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Omar Waseem

Data & Cloud Engineer  ·  AI Builder  ·  Eagle Scout

I'm a software engineer who gravitates toward the data and cloud side of things, including building pipelines, APIs, and backend systems that actually hold up under pressure. I like working close to the infrastructure and enjoy the problem-solving that comes with it. Outside of work, I'm an Eagle Scout and still carry that build-it-right mentality into everything I do. Feel free to check out my projects, browse my experience, or grab my resume below.

Experience

Revature
Software Engineer Trainee
Feb 2026 – Apr 2026
  • Built and deployed batch and distributed ETL pipelines using PySpark, Kafka, Hadoop, and AWS EMR, processing large structured datasets and enabling reliable data availability for downstream analytics.
  • Developed Python and SQL automation scripts for data querying and transformation, streamlining workflows and improving reliability of distributed computing tasks.
Xtremeanalytix
Cloud Engineering Intern
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024
  • Designed and deployed five data pipelines across SQL Server, MongoDB, AWS RDS, and Azure SQL in cloud and hybrid environments, accelerating data integration for downstream applications.
  • Created a custom MongoDB source connector in Java enabling real-time data streaming into Apache Kafka, reducing data ingestion latency by 40% across 3 cloud-hosted applications.
  • Optimized data synchronization across 4+ cloud-native and on-prem systems, improving data accessibility and reducing pipeline errors by 30%.
  • Maintained cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure, supporting fault-tolerant ingestion workflows handling millions of records daily.

Education

Rutgers University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
New Brunswick, NJ  ·  May 2025

Projects

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Production-style serverless pipeline using AWS SAM, API Gateway, and Lambda. Integrates Claude Haiku 4.5 via Amazon Bedrock for automated text summarization and sentiment tagging, with results persisted in DynamoDB and all endpoints secured via API key authentication.
61% text reduction 1.89s avg response 1,000+ requests
AWS Lambda DynamoDB Bedrock / Claude Python
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Production-style RESTful API in ASP.NET Core (.NET 10) with 16 JWT-secured endpoints across Auth, Portfolio, Logs, and Admin controllers. Integrates Alpha Vantage for live stock pricing with 60-second in-memory caching. Designed for Azure App Service deployment with EF Core migration swap.
16 JWT endpoints 80% fewer API calls
ASP.NET Core C# Azure SQLite
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Open-source Go CLI tool for declarative cross-platform environment management across macOS, Linux, and WSL2. Contributed the macOS and WSL2 side of development, including a Homebrew service wrapper and WSL2 PATH sanitization logic to prevent Windows binary shadowing. Full CI/CD via GitHub Actions across 13 packages.
13 packages Full integration tests
Go CLI GitHub Actions Open Source
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Java-based Kafka connector enabling real-time streaming from MongoDB to Apache Kafka. Built for hybrid cloud integration with AWS and Azure, cutting data ingestion latency by 40% across production cloud-hosted applications.
40% latency reduction
Java Apache Kafka MongoDB AWS / Azure
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Interactive Pokémon-themed Wordle bot supporting daily and personal game states for 100+ active users. JSON-based persistence with optimized command handling. Deployed to Render with UptimeRobot for automated uptime monitoring.
100+ active users <200ms response
Python Discord API Render
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Cross-platform mobile app with JWT authentication, SQLite storage, and dark mode. AI recommendation engine using Bayesian reasoning and informed search, delivering personalized supplement suggestions with confidence scores.
250ms response time
React Native Express.js Bayesian AI SQLite
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AI agent using reinforcement learning and Q-learning to navigate a custom maze environment. Implements fast replanning with a custom reward function to efficiently recover from obstacles.
Python Reinforcement Learning Q-Learning
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Python simulation using NumPy and Matplotlib to visualize cellular automata. Demonstrates algorithm design and efficient matrix operations for cellular state transitions.
Python NumPy Matplotlib
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Custom malloc/free memory allocator in C with multiple test cases demonstrating systems-level understanding of heap allocation strategies and memory management.
C Systems Memory Management

Technical Skills

Languages
Python Go C# Java JavaScript C / C++ HTML / CSS
Cloud & Data
AWS Lambda API Gateway DynamoDB RDS CloudWatch Bedrock Azure Docker Apache Kafka Apache Hadoop PySpark MongoDB SQL / SQLite ETL
Frameworks & Tools
React React Native Express.js ASP.NET Core Entity Framework AWS SAM GitHub Actions

Certifications

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AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Amazon Web Services · 2026
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Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Google · Coursera
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Fundamentals of AI Agents Using RAG and LangChain
IBM · Coursera
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Machine Learning Specialization
DeepLearning.AI · Coursera
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Eagle Scout
Boy Scouts of America · Earned by fewer than 6% of Scouts