Usman Asad

My name is Usman Asad and I am a Canadian Computer Science student at McMaster University. I am currently in the last year of my undergrad and I've loved every moment of it! I love learning all about technology and engineering.

Just seeing our civilization improve year to year with modern-day engineering makes me excited to see what the future holds for us. I really wish to contribute to that future in some way or another with my work. Another thing that I am passionate about is cars/automobiles and one day I hope that I can leverage my software engineering knowledge and use that to work at such a company.

I am experienced with OOP, cloud architecture, algorithms, and database design/modeling.

Software Design Engineer Intern Burlington, Ontario

EVERTZ.iO May. 2021 — Aug. 2022

• Maintained serverless and client‐side applications by writing robust code in Python & Java on a linux system
• Created CRUD REST API’s for two of the microservices using AWS API Gateway, Lambda, and a NoSQL database DynamoDB
• Modified AWS CloudFormation templates to create resources such as IAM Policies/Roles, Lambda Functions, & Secrets
• Participated in peer code review ensuring that technical standards were met and an average of 80% implementation of suggested improvements
• Wrote unit tests that mock AWS Services with PyTest/Moto & JUnit while maintaining 95%+ test coverage
• Performed end‐to‐end (E2E) testing with HTTP requests on Postman and used AWS Cloudwatch and X‐Ray for debugging
• Automated API testing using Postman collections resulting in a 85% reduction in manual testing time.
• Completed the highest number of tickets as an intern, averaging 15 points per sprint, contributing to the team’s success.
• Authored documentation on Confluence and created OpenAPI specifications to streamline API documentation, develop‐

ment and testing

• Created a bash script to automate initial system setup for new team members saving 2 hours of work per person
• Achieved a 100% success rate in project completion within the projected time‐frame under an an Agile‐Scrum environment

Software Engineer Contractor 

COLDSHiP Aug. 2022 — Sept. 2022

• Worked with a UX/UI Designer to draft the website landing page prototype using Figma and presented it to the client
• Developed the website based off the high‐fidelity prototype using TypeScript, Tailwind and Next.js
• Organized biweekly scrum meetings to sync and track progress with the UX/UI Designer
• Utilized the Google Sheets API as a static way to store user form submissions to a cloud‐based spreadsheet

(Honors) Bachelors Of Applied Science in Computer Science from McMaster University

Expected Graduation April 2023

GPA: 3.4/50