons) Computer Science.
Second Class Upper Honours, Spec in Software Engineering and Database Systems.

Full-stack software engineer with 1+ years of experience building production web apps and APIs serving nation-wide and global users, passionate about optimizing technology for business needs and navigating engineering trade-offs.

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  1. National University of Singapore (NUS)

    Aug 2025 – Ongoing(1 yr)

    Teaching Assistant

    • Invited to tutor based on top 10–15% cohort performance for CS2103T (Software Engineering).
    • Conduct and taught classes of 10 to 30 for:
      • CS2103T (Software Engineering)
      • TCX2004 (Introduction to Application Development)

  2. darplants

    Aug 2024 – Ongoing(2 yrs)

    Founder & Developer

    • Found and built darplants, an e-commerce platform for my small business selling indoor houseplants and accessories, currently serving ~2.9K monthly unique visitors and ~23K monthly requests.
    • React
    • Next.js
    • PHP
    • TypeScript
    • Tailwind
    • Woocommerce (backend)
    • Vercel
    site |instagram

  3. GovTech - GovWallet & GovSupply

    Jan 2026 – Jun 2026(6 mos)

    Software Engineer Intern

    • Shipped features across the GovWallet Point of Sale (POS) and admin portal for the nation-wide rollout of Culture Pass credits at bookstores in Singapore.
    • Shipped features and APIs for GovSupply, supporting goods distribution for the RSAF and SFA-led distribution across Singapore supermarkets, amongst others.
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Tailwind
    • Go
    • Postgres
    • Cloudflare
    • Gitlab

  4. Fisher8 Capital

    Mar 2025 – Jul 2025(5 mos)

    Software Developer Intern

    • Pair-developed and shipped three production web apps from the ground up:
      • Nemesis – esports platform, now serving thousands of daily users worldwide
      • Omakatse - pet e-commerce and subscription platform
      • Subfund Dashboard - internal tooling for analysts and traders
    • React
    • Astro
    • TypeScript
    • Tailwind
    • Shopify (backend)
    • Supabase
    • Cloudflare
    fisher8's site |nemesis' site |omakatse's site

  5. Heartsprouts

    May 2024 – Aug 2024(4 mos)

    Developer

    • Co-developed HeartSprouts, a cross-platform mobile app for journaling and relationship management.
    • Expo
    • React Native
    • Firebase
    • Jest

  6. The Meeples NFT

    Jun 2021 – May 2022(1 yr)

    Founder

    • Found and led an NFT project from ideation to public release, managing a team including a digital artist, marketer, community manager, and developers.
    • Built and engaged a community of 1,000+ across Twitter and Discord and collaborated with 4 NFT projects.
    • Figma
    site |twitter