At 17, I landed my first engineering role and impressed the CEO enough that he tried to keep me when I left for university. I balanced a full-time job with a foundation degree, hit rock bottom academically—then turned it around to graduate with a perfect 4.0 CGPA and two university-wide awards.

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Recognition & Awards

Best Student Award

2025 Convocation

Conferred during the 2025 Convocation ceremony for achieving a perfect 4.00 CGPA and First Class Honours in Computer Science. Awarded to the top-performing graduate.

Outstanding Graduate Award

AIG 2025

Recognized for overall excellence—combining top academic performance with high achievement in co-curricular activities and demonstrated readiness for industry leadership.

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Dean's List

Multiple Semesters

Awarded to top 10% of students maintaining 4.0 GPA throughout the semester. Achieved consistently across degree program.

CEO Retention Offer

Age 17 • First Job

Impressed company leadership so significantly at my first engineering role that the CEO personally attempted to retain me when I left to pursue higher education.

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Experience

FEB 2024 — PRESENT

Full Stack Engineer (Backend Focus)

CoolRIOTS · Singapore (Remote)

FastAPI Python React Milvus Elasticsearch MongoDB Redis Kubernetes
  • Improved AI answer accuracy by 40% across 50+ client domains by building a Scrapy web crawler with modular plugins for domain-specific data ingestion
  • Led end-to-end development of the Knowledge Builder—a scalable AI/RAG system enabling enterprises to query knowledge from petabyte-scale datasets
  • Architected L1/L2 processing pipelines handling petabyte-scale ingestion in parallel, transforming unstructured data from Dropbox, Google Drive, email, MCP, and web crawlers into vector embeddings and structured JSON
  • Built vector search, hybrid search, and context augmentation systems enabling interactive "chat-with-your-data" workflows for enterprise clients
  • Led technical decisions and introduced best practices (TDD, documentation standards, CI/CD), elevating code quality and team productivity
  • Mentored junior engineers across globally distributed, cross-functional teams
JUN 2024 — OCT 2024

Full Stack Engineer

TAGY · Malaysia (Hybrid)

PHP JavaScript jQuery
  • Developed and shipped the complete HR/payroll module—from architecture to deployment—enabling QR-based clock-in/out with automated payroll calculation
  • Built an internal task management tool that replaced Monday.com, reducing software costs while improving team workflows
  • Owned features end-to-end: requirements gathering with stakeholders → architecture → implementation → testing → delivery
MAR 2021 — MAR 2022

Technical Administrator · First Role at 17

Health Premium Home Health Care Services · Abu Dhabi, UAE

  • Managed scheduling and coordination for 100+ patient appointments weekly using internal digital systems
  • Improved scheduling accuracy by implementing data-driven task tracking workflows
  • Supported digital transition of appointment systems, sparking interest in software operations and automation
  • Impressed company leadership enough that the CEO personally tried to retain me when I left to pursue higher education
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Featured Projects

APPLIED RESEARCH • FINAL YEAR PROJECT

Genie AI — AI-Powered UI Generation

2024

Engineered a novel NLP system that transforms natural language descriptions into functional web interfaces in real-time. Integrated GPT-4 to interpret high-level commands into structured design intents, with a modular code generation pipeline assembling reusable components.

4.81/5

User Rating

Real-time

Live Preview

3-Tier

Architecture

Python · React · FastAPI · GPT-4 · PostgreSQL
Live Demo GitHub

Esticra

2024

Chrome extension using OCR technology to extract text from any part of your browser screen, including images, videos, and PDFs.

JavaScript · Chrome API · OCR
Chrome Store GitHub

LinkedIn Job Metrics

2025

Chrome extension that reveals hidden job metrics on LinkedIn, showing original posting dates, view counts, and application numbers.

JavaScript · Chrome Extension
Chrome Store GitHub

Reviewlee

2025

Ethical alternative to Trustpilot/Yelp focusing on authentic reviews with full data ownership and transparent moderation.

React · Node.js · MongoDB
Live Demo GitHub
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The Journey

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Best Student Award & Outstanding Graduate

Graduated with two university-wide awards. Joined CoolRIOTS building AI systems at scale.

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Final Year + First Engineering Role

Completed FYP (Genie AI) with 4.81/5.00 validation. Started at CoolRIOTS and TAGY.

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Dean's List · 4.0 GPA Streak

Completed advanced Odin Project curriculum. Multiple Dean's List recognitions.

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CS Degree · Harvard CS50x · The Odin Project

Finished foundation degree. Completed Harvard CS50x. Self-taught full-stack.

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First Job at 17 · CEO Tried to Retain Me

Landed first role. Impressed leadership so much the CEO tried to keep me. Left for higher education.

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Education

2022 — 2025

Bachelor of Computer Science

Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Malaysia

Best Student Outstanding Grad First Class 4.0 CGPA
SELF-DIRECTED

Harvard CS50x

Introduction to Computer Science

The Odin Project

Full-Stack Development (Foundation + Advanced)

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Certifications

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Technical Skills

Frontend Development

React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, Radix UI

Backend Development

Python, FastAPI, Celery, Node.js, Express.js, PHP, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Milvus, Elasticsearch

Cloud & DevOps

Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, IBM Cloud, CI/CD Pipelines, GitHub Actions

AI/ML & Data

Vector Databases, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), LangChain, LLM Integration

Languages

English (Fluent), Arabic (Fluent)

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Interests

AI/ML Open-source Technical Writing Scalable Systems Remote Work Tech Innovation