Hi, I'm

Zoraiz

Software & Data Engineer

Calgary, AB · Open to opportunities

I'm a Computer Science graduate based in Calgary with experience in software development, data engineering, and AI-focused work. I enjoy building practical, polished products and turning ideas into things people can actually use.

Work Experience

Work experience

Roles where I shipped systems, shaped data pipelines, and learned by building.

  1. TELUS Digital AI Data Solutions

    Data Analyst

    June 2026 – PresentCalgary, AB
    • Search Relevance
    • AI Evaluation
    • Content Quality
  2. Ramis Associates

    Data Engineer

    May 2026 – PresentCalgary, AB
    • Microsoft Fabric
    • Azure Data Factory
    • IBM Db2
    • Delta Lake
    • Power BI
    • Parquet
  3. Dimension Rex (MTA:SA)

    Software Developer

    Mar 2025 – Jan 2026Calgary, AB
    • Lua
    • Node.js
    • Discord API
    • Nginx
    • Linux
    • Networking
  4. University of Calgary

    Backend Developer and Undergraduate Researcher

    Jan 2024 – Apr 2024Calgary, AB
    • Node.js
    • Docker
    • Performance
    • Research
  5. University of Calgary

    Undergraduate Researcher (Team Lead)

    Jan 2023 – Apr 2023Calgary, AB
    • Python
    • Machine Learning
    • Decision Trees

Projects

My projects

A compilation of projects I built, contributed to, or am still iterating on.

DataLens

An AI-powered data quality and exploration platform — upload a CSV for Polars profiling and quality scoring, explore charts, then ask an LLM for insights and natural-language SQL on embedded DuckDB.

  • Python
  • DuckDB
  • FastAPI
  • Polars
  • Docker

Bare-Metal SNES Controller

A bare-metal ARM/Raspberry Pi interface that reads SNES controller input via memory-mapped GPIO — latch, clock, and bit-level sampling with no OS or drivers.

  • ARM
  • Raspberry Pi
  • GPIO
  • Bare-Metal
  • C

Redis-lite

A Redis-like in-memory key–value store in Java as a multi-threaded TCP server, with SET/GET/DEL/EXPIRE/TTL and low-latency concurrent clients.

  • Java
  • TCP Sockets
  • Multithreading

GPTStir

An AI chatbot platform for OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and DeepSeek — with OAuth 2.0 sign-in and seamless per-query model switching.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • OAuth 2.0
  • OpenAI API
  • Anthropic API
  • xAI API
  • DeepSeek API

Rycho

A music-focused social app for sharing Spotify tracks, discovering music, and connecting through comments, reactions, and recommendations.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • MongoDB
  • Spotify API

Volumetric Live Streaming

Optimized a volumetric live-streaming video system with Docker and modular Node.js design; findings captured in a research paper.

  • Node.js
  • Docker
  • Express

Multithreaded Games

Games built in C that demonstrate thread creation, synchronization, and shared resource management for reliable real-time processes.

  • C
  • Multithreading

Course Feedback Analysis

A machine learning system in Python that analyzes student feedback with decision trees and information gain to recommend courses.

  • Python
  • Pandas
  • Machine Learning