Software Engineer · Full-Stack Developer

Hello,
I'm Ashhal Vellani

Computer Science graduate from Simon Fraser University.
Passionate about elegant solutions and cutting-edge technology.

01 Experience

Jan - Aug 2025

Software Engineer Co-op

BC Liquor Distribution Branch

Upgraded three enterprise Java/Spring Boot applications by refactoring deprecated APIs and updating dependencies. Implemented a SAML 2.0 single sign-on solution across 10 internal applications and improved deployment reliability using Jenkins CI/CD and WildFly across environments supporting 500+ retail stores.

May - Aug 2023

Software Test Engineer Co-op

Epic Safety

Improved reliability of IoT devices and a React-based cloud platform by designing and executing 200+ automated and manual tests, achieving 95% test coverage and identifying 50+ defects before release. Diagnosed critical firmware issues through hardware simulation and log analysis in Keil μVision.

02 Projects

NLP Movie Genre Classification System

Built an NLP classification pipeline to predict movie genres from plot summaries using the IMDb Genres dataset, comparing TF-IDF + Logistic Regression with a fine-tuned DistilBERT transformer model.

PythonScikit-learnHugging FacePyTorchPandas

Miner Adventure

Collaborated in a 4-person Agile team to develop a 2D maze-chase game in Java, implementing AI pathfinding with the A* algorithm, collision detection, and dynamic map/obstacle mechanics.

JavaMavenSwingJUnit

Expense Tracker

Developed a full-stack expense tracking web application using the MERN stack, enabling users to record, manage, and visualize financial transactions.

ReactNode.jsExpressMongoDB

NYC Airbnb Price Analysis & Prediction

Performed exploratory data analysis on 50k+ NYC Airbnb listings and built a machine learning models to predict prices based on various features.

PythonPandasNumPyScikit-learnMatplotlib

Coffee Consumption & Preference Analysis

Analyzed 4,000+ survey responses from the Great American Coffee Taste Test dataset to explore relationships between demographics, economic factors, and coffee consumption habits.

PythonPandasNumPyMatplotlibSeaborn

S-Talk Chat Service

Built a terminal-based peer-to-peer chat application in C using UDP sockets, enabling real-time communication between clients through a multithreaded architecture with POSIX threads.

CUDPPOSIX Threads

03 Education

2021 — 2025

Bachelor of Science in Computing Science

Simon Fraser University

Graduated with distinction
Focus areas: Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Computational Linguistics, Data Mining, ML

04 Contact

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