Shayyan Husein

Software Engineering Student @ The University of Waterloo

Experience

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Application Developer Intern

Kenna
Jan. 2026 - April 2026
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Software Engineering Intern

Axovoc Products
May 2025 - Aug. 2025
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Full-stack Developer

Khayr Project Canada
May 2024 - Aug. 2024
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Web-Application Developer

FIRST Robotics (FRC 2056)
Sept. 2022 - June 2023
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Article Columnist

CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Aug. 2022 - Oct. 2022
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Tech Teen Ambassador

Canada Learning Code
Nov. 2021 - Sep. 2022
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Programming Instructor

Coding Tutors Inc.
Feb. 2022 - June 2022
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Computer Repair Technician Intern

Wintronic Computers Plus
Feb. 2022 - June 2022

Recent Projects

Wrench AI

Wrench AI

Jul 2026

A retrieval-augmented assistant that answers motorcycle maintenance questions directly from owner’s manuals and cites the source page. It indexes PDF manuals locally, retrieves the most relevant chunks, and only responds when the answer is grounded in the text.

Technologies used

PythonStreamlitChromaDBAnthropic API
View on GitHub
Match The Cards

Match The Cards

Feb 2025

A memory-based card matching game in Python using Pygame alongside AWS DynamoDB for storing player information. The game requires players to match pairs of cards by flipping them over. It includes a timer, a leaderboard, which retrieves and stores data through an AWS DynamoDB database, which allows players to track their time and compare it with others.

Technologies used

PythonPygameAWSAWS DynamoDB
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AI Voice-Controlled Wheelchair

AI Voice-Controlled Wheelchair

Nov 2024

I worked with a team to create a miniature voice-controlled wheelchair. We used the VOSK speech recognition model to receive commands, sending them via Netcat to a Raspberry Pi. For audio and visual data, we utilized OBS Streaming, allowing an iPhone to interact with our programs as well as incorporating emergency LIDAR sensors for braking.

Technologies used

Raspberry PiVOSKPythonLiDAR
View on GitHub
PiPaws: Automatic Pet Feeder

PiPaws: Automatic Pet Feeder

Dec 2023

I helped build an automatic pet feeder, which included a physically automated pet food dispenser alongside a web app using React.js and Node.js. We created an automatic pet feeder with secure user functionality. I also aided in integrating PiCamera for computer vision, and the motor control to dispense food.

Technologies used

FirebasePythonReact.jsPiCameraRasberry Pi
View on GitHub
CBC Article

CBC Article

October 2022

This is an opinion article I wrote as a Grade 12 student from Orchard Park Secondary School in Stoney Creek, Ontario. It was part of a special project by CBC Hamilton during the municipal election, where they featured voices from the community.

Skills used

Professional WritingPublic Speaking
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micro:BITE

micro:BITE

July 2022

In a group of 3, our team created a project with Microsoft MakeCode and micro:bit to address food waste, one of the UN’s global goals. I built a countdown system within the microbit’s timer to track the expiration dates of food. This project earned our team a runner-up spot for North America in BBC's micro:bit 2022 do your :bit challenge.

Technologies used

PythonMicrosoft MakeCodemicro:BIT
View on GitHub

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Arduino
Arduino
C
C
C++
C++
CSS
CSS
HTML
HTML
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Python
Python
R
R
SQL
SQL
TypeScript
TypeScript

Developer Tools

AWS
AWS
Docker
Docker
Firebase
Firebase
Git
Git
Github
Github
MongoDB
MongoDB
OpenCV
OpenCV
React
React
Vercel
Vercel
Visual Studio
Visual Studio

{Made with Next.js, deployed with Vercel and a dream.}

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