Software Engineer · MASc Candidate, UVic

Ashiq Ullah

Software engineer with industry experience in mobile and web development, now completing a Master of Applied Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Victoria, with a focus on machine learning and cyber security. I care about software that is well tested, secure and built to last.

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Victoria, BC, Canada
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2 yrsindustry experience at AntonX
4UVic software engineering courses taught as lab assistant
34+students guided through a capstone design project
~25%lower development cost and timelines on delivered projects

01Experience

Software Engineering Intern

AntonX · Peshawar, Pakistan

2020 – 2022

Led a team of four engineers building custom mobile and web applications with React Native and Flutter, from analysis and design through delivery.
Translated client needs into a System Requirements Specification and UI/UX designs in Figma and Adobe XD, and ran design reviews with the principal architect.
Deployed applications to AWS, Azure and Google Cloud using Docker and CI/CD pipelines, with testing, vulnerability scans and security reviews built into each phase alongside QA.
Delivered projects on time and on budget, cutting development cost and timelines by about 25%, and introduced web based solutions that reduced clients' daily managerial work.

React Native
Flutter
Figma
Docker
AWS
Azure
GCP
CI/CD

02Teaching

Lab assistant at the University of Victoria, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Summer 2026

SENG 499 · Design Project II

Lab Assistant and Project Client

Acted as client and lab TA for 34+ students across two engineering companies over three agile sprints.
Guided teams building an AI powered cyber security incident response platform (React, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, RAG/LLM) and advised on model, embedding, vector store and database trade-offs.
Advised on CI/CD and DevOps (GitLab, Docker, Docker Hub), reviewed sprint demos and graded system design, bias mitigation and accessibility.

Spring 2026

SENG 275 · Software Testing

Lab Assistant

Weekly labs on specification based, boundary, structural, property based and mutation testing, including code coverage.
Unit testing frameworks, test-driven development, mocks and test doubles.
Web testing with Selenium, database testing and security testing on real applications.

Fall 2025

SENG 265 · Software Development Methods

Lab Assistant

C programming with gcc, the memory model, pointers and dynamic memory allocation.
Python, object oriented design, unittest, and persistence with pickle and JSON; PyQt GUIs using MVC.
Git, Linux, shell and debugging through assignments that simulate real development.

Summer 2023, 2024

SENG 426 · Software Quality Engineering

Lab Assistant and Lab Designer

Designed every weekly lab for a 5 part project: CI/CD (Azure DevOps, Docker), Selenium automation, JMeter load testing, and security testing with ZAP and SonarQube.
Turned the instructor's requirements into step by step labs that teams of four followed to build and test a real web application.

03Education

Expected March 2027

Master of Applied Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Victoria · Victoria, BC

Focus: Machine Learning, Cyber Security · GPA 3.3/4.0

October 2019

Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering

Sarhad University of Science and IT · Peshawar, Pakistan

Data Structures and Algorithms, Web Application Development, OOP, Database Systems · GPA 3.35/4.0

04Skills

Languages

Python
C
JavaScript
PHP
HTML
CSS

Frameworks & Databases

React
React Native
Flutter
Laravel
FastAPI
Spring
PyQt
PostgreSQL
REST API design

DevOps & Cloud

Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Azure DevOps
GitLab
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud

Testing & Security

Selenium
JMeter
SonarQube
OWASP ZAP
Unit testing
TDD
Mutation testing

Design & Tools

Git
Figma
Adobe XD

Certifications

Natural Language Processing in Python2026
Azure Developer Associate · Information Technology Board, KP2021
iOS/Flutter App Development and UX/UI Design · Digital Skills for KP2021

05Beyond work

When I'm not working or studying, you'll probably find me somewhere on Vancouver Island.

On the trails

Hiking the forest and coastal trails around Victoria and further up the Island.
Coffee and tea

Working my way through the Island's independent coffee shops, one cup of black coffee or tea at a time.
Tennis

On the court whenever the weather allows, which on the Island is more often than people think.
Exploring the Island

Finding new beaches, lakes and viewpoints, from the Saanich Peninsula to the west coast.
Sunsets by the water

Ending the day on the waterfront, watching the light go down over the Strait.
Weekend road trips

Driving up-island for the scenery, small towns and the occasional detour that turns into the best part of the trip.

06Contact

Open to software engineering, QA/DevOps and ML roles in Canada. The fastest way to reach me is email.

ashiqullahmg at gmail.com

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