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Malek Hammoud.

Software & systems builder, first-year CS at McMaster, seeking a software engineering internship for Summer 2027..

malek@malekhammoud.comlinkedin.com/in/malekhammoudgithub.com/malekhammouddevpost.com/malekhammoud
Monthly users on IsMyTripSafe
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Downloads of Flow Arch OS
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Internships before university
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AP Computer Science A
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Technical skills

Languages

  • Python
  • C++
  • Java
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • SQL (PostgreSQL)
  • Bash
  • HTML/CSS

Full-Stack & Backend

  • React
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • REST APIs
  • Web Scraping Pipelines
  • PostgreSQL
  • Storybook

AI & Machine Learning

  • Computer Vision (YOLOv5)
  • Multimodal LLM Integration
  • Scikit-learn
  • Pandas
  • NumPy

Systems, Cloud & Security

  • Linux (Arch/Debian)
  • Embedded Systems (QNX/RTOS)
  • Docker
  • Azure
  • Git
  • AppSec (RBAC/Auth)

Experience

  • Mar 2025 – Aug 2025

    Remote

    Full-Stack Developer Intern

    Playtoon IT, Inc.

    • Collaborated within a 15-member engineering team to build and ship production features for an interactive web platform.
    • Engineered optimized UI state workflows and built secure media upload pipelines with automated profanity filtering.

  • Sep 2024 – Jan 2025

    Remote

    Software Developer Intern

    Bryck Technologies

    • Engineered a full-stack web application from design to production deployment for internal enterprise operations.
    • Architected reusable React UI components via Storybook and managed PostgreSQL schema migrations in an Agile workflow.

Technical projects

  • Full-Stack / Automated Data Pipeline

    IsMyTripSafe

    Creator & Lead Developerismytripsafe.com2026

    • Architected an autonomous destination safety intelligence platform serving 2,000+ monthly active users.
    • Engineered automated web scraping pipelines targeting international government datasets and travel advisory APIs.
    • Implemented dynamic report generation algorithms and programmatic SEO infrastructure to drive autonomous traffic growth.

  • SourceForge Rising Star Award

    Flow Arch (Linux OS)

    Lead Developer & Maintainerflowarch-os.github.ioDec 2025 – Present

    • Engineered a custom Arch Linux distribution with 700+ downloads; built using Arch ISO tools and Calamares installer.
    • Awarded the SourceForge Rising Star Award for rapid open-source community adoption and distribution stability.

  • Hack the 6ix Winner

    Basil Home AI (Smart Appliance Prototype)

    Co-Creator & Embedded/AI Developerbasilhome.caJul 2025

    • Engineered an AI smart appliance system; configured QNX RTOS on Raspberry Pi for low-latency embedded control.
    • Trained YOLOv5 vision models for real-time inventory tracking; integrated multimodal LLM pipelines for recipe generation.
    • Awarded Deloitte’s “Best Use of AI for Green” at Hack the 6ix for embedded resource efficiency and practical utility.

Education

  • Sep 2026 – Apr 2030 (Expected)

    Hamilton, ON

    McMaster University

    Honours Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Co-op)

    • Core Focus: Data Structures & Algorithms, Systems Programming, Software Engineering Methodologies.

  • Sep 2025 – Dec 2025

    London, ON

    Western University

    Western’s Initiative for Scholarly Excellence (WISE) – Concurrent Dual Enrollment

    • Completed competitive university-level coursework: Computer Science I (97%), Intro to Data Science (92%).

  • Sep 2022 – Jun 2026

    London, ON

    London Central Secondary School

    Ontario Secondary School Diploma

    • Leadership: President of STEM Club; Co-President of Math Club and Central Programming Alliance (Hack Club).
    • Deployed a self-hosted DMOJ competitive programming judge on Azure to support 50+ active student developers.

Honours, awards & security research

Vulnerability Research (Bugcrowd)

  • Awarded security bounty by Intercom for discovering zero-click PII exfiltration via indirect prompt injection in Fin AI; identified API broken access control (RBAC bypass) on LaunchDarkly.

Hackathons & Industry

  • Hack the 6ix Winner (Deloitte AI for Green, 2025)
  • Hack the North Top 32 Finalist / 250+ Teams (2025)

Academic & Scientific Honors

  • Canada-Wide Science Fair (Bronze Medal)
  • AP Computer Science A (5/5)
  • CCC (Senior Distinction)

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