Profile

Hi, I'm Stanley!

Software Engineer

Bridging creativity and functionality in web development. Designing experiences that engage and perform.

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Branches

An infinite-canvas family tree: map the people who made you, then drag, zoom, and save the story.

Next.jsReact.jsPostgreSQLTypeScriptDrizzle ORMTailwind CSSShadcn UIIndexedDB
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Bible Presenter

A Windows desktop app for presenting Bible verses on a projector or second display (similar to EasyWorship or WorshipTools Presenter, focused only on Scripture).

React.jsElectronNode.jsSQLite
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Fam Feud

A browser-based party game host inspired by Family Feud. Load questions from Excel or JSON, run the game from an admin panel, and mirror the board on a projector. No app installs or account required.

Next.jsTailwind CSSTypeScriptShadcn UI
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Argent

An AI-powered personal finance engine that turns raw transaction emails into real-time spending insights.

Drizzle ORMn8nNext.jsPostgreSQLShadcn UITailwind CSSTypeScript
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Pyaccelsx

A Python wrapper for a Rust-based library, designed to provide superior performance for writing and formatting Excel files.

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Scholar Learning Center Administration Website

A learning center’s administration site equipped with a dashboard to manage student information effectively and extract useful insight.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSMongoDBSanity

Skills

Languages

HTML & CSSJavaScriptPythonTypeScriptRust

Web & UI

Material UINext.jsReact.jsShadcn UITailwind CSS

Backend & APIs

GraphQLNode.jsExpress.jsFlask

Data & AI/ML

AI AgentsDrizzle ORMIndexedDBMongoDBMySQLPostgreSQLSQLite

Automation & CMS

Sanityn8n

Tools & Platforms

CursorGitGitHubJiraSlackAWSDockerGitLabTerraformVercelElectron

Experience

Apr 2026 – Present

Software Engineer

Canonical Services Limited

Douglas, Isle of ManRemote
Jan 2024 – Oct 2025

Software Engineer

Expedock Software, Inc.

San Fransisco, United StatesRemote
  • Engineered a custom SMTP server to eliminate ingestion bottlenecks, improving pipeline throughput.
  • Integrated LLMs into document ingestion workflows, enabling structured data extraction from unstructured sources and deploying a hybrid LLM + OCR approach that reduced processing costs.
  • Built and open-sourced Pyaccelsx, a Python wrapper over Rust for Excel export, achieving up to 5x faster performance and significantly lower memory usage compared to existing libraries.
  • Led a workflow optimization initiative for document boxing, introducing OCR-powered autofill suggestions that reduced processing time.
  • Owned multiple high-impact epics end-to-end (planning → execution), accelerating feature delivery and directly contributing to revenue growth.
  • Partnered with QA to expand automated test coverage, reducing release regressions and boosting deployment confidence.
Mar 2022 – Sep 2022

Research Assistant

Asian Development Bank

Mandaluyong, PhilippinesRemote
  • Developed an NLP framework to analyze large-scale social media datasets, helping policymakers identify public sentiment and key issues for decision-making.
  • Facilitated hands-on workshops for internal teams and stakeholders, increasing adoption of text analytics methods for real-world policy research.
Mar 2021 – Dec 2022

Coding Instructor

Scholar Learning Center

Balikpapan, Indonesia
  • Designed and delivered a custom coding curriculum for students from elementary to senior high, increasing student engagement and performance in technology subjects.
  • Introduced hands-on projects that helped students build real applications, boosting practical understanding and retention.
  • Mentored students individually, fostering problem-solving skills and inspiring interest in pursuing technology-related studies.
Jan 2020 – Jun 2020

Software Developer Intern

Cobena Business Analytics and Strategy, Inc.

Taguig, Philippines
  • Built a geospatial analysis web application with Google Maps integration (routes, pins, annotations), empowering clients to identify optimal business locations.
  • Optimized vector tiling processes for choropleth maps, reducing load times and improving performance across multiple zoom levels.

Education

Oct 2021 – Aug 2023

Master of Science in Computer Science

De La Salle University

Manila, Philippines
Sep 2017 – Sep 2021

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

De La Salle University

Manila, Philippines

Research & Publications

2026

Shallow Triple Stream CNN (S3S-CNN) for Micro-Expression Recognition

Stanley Lawrence Sie, Merlin Teodosia Suarez

A shallow CNN architecture that is capable of recognizing the 6 basic emotions of micro-expressions, using optical flow features (horizontal component, vertical component, and optical strain).

Conference PaperPublished
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2023

A Generative Approach to Full Sequence Synthetic Micro-Expressions Using the Neutral Expression

Stanley Lawrence Sie

Building a framework that can be used to generate synthetic micro-expressions by using neutral expression as a bridge between the expression in the input and target image, to handle the limited and imbalanced data in micro-expression databases.

Thesis
2022

How Health Information Spreads in Twitter: The Whos and Whats of Philippine TB-data

Erika Chan, Myles Russel Chan, Shyrene Julianne Ching, Stanley Lawrence Sie, Angelyn Lao, Jan Bernadas, Charibeth Cheng

Building a framework that can be used to gather Twitter data and build and analyze Twitter network structure, and analyze how influential users and tweet attributes affect the spread of health information on Twitter, specifically for tuberculosis.

Conference PaperPublished
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Mapping the Public Voice for Development - Natural Language Processing of Social Media Text Data

Stanley Lawrence Sie (Contributing Author)

A case study and a report that introduces natural language processing (NLP) procedures and techniques in preparing, processing, and analyzing social media text data, to map the public voice and aid development.

Case StudyPublished
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A Review of Facial Action Units and its Co Occurrences in Micro Expressions

Stanley Lawrence Sie, Merlin Teodosia Suarez

A review of facial action unit co-occurrences in micro-expressions and identifying action units that are relevant and irrelevant to micro-expressions.

Journal ArticleUnpublished
2021

Analyzing the Spread of Philippine Health Information on Twitter and Determining the Factors Affecting the Spread

Erika Chan, Myles Russel Chan, Shyrene Julianne Ching, Stanley Lawrence Sie

Building a framework that can be used to gather Twitter data and build and analyze Twitter network structure, and analyze how influential users and tweet attributes affect the spread of health information on Twitter.

Thesis

Speaking Engagements

2022

Data Science and NLP - Text Analysis on Social Media Text Data

Asian Development Bank

Data Science and NLP - Data Cleaning and Preprocessing on Social Media Text Data

Asian Development Bank

Ready, Set, Deploy!

La Salle Computer Society (LSCS) - DLSU Laguna

Let's Git Ready!

La Salle Computer Society (LSCS) - DLSU Manila
2021

Ready, Set, Deploy!

La Salle Computer Society (LSCS) - DLSU Laguna

Let’s Git Ready!

La Salle Computer Society (LSCS) - DLSU Manila

Intro to Web Development

Green Giant FM (GGFM) - DLSU Manila
2020

Introduction to Version Control

La Salle Computer Society (LSCS) - DLSU Manila
2019

Java and Database Connection (JDBC) Workshop

La Salle Computer Society (LSCS) - DLSU Manila