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Saminul Islam

Toronto,ON

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Analyst Software Developer

FNZ
Toronto, ON
07.2023 - Current
  • Develop and optimize financial services software for the Bank of Montreal (BMO) within the trade clearing and settlement domain for both the US and Canadian markets.
  • Implemented core Java-based features, delivering an average of 1 story point per day (30% higher than team average).
  • Enhanced regression test suite efficiency by 20%, reducing test execution time and improving reporting.
  • Designed and documented 10+ epic user stories, streamlining technical breakdowns for developer implementation.
  • Provided Level 2/3 production support, proactively monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving critical system issues to ensure 99.99% uptime for financial services applications.
  • Contributed to team-wide knowledge-sharing sessions attended by over 30 global developers.
  • Managed CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket, Jenkins, and DevOps tools to streamline software releases.

Software Development Engineer

Amazon
Vancouver, BC
08.2022 - 03.2024
  • Developed secure, scalable payment solutions for Consumer Payments Group, processing millions of transactions with Java and Scala.
  • Led the expansion of testing infrastructure, incorporating new payment methods via a mock-bank service, increasing usage by 200%.
  • Ensured 99.99% application uptime by implementing automated monitoring, proactive alerting, and rollback strategies.
  • Managed 15+ high-priority support tickets weekly, improving issue resolution time by 25%

Software Developer Intern

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Toronto, ON
05.2020 - 04.2021
  • Developed and maintained Radeon Software applications using C++, QML (Qt), and object-oriented programming (OOP).
  • Debugged and resolved 60+ complex JIRA tickets, collaborating cross-functionally to identify root causes and implement fixes.
  • Collaborated on ASIC validation, ensuring seamless compatibility between Radeon software and hardware
  • Authored detailed Development Testing Plans (DTPs), enhancing testing efficiency and reducing hardware/software integration issues

Education

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) - Computer Engineering

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
06-2022

Skills

  • Programming Languages: Java, Python, C, JavaScript, Scala, SQL
  • Web Development: React, Flask, PostgreSQL, HTML5, CSS
  • Cloud & DevOps: AWS, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Bitbucket
  • Machine Learning & AI: PyTorch, Keras, NumPy, Pandas
  • Tools & Version Control: Git, Perforce, Linux

Projects

CARBON
  • Developed a course selection tool for students using ReactJS, Flask, and Google Firebase.
  • Built using Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles and successfully deployed on Heroku.
Deep Translator
  • Contributed to the open-source project deep-translator, a Python library with 500+ GitHub stars.
  • Implemented LibreTranslate API support, enhancing the library's multilingual translation capabilities.
AI Caption Generator
  • Developed an AI model that generates image captions using PyTorch and CoCo dataset.
  • Achieved 70% accuracy, improving image recognition-based textual descriptions.

Timeline

Analyst Software Developer

FNZ
07.2023 - Current

Software Development Engineer

Amazon
08.2022 - 03.2024

Software Developer Intern

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
05.2020 - 04.2021

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) - Computer Engineering

University of Toronto
Saminul Islam