Zakarya Ahmed Butt

Zakarya Butt - www.linkedin.com/in/zakarya-butt-7a-/ - https://github.com/zakarya23 ( About Me My commitment and passion as a computer scientist always drive me to use best coding practices to deliver high quality solutions. Keeping in mind the future scalability and security, I endeavour to structure the code to incorporate any future changes and implement unit testing. My favourite quote is “Pleasure in the job, puts perfection in the work!”. Education University of Melbourne (B.S. Computing & Software Systems) - • Relevant Subjects: Foundations of Computing (Python), Foundations of Algorithms (C), Database Systems (SQL), Object Oriented Software Development (Java), Algorithms & Data Structures (C), Software Modelling and Design (Java), Artificial Intelligence (Python), Web Information Technology (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, React.js, MongoDB) Work Experience RLTSquare (Software Engineer) Jan 2020 – Jul 2021 • Collaborated with CEO and a Professor at a University to develop and implement a virtual makeup try on filter using Flask, Python, PIL & JavaScript. Leading the development part with the guidance of the Professor • Worked on making an algorithm to detect facial features on a human image uploaded onto a website and then making the changes and returning to the user. Melbourne Bio Innovation Student Initiative (Technical Lead) Jan 2021 – Nov 2021 • Developed a mobile application that was aimed to provide research-supported benefit to clinicians and specific patient populations with Colorectal Surgeon A/Prof Justin Yeung at Western Health Hospital. • Designed the app mock-up using Adobe XD and implemented initial stages of the app using the Flutter framework. University of Melbourne Subject Review Website (Project & Development Lead) Feb 2020 - Jan 2022 • Worked with a team of 7 developers to improve the overall UI of the website. Added features such as filter, sort by, most popular. • Tech Stack: php, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, MySQL Aerospace & Rocket Engineering Society (Flight Simulation Team – Project Phobos) March 2019 – Nov 2021 • Was part of the team that built a high-powered rocket with a significant budget, that was supposed to launch at the 10,000ft Australian Universities Rocket Competition where I represented the University of Melbourne. • Was involved in the project with the Simulation Engineering team where roles include real-time flight monitoring, data logging and development of the simulation software. Google Developers (Developer Student Club Lead) • • • • May 2020 – May 2021 Founding President of the Google Developer Student Club at the University of Melbourne. Planned out and hosted a 7-week workshop program, teaching 50+ students the basics of Flutter and Machine Learning. Hosted panel events with Google Recruiters, Employees with audience ranging from 100+. Took time to contact speakers, prepare questions for events and have demo sessions before hand to make sure everything was perfect for the day. Projects ProShop eCommerce Platform (Responsive) REACTJS, NODEJS, MONGODB, EXPRESSJS, REDUX, TYPESCRIPT Repository • eCommerce platform built with the MERN stack & Redux. • Architecture is handled in an even better manner with reducers, dispatches and redux being used in the frontend and routers and controllers used in the backend. • API integrations are included for payments with PayPal. JSON web tokens are implemented for use in authentications. React bootstrap and boots watch are used to give it a professional UI look. Sarban Donation Website (Responsive) REACTJS, REDUX, NODEJS, EXPRESS, POSTGRES, TYPEORM, TYPEDI www.sarbanfoundation.org • Worked in a team of 2 people to make an online donation website where users can make donations to underprivileged students. • Frontend was handled using latest version of React integrated with redux(dispatch, actions, contexts) and design made using bootstrap and react-bootstrap. • Backend was handled using controllers, entities, services, migrations using TypeORM, TypeDI and NodeJS Extracurricular Activity University of Melbourne (Peer Student Mentor) Feb 2020 – July 2020 • Closely mentored first year University students, guiding them on integrating to the University life. Giving them tips and ideas on how they can manage their time more effectively. • Lead group and one on one meetings with the students to help them with their individual problems regarding University or their general life. Microsoft (Microsoft Student Accelerator Program) March 2020 – Sep 2020 • Improved my technical skillset by actively attending bootcamps and then working on projects regarding Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, IoT, App Development & API’s.