Omrahn Faqiri
Omrahn Faqiri

Omrahn Faqiri

Backend & Data Engineer

currently:

  • 💼AI & Software Developer Intern @ Town of Oakville
  • 📚Honours BSc Computer Science Student @ Sheridan College
  • âš¡Core Member @ Sheridan CS Club and GDG

milestones:

  • â—†mentored/organized @ BearHacks 2026
  • â—†secured 1st place in HuskyHack '26 and won twice at Hackville '26
  • â—†built a custom private server cluster in my homelab running Proxmox VE and Tailscale VPN

Work Experience

Scotiabank logo

Incoming Data Engineer Intern

Scotiabank

Sep 2026 – Dec 2026

Toronto, ON

Selected for the Fall 2026 engineering cohort.

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AI & Software Engineer Intern

Town of Oakville

June 2026 – Present

Oakville, ON

Developing real-time data infrastructure, custom network bridges, and cloud APIs to ingest, process, and harvest live municipal traffic camera telemetry for the Town of Oakville.

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Software Engineer Intern

Flite Transport

Apr 2026 – May 2026

Oakville, ON

Architected a cross-platform Flutter application for drivers.

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AI Research Assistant

Flite Transport

Feb 2026 – Apr 2026

Oakville, ON

Audited Django middleware to mitigate DoS vulnerabilities and automated routing optimization with Google OR Tools.

Hackathons

HuskyHack '26

Winner - Wild Experiment Award

Project: Flame Finder

An asymmetric VR adventure game (like 'It Takes Two') blending a Roblox VR environment with a web-based companion app to solve puzzles about shared warmth.

2026

Hackville '26

1st Place (Google AI & Snowflake API)

Project: NeuRizz

An AI-powered platform designed to help neurodivergent users navigate social interactions with confidence, built under a 24-hour time constraint.

2026

Other Participations

GenAI Genesis (2026)
Sheridan Datathon (2025)

Projects

HelixStream

Distributed bioinformatics platform designed for GPU-heavy ESM2 embeddings with automatic CPU failover. Implements pgvector + HNSW indexing for sub-ms 1280-D protein vector queries and includes an interactive 3D force-directed graph viewer.

Python
Java
PostgreSQL
pgvector
gRPC
Docker
Next.js
FastAPI

Speed(t)Code

A real-time multiplayer coding speed game with WebSocket sync and a FastAPI backend. Utilizes an ephemeral Redis pub/sub layer to decouple player sessions and reduce leaderboard latency under load; serverless deployment on Google Cloud Run.

Python
FastAPI
Next.js
Redis
WebSockets
Docker
Firebase

SentinelPR

A deterministic AI code auditor using RAG and Tree-sitter CST parsing to eliminate hallucinations in reviews. Resolves stateless context limitations by caching ChromaDB indices directly inside GitHub Actions runtimes, protected by a strict Schema Guard validation layer.

Python
Tree-sitter
ChromaDB
GitHub Actions
Google Gemini
RAG
CI/CD

Argus

Real-time card transaction fraud pipeline built on GCP Dataflow. Employs sliding-window velocity analytics to intercept high-frequency carding attacks, processing into BigQuery Medallion tiers (Bronze-Silver-Gold) with geo-spatial enrichment and Terraform orchestration.

Python
Apache Beam
GCP Dataflow
BigQuery
Pub/Sub
Terraform
Java
Spring Boot

Community & Leadership

BearHacks

BearHacks2026

Organizer & Mentor

Mentored and helped organize BearHacks 2026, fostering a collaborative environment for student builders and ensuring a smooth, engaging hackathon experience.