Ayaan Shaikh
CS + Math @ University of Guelph
- ◆what i've been building:
- ↳built an anomaly-based IDS to detect zero-day network threats with ML
- ↳shipped Bloomfund — AI-powered scholarship matcher using Anthropic Claude
- ↳trained a CNN for brain tumor detection — 95% accuracy on 3k+ MRI scans
experience
Stealth Startup·Software Engineer Intern
Dec 2025 – Present- –Engineered a Python tool to automate 20+ complex config data transformations across backend systems.
- –Refactored and debugged 5+ Java backend modules, including decompilation and logic corrections.
SuperProf·Computer Science Tutor
Apr 2025 – Aug 2025- –Tutored 25+ students in Python, data structures, and algorithms using C.
- –Guided students to build full-stack apps: HTML/CSS/JS frontend, Flask backend, SQLite, Vercel.
- –Led 5+ workshops on AWS cloud computing, Git, and Linux command-line tools.
Private Client·UI/UX Design Intern
Oct 2022 – Feb 2023- –Designed and prototyped a forum interface for 23,000+ members in Figma.
- –Revamped web pages with HTML, CSS, JS; reduced load times by 25%.
The College Board·High School Student Researcher
Sep 2023 – Jul 2024- –Authored a 4,000+ word academic paper on cultural stigma and academic outcomes.
- –Designed and distributed a quantitative survey (n=55) using Likert-scale instruments.
projects
Python · NumPy · Scapy · scikit-learn
Hybrid anomaly-based IDS leveraging ML and statistical baselines to detect zero-day-style network anomalies. Processed 50MB+ PCAP datasets with sliding-window feature extraction.
Python · FastAPI · PostgreSQL · Anthropic Claude
FastAPI backend powering personalized scholarship recommendations — processes user profiles, queries PostgreSQL, returns relevance-ranked results with keyword search and smart filtering.
skills
languages
PythonJavaCC++JavaScriptTypeScriptSQLHTML/CSSRust
frameworks
FastAPIFlaskReact.jsNext.jsNode.jsTensorFlowKerasScikit-learnTailwind CSS
tools
GitDockerLinuxAWSGCPVS CodeIntelliJ