education

Master of Science, University College London

Software Systems Engineering
Sep 2024 - Sep 2025 (expected)
Highlights:
London, United Kingdom
  • Modules in Networked Systems, DevOps for Data Analysis, Requirements Engineering & Software Architecture, Validation & Verification
  • Thesis: TBD

Bachelor of Science, New York University

Computer Science, minor in Applied Mathematics
Sep 2017 - May 2021
Highlights:
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Modules in Algorithms, Data Structures, Databases, Operating Systems, NLP, Data Analysis
  • Study abroad for one semester in New York with classes at Courant and Stern
  • Thesis: Assessing training data quantity for LiDAR classification models | Advisors: Debra Laefer and Yasir Zaki
  • Received a full ride merit scholarship for the duration of the degree worth >USD260,000

experience

Software engineer @ Klarna

Infrastructure-focused software engineering for the internal platform
Oct 2021 - Aug 2024 | AWS, Terraform, Python, TypeScript, Docker, Jenkins, Go
Highlights:
Berlin, Germany
  • Implemented daemon feature to support security monitoring for Klarna's compute platform
  • Automated Network ACL customization of microservices in the platform, saving developer time and eliminating manual errors
  • Enhanced platform with Web Application Firewall based on traffic analysis, protecting all services by default from DDoS, known vulnerabilities, etc.
  • Developed new standardized pipeline for Terraform IaC deployments
  • Improved observability of IaC pipeline by creating CI/CD, notification API, and Datadog dashboards
  • Developed central managed solution for Terraform modules and supported 5 customer teams
  • Got selected from >40 applicants for a development and mentorship programme for L2 Engineers

Software engineering intern @ Mkono

Full stack development for a web portal for incubators to manage loans for their startups
Sep 2020 - Mar 2021 | PostgreSQL, Python, TypeScript, React
Highlights:
Remote
  • Built data pipeline from Google Sheets to React web app
  • Created UI and visualizations of loan data

Cybersecurity intern @ Schneider Electric

Cybersecurity techniques for industrial control systems
Sep 2020 - Mar 2021
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Data analysis researcher @ Center for Urban Science and Progress

Analyzing LiDAR data for understandng urban environments better
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019 | Python, CloudCompare, Spark
Highlights:
New York, USA
  • 10-week fully funded research fellowship from the Tandon School of Engineering
  • Derived statistical distribution of in-house light detection and ranging (LiDAR) elevation data
  • Created Matplotlib diagrams of features of 1.4 billion LiDAR points for insights on urban landscapes

projects

Distributed data analysis pipeline for bioinformatics tool

A fully automated system that processes large datasets across multiple machines
Dec 2024 | Terraform, Ansible, Spark, HDFS, Prometheus, Grafana | Module coursework

Investigating Test-Driven Development in Apache repositories (Group project)

Repository mining study for finding TDD adoption levels based on commit history
Dec 2024 | Python | Module coursework

Machine learning for LiDAR (Bachelor's thesis)

Assessing training data quantity for performance of a LiDAR object classification model
Sep 2020 - May 2021 | Python, Docker, PyTorch | Thesis

Huwayeti: A blockchain-based app to keep track of verified claims for displaced people

Stores claims (e.g. vaccinations, certifications) for people who can't access their documents
Apr 2018 | JavaScript | Hackathon group project

WeSTEM society website

Designed and developed website of Women Empowered in STEM (weSTEM) society at NYUAD
Apr 2018 | HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Express | Society project

community and outreach

I try to be involved in the local or university tech community whenever I can. I especially have a growing interest in teaching.

Postgraduate teaching assistant, COMP0015 Intro to Programming

Encouraging youngins to come to the dark side. Leads: Dr. Aquinas Hobor & Dr. Elaine Pimentel
Jan 2025 - present | Python

Course representative, MSc Software Systems Engineering

I advocate student interests to the CS department and am the point of contact for resolving issues
Sep 2024 - present

Coach, Django Girls Berlin workshop

Mentored a group of 3 beginner programmers through a Django tutorial in a day-long workshop
Apr 2024 | Python, Django

Outreach lead, WeSTEM High School Conference

Recruited ~100 diverse students from local high schools for the flagship WeSTEM conference
Apr 2019

TA, SOCSC-UH1011 Global Economic, Political, & Social Development since 1500

Grading and office hours on economic & political history topics. Lead: Prof. Ronald Rogowski
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018