A chart of the known works of

Ali Shahzad

Computer Engineering @ UWaterloo — I build software that holds up under pressure, and the tests that prove it.

The Expeditions

Beem Solutions May – Aug 2025

Software Engineering Intern (Forward-Deployed)

❧ Adapted a B2B AI voice-agent platform to each client's workflow with Python integrations into their databases, CRMs, and scheduling tools.

❧ Worked directly with client engineers and stakeholders to review codebases, gather requirements, and plan integrations.

❧ Merged email, phone, and social interactions into unified customer profiles for the voice agents.

Punjab IT Board (PITB) Jun – Aug 2024

Mobile Development Intern

❧ Halved app startup time by moving blocking initialization work to asynchronous operations.

❧ Built and documented React Native screens with designers, wired to APIs, databases, and server components.

❧ Wrote Laravel MVC backend code for apps handling national ID (CNIC) data; senior review found no security issues or bugs.

Workshops

Fraise Python, FastAPI, JavaScript, SSE

Browser workspace for training & testing language models

❧ Launch training runs, compare checkpoints, and try models through streaming as-you-type autocomplete.

Shale TypeScript, React, Bun, SQLite

Local-first personal knowledge base

❧ Captures notes, email, and browsing into searchable local storage with a plug-in system for new sources.

Deal or No Deal Rust, Python, GitHub Actions

Tested simulation & analysis CLI

❧ Found, documented, and fixed three bugs in the original simulator.

watworks-mcp TypeScript, MCP

MCP server that lets an agent find the WaterlooWorks jobs that suit you best

lobot-lang Rust

A toy language built on Brainfuck with real conveniences, running on a stack-based VM

uwhpc-onboarding C++

UW High Performance Computing onboarding challenge

Armoury

Languages

TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Rust

Applications

React, React Native, Laravel, FastAPI, Bun, SQLite, AWS, IndexedDB, Chrome extensions

Quality & Tools

Git, GitHub Actions, pytest, Cargo, Regression testing, CI, Root-cause analysis

Origin

University of Waterloo

BASc, Computer Engineering, 2026 – 2031

IB Diploma · SAT 1600/1600 · 100% Merit Scholarship

Post

contact@alishahzad.dev
github.com/zeiteigen
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