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Munich, Bavaria, Germany

• Collaborated using Domain-Driven Design to create simple, impactful solutions.
• Used trunk-based development, pair programming, and TDD to ensure rapid, reliable code integration and maintain a testable, changeable system.
• Promoted and used shared tools such as React, NestJS, MongoDB, AWS for consistency, alignment, and fast delivery.
• Actively contributed to cross-team initiatives, sharing knowledge to drive collective impact.
• Delivered high-impact features early, transitioning from junior to key contributor.
• Built strong relationships with teams, receiving positive feedback for technical and interpersonal contributions.

Islāmābād, Pakistan

• Transformed manual workflows into an automated framework by establishing an efficient data pipeline leveraging Redash for data extraction, Python for processing, and Microsoft Excel for the final output.
• Took initiative to contact the Government of Pakistan to open real-time access to the 26 million tons of cargo that lands at Karachi Port; developing a new dataset for the company to be fed into a future model for.
• Compiled data from Pakistan Stock Exchange using Selenium, creating an open-source dataset with essential details specifically for the company’s call center https://github.com/ajwadjaved/PSX-Listed-Companies.

Islāmābād, Pakistan

• Conducted research at TUKL’s NUST-affiliated lab, focusing on Table Extraction and Information Retrieval using Graph Neural Networks, after completing the Deep Learning Specialization and Stanford’s CS224N course.
• Enhanced existing methodologies with techniques such as data augmentation, distance-weighted sampling, and classification heads, but did not publish due to limited improvements in SOTA methods.
• Contributed to a Handwriting Sketch Recognizer project that secured 2nd place in a 3-day hackathon.
• Participated in multiple Kaggle competitions, including Quora Insincere Question Classification, ImageNet Object Localization, and TensorFlow 2.0 Question Answering.
• Conducted analysis and visualization of preventable diseases in England as part of the NHS Visual Data Challenge.

Islāmābād, Pakistan

• Served as a Teaching Assistant for the “Data Structures and Algorithms” course for BS Computer Science students, primarily using C++.
• Assisted students with course-related issues, providing guidance on problem-solving and code implementation.
• Designed and provided feedback on quizzes, assignments, projects, and exams, ensuring clarity and effective learning outcomes.

Islāmābād, Pakistan

• Contributed to the development of the NUST Olympiad event website, built with Django.
• Supported the registration and facilitation of over 10,000 participants across more than 70 events.
• Gained hands-on experience in web development, learning key technologies to deliver the project.

Master Of Science - Msc, Computer Science, 3.63

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc, Finance, Accounting, Computer Science

For my final year project, my team launched a startup for Pakistan's first online marketplace for the buying and selling of digital assets.