Harman BrarThe best thing about a Boolean
is that even if you are wrong,
you are only off by a bit.

SDE September 2022 - Present

• See Resume

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SDE Intern May 2021 - August 2021

• Converted a high-level business need into a succinct, presentable, multi-service system design
• Implemented this design and presented data via a beautiful web dashboard
• Cut down developer debug times by up to 99% (from up to an hour to 30 seconds)
• Utilized SQS/SNS for inter-service communication
• Worked hands-on with various other AWS services such as Cloudformation, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, and more
• Engaged in Agile development practices
• Completed internal Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision trainings

netbooklet.com

• Ideated platform based on market gap
• Developed frontend in ​Vue​ + ​HTML + JavaScript
• Designed relational database schema and implemented it in PostgreSQL
• Wrote services in ​ Node.js/Express
• Led team of 3 in implementing new features and business strategies
• Researched and implemented various marketing strategies, the most notable of which led to 400x follower growth
• Building customer relations

playdesport.com

• Ideated platform and developed a comprehensive, professional whitepaper
• Developed React based application with Web3 integrations
• Wrote contract for and launched SPORT token
• Led team of 4 in building out various components of the platform such as design, branding, community, marketing, finance, and web2/web3 technology
• Put together a pitch deck and presented to potential investors

Intro to Machine Learning

• Data Exploration
• Models
• Model Validation
• Under/Overfitting
• Random Forests

Intermediate Machine Learning

• Missing Values
• Categorical Variables
• Pipelines
• Cross-Validation
• Gradient Boosting
• Data Leakage

Intro to Deep Learning

• Linear Units
• Deep Neural Networks
• Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD)
• Under/Overfitting
• Dropout & Batch Normalization
• Binary Classification

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Supplementary

• Python

• Led a team of 4 UI automation engineers
• Improved UI & Integration test run times by up to ​31%
• Developed ​ Katalon​ - ​TM4J​ integration to improve engineer productivity
• Contributed to internal automation framework written in ​Java, Groovy and ​Kotlin
• Interacted with ​DevOps ​& ​CI/CD​ tools daily
• Engaged in ​Agile​ development practices

UBC Vancouver Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Computer Science 2017 – 2022

• Enhanced existing ​React.js​ / ​Django​ web application to a ​Progressive Web App
• Focused on clean, modular design based on React best practices
• Designed Django Models for efficiency, completeness, and usability
• Engaged in ​ Agile ​ development practices and company meet & greets

• Developed ​MongoDB ​schema for storing autonomous sailboat sensor data
• Built ​ Node.js/Express ​backend to enable two-way communication between web client and sailbot

• Automated the visualization of data from various programs using Igor scripts, saving hundreds of hours​ of manual data handling
• Studied and began work on adapting an evolutionary algorithm in ​C++ to improve local Zeeman Decelerator configuration
• Designed cutting edge ion optics configuration to optimize detection of ammonia molecules in a microwave trap cavity
• Delivered biweekly presentation on progress and task forecast

• Developed ​React Native ​parent-school communication tool application
• Built components for displaying grades and attendance
• Participated in weekly meetings to discuss design, functionality, and progress