A little about me.

Pixel-art portrait of Amer Saad with short hair, a beard, and a white shirt
Amer SaadSoftware Engineer

Software engineer working across full-stack products, mobile applications, and applied AI.

I build production software, from backend services and payments to mobile applications and machine learning systems.

I hold a Master’s in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Lakehead University and am open to early-career engineering roles.

Technologies I use

Languages

  • Python
  • C++
  • Java
  • SQL
  • JavaScript

Machine learning & AI

  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • NumPy
  • Pandas

Backend, web & mobile

  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • Supabase
  • Stripe
  • Firebase
  • Flutter

Tools & practices

  • Git
  • Linux
  • Agile/Scrum

Experience.

Sep 2024 – Jan 2026

Thunder Bay, ON

Lakehead University

Graduate Research Assistant (Applied Engineering)

  • Conducted applied research under faculty supervision across machine learning and networking systems; co-authored a course research paper and maintained reproducible experimental codebases with version-controlled documentation.
  • Designed controlled experimental pipelines to isolate and evaluate robustness mechanisms, analyzing performance trade-offs across alternative system designs under real-world data quality degradation.
  • Collaborated in an Agile team environment, contributing to system architecture discussions, technical reviews, and research documentation across parallel project workstreams.

Aug 2022 – Oct 2022

Istanbul, Turkey

Al Rowad Series Contracting

Data Entry Assistant (Intern)

  • Migrated operational project data from legacy Excel-based workflows into a structured SQL database; performed data validation, cleanup, and integrity checks to ensure accuracy and reduce downstream system errors.

Education.

Sep 2024 – Jan 2026

Thunder Bay, ON

MSc Electrical & Computer Engineering

Lakehead University

Related coursework

  • Computer Vision & Image Analysis
  • Quantum Computing
  • Applied Algebra & Probability
  • Agile Software Development

Sep 2019 – Jul 2023

Istanbul, Turkey

BSc Software Engineering

Uskudar University

Related coursework

  • Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Operating Systems
  • Database Management Systems

Let’s work
together.

Interested in software engineering roles and collaborative engineering teams.
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