Araad Shams
Software Engineer Intern at BetterUp
Markham, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAraad Shams is a driven software engineer and University of Waterloo computer science student with eight years of hands-on experience building full-stack and embedded systems across internships at Tesla, Huawei, CIBC, and a current role at BetterUp. As Co-Founder and CTO of Cumuless and a repeat hackathon winner, he combines product-minded entrepreneurship with a data-driven approach to rapid prototyping and high-performance software. He has practical experience in vehicle software, cloud engineering, and robotics—having led a FIRST Robotics programming team and taught robotics to children—bringing both low-level control and user-facing systems fluency. Araad is prolific in large side projects and enjoys shipping end-to-end solutions; his portfolio showcases complex personal builds that informed his internship contributions. Based in Markham, Ontario, he pairs startup grit with corporate internship experience, always seeking to apply software to make tangible improvements.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Markville Secondary SchoolComputer Science, Computer Science at University of WaterlooGithub contributions (5)
Arduino-Projects/FinalProjectICS201
Dec 2018 - Sep 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
Arduino-Projects/The-Virtual-Classroom
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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