Seeking co-op & internship opportunities

KaziMostofaSakin.

Software Development · QA & Automation · UI/UX Design

Fourth-year Computer Science student at the University of New Brunswick, seeking co-op and internship opportunities in software development and QA automation.

Academic & personal projects
25+
Design projects completed
300+
Members on sites I built
150+
Next.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLPrismaPythonPyTorchHuggingFaceOpacusScikit-learnFlaskDockerFastAPIClaude APISpring BootJavaJavaFXJUnit 5WordPressPHPMySQLTypeScript / JavaScriptSQLReact / Next.jsFlask / FastAPIPostmanReadyAPISelenium WebDriverGit / GitHubFigmaPhotoshopIllustratorAfter Effects

Organisations I have worked with

Day & RossDay & Ross
KrishiVetKrishiVet
IO SolutionsIO Solutions
RoboightRoboight

01 — Profile

About me

I am a fourth-year Computer Science student with hands-on experience in full-stack development, software testing, and security. My academic work spans software engineering, databases, privacy, and machine learning.

Before university, I spent over two years as a professional designer. That background helps me build software that is reliable, secure, and easy to use.

Program
Bachelor of Computer Science
University
University of New Brunswick
Expected graduation
May 2027
Location
Fredericton, NB
Focus
Software development, QA & automation

02 — Education

Academic background

Bachelor of Computer Science

University of New Brunswick

Jan 2023 – Present
Expected graduation: May 2027

Academic highlights

  • Technical Lead, Wildfire Detection System (Software Engineering team project)
  • Course research project on privacy-preserving language models (CS4413 Foundations of Privacy)

Completed coursework

  • Software Engineering
  • Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Database Systems
  • Software Security
  • Information Security
  • Foundations of Privacy
  • Data Mining
  • Systems Software Development
  • Machine-Level Programming
  • User Interface Design

Current term (Fall 2026)

  • Operating Systems
  • Computer Architecture
  • Net-Centric Computing

03 — Projects

Selected projects

Client Project

Live in production

KrishiVet — E-Commerce Platform

Designed and developed a production e-commerce platform for a veterinary supplement company. Modelled an 8-entity PostgreSQL schema and built a custom admin dashboard with two-factor authentication and XSS/CSRF protection.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma

Course Project · CS4413 Foundations of Privacy

PII leakage 95% → 0%

Private Text Generation with GPT-2

Fine-tuned five GPT-2 configurations with differential privacy (DP-SGD and LoRA) on sensitive customer-support data. Reduced personal-data memorisation from 95% to 0% while keeping the model usable.

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • HuggingFace
  • Opacus

Machine Learning Project

Trained on 11,000+ messages

SMS Spam Classifier

Built a spam-detection pipeline with TF-IDF features, comparing Logistic Regression, KNN, and Decision Tree models on 11,000+ messages. Deployed as a containerised Flask app that retrains from user feedback.

  • Python
  • Scikit-learn
  • Flask
  • Docker

Personal Project · Applied AI

Live on Cloud Run + Vercel

LLM Case Classifier — AI Operations Dashboard

Built a dashboard that uses the Claude API to read incoming issues and sort them into categories automatically, removing manual triage. Deployed the FastAPI backend to Google Cloud Run and the frontend to Vercel, with PostgreSQL and Chart.js.

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Claude API
  • PostgreSQL

Academic Project · Software Security

Threat-modelled with STRIDE

Secure Feedback App

Developed a multi-role feedback platform with Spring Security, role-based access control, and encrypted PostgreSQL storage. Performed STRIDE threat modelling and attack-tree analysis, mapping findings to CWE.

  • Spring Boot
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker

Team Project · Software Engineering

Technical lead

Wildfire Detection System

Led a student team building a JavaFX wildfire detection and evacuation-planning tool with a weather-risk map and 24-hour forecast slider. Owned the JUnit 5 test strategy across unit, integration, and boundary cases.

  • Java
  • JavaFX
  • JUnit 5

Student Organization

Built for 100+ members

UNB BSS Voting Platform

Automated elections for the UNB Bangladesh Student Society across 10+ vote categories. Implemented email 2FA with token-based access, a login lockout policy, and a documented MySQL schema.

  • WordPress
  • PHP
  • MySQL

04 — Experience

Work experience

  1. Spot Quoter (Part-time)

    Jun 2026 – Present

    Day & Ross, Fredericton

    Prepare and issue freight spot quotes daily from current rate data, and resolve pricing and shipment tickets with carriers.

  2. Manager, Customer Escalation Team

    May 2025 – Jul 2025

    IO Solutions

    Resolved 90% of Rogers and Fido escalations on first contact and coached four agents on escalation protocols.

  3. Customer Care Specialist

    May 2023 – Apr 2025

    IO Solutions

    Supported 20+ customers daily; recognised as Most Knowledgeable Representative and top sales performer for two consecutive periods.

  4. Motion Graphic & UI/UX Designer

    Jul 2020 – Dec 2022

    EGC Ltd, Dhaka

    Delivered 30+ motion graphics projects and 15+ prototypes and wireframes for client products.

Volunteering

  1. Full-Stack Developer (Volunteer)

    2024 – Present

    KrishiVet Nutra Solution

    Build and maintain the company website, e-commerce platform, and admin dashboard, including authentication and SEO.

  2. Web Developer & Brand Designer (Volunteer)

    Dec 2023 – Dec 2024

    Roboight

    Rebuilt the platform in Next.js and TypeScript with authentication and REST APIs, and designed the brand identity.

  3. Webmaster (Volunteer)

    Dec 2023 – Oct 2024

    Bangladesh Student Society, UNB

    Built the society’s first website with member registration and online voting for 150+ members.

05 — Skills

Technical skills

Languages

  • Python
  • Java
  • TypeScript / JavaScript
  • SQL

Web & Backend

  • React / Next.js
  • Spring Boot
  • Flask / FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL

Testing & Tools

  • Postman
  • ReadyAPI
  • Selenium WebDriver
  • JUnit 5
  • Docker
  • Git / GitHub

Design

  • Figma
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • After Effects

06 — Certifications

Certifications

  • ReadyAPI: API Test Engineer — Basics

    SmartBear · Feb 2026

  • Postman API Fundamentals Student Expert

    Postman · Jan 2026

  • R Programming Boot Camp

    BUP Economics Club · 2023

  • Advanced WordPress Development

    Softech-IT · 2018

Design background

Design & creative work

Nearly five years of professional experience in brand identity, UI/UX, and motion graphics for clients in Canada and Bangladesh.

View Design Portfolio

07 — Contact

Get in touch

I am currently seeking co-op and internship opportunities in software development and QA automation. I welcome messages from recruiters and hiring teams.