Nabeel Khowaja

Seeking an internship/co-op position where I can leverage my 3 years of industry-level experience in designing and developing web and mobile applications, along with academic knowledge.

Jan 2021 – Dec 2021

SOFTWARE ENGINEER – SENIOR OFFICER

INTERACTIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

• Designed and developed web and mobile applications from end to end (user interface design, application design, implementation, deployment to customers).
• Implemented new features that support high-scale applications.
• Involved in retrospective and sprint meetings with program teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Determined architectural and application design details and continuously discovered ways to maximize development efficiency by automation.

• Changed product's SQLite ORM from GreenDao to Room, which increased compatibility with other architecture components resulting in faster development times (up to 20%).
• Improved speed and accuracy of query responses by 12%.

ANDROID DEVELOPER

INTERACTIVE HEALTH SOLUTIONS

• Designed and developed 5+ android applications using Java and Kotlin.
• Maintained existing mobile software systems by fixing bugs and accommodating user requested changes.
• Worked with instrumentation tools to minimize memory leaks and assure overall application stability.
• Reviewed designs and journeys with Project Managers and UI/UX specialists. Also, collaborated with API Developers in integrating web services.

• Refactored 80% of product’s codebase to Kotlin, resulting in 25% fewer lines.
• Designed custom views for different mobile screen sizes to automate design consistency among organization's products. This implementation reduced development time by about 15%.

Anticipated Aug 2023

COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND DATABASE DEVELOPMENT (TWO-YEAR POST GRADUATE PROGRAM)

LOYALIST COLLEGE, TORONTO

• GPA: 90.23/100.
• Dean's List: Winter 2022 - Spring 2022.
• Courses: Software Development, Systems Analysis and Design, Web Development Using PHP, Java Development, Business Database System, Front-End Web Development, Software and Quality Testing, Computer Security & Secure Web.

May 2018

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (COMPUTER SCIENCE)

FAST - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COMPUTER AND EMERGING SCIENCES, KARACHI

• AKESP Scholarship: Half tuition scholarship awarded for academic excellence.
• Runner's up in speed programming competition at Developer's Day.
• Courses: Computer Programming, Data Structures, Design & Analysis of Algorithms, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Software Engineering, Object Oriented Analysis & Design, Artificial Intelligence, Compiler Construction, Software for Mobile Devices, Human Computer Interaction.