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<h1 id="alykhan-kanji">Alykhan Kanji</h1>
<h2 id="software-engineering-university-of-waterloo">Software Engineering • University of Waterloo</h2>
<h2 id="github.comalykhank-alykhan.com-mealykhan.com"><a href="https://github.com/alykhank">github.com/alykhank</a> • <a href="https://alykhan.com">alykhan.com</a> • <a href="mailto:me@alykhan.com" class="email">me@alykhan.com</a></h2>
<h3 id="skills">Skills</h3>
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<li>Python, Java, Swift, C, C++, Objective-C, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MATLAB</li>
<li>Frameworks: Flask, Django, Apache Thrift, Apache Hadoop, Apache Pig</li>
<li>Strong initiative and passion for learning, confident in leadership roles, attentive listener</li>
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<h3 id="professional-experience">Professional Experience</h3>
<h4 id="apple-inc.-software-engineer-siri-proactive-intelligence"><strong><a href="https://www.apple.com">Apple Inc.</a></strong> — Software Engineer, Siri Proactive Intelligence</h4>
<h5 id="cupertino-2016-present">Cupertino, 2016 – Present</h5>
<ul>
<li>Produced new features and improvements for Siri Intelligence tentpole in iOS 11</li>
<li>Used named-entity recognition and part-of-speech tagging to proactively personalize first-party app experiences</li>
<li>Deployed an internal iOS application for visualizing and retrieving feedback on personalized content</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="apple-inc.-software-engineering-intern-cloud-services-localization"><strong><a href="https://www.apple.com">Apple Inc.</a></strong> — Software Engineering Intern, Cloud Services Localization</h4>
<h5 id="paris-fall-2015">Paris, Fall 2015</h5>
<ul>
<li>Refactored structured event extraction from HTML documents with JavaScript, for iOS 10 “Found in Apps” feature</li>
<li>Decreased time to adopt new providers by 90% using heuristic techniques and internationalization</li>
<li>Prototyped a Naive Bayes classifier to automatically categorize emails using Ruby</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="apple-inc.-software-engineering-intern-siri-proactive-intelligence"><strong><a href="https://www.apple.com">Apple Inc.</a></strong> — Software Engineering Intern, Siri Proactive Intelligence</h4>
<h5 id="cupertino-winter-2015">Cupertino, Winter 2015</h5>
<ul>
<li>Contributed to Intelligence features including proactive suggestions for iOS 9, on 900M+ iOS devices</li>
<li>Implemented routine and “frecency” heuristics for Siri App Suggestions, displayed in Spotlight</li>
<li>Built internal iOS application in Swift to demo machine learning predictions to senior executives</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="apple-inc.-software-engineering-intern-siri-proactive-intelligence-1"><strong><a href="https://www.apple.com">Apple Inc.</a></strong> — Software Engineering Intern, Siri Proactive Intelligence</h4>
<h5 id="cupertino-spring-2014">Cupertino, Spring 2014</h5>
<ul>
<li>Enhanced Intelligent Suggestions feature in iOS 8 Mail, shipping to 500M+ devices</li>
<li>Refined pattern recognition and matching techniques for data extraction via Natural Language Processing</li>
<li>Established continuous integration tool to measure precision & recall, perform automated regression testing</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="tripadvisor-llc-software-engineering-co-op-hotels"><strong><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com">TripAdvisor LLC</a></strong> — Software Engineering Co-op, Hotels</h4>
<h5 id="boston-fall-2013">Boston, Fall 2013</h5>
<ul>
<li>Shipped new features in collaboration with PMs and designers using Java, Apache Velocity, JavaScript</li>
<li>Implemented perceptual diff tool in Python with PhantomJS and automated Selenium WebDriver testing</li>
<li>Investigated potential XStream serialization improvements in a multi-threaded environment</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="fixmo-inc.-acquired-by-blackberry-software-engineering-sentinel"><strong><a href="https://crunchbase.com/organization/fixmo">Fixmo Inc.</a></strong> (acquired by <a href="https://blackberry.com">BlackBerry</a>) — Software Engineering, Sentinel</h4>
<h5 id="toronto-2012-2013">Toronto, 2012 – 2013</h5>
<ul>
<li>Wrote new components for Sentinel, a Mobile Risk Management console, using Java, Vaadin, MySQL</li>
<li>Created policy violation inbox, mobile application vault, enrollment email system, load testing tools</li>
<li>Automated testing workflow with batch and SQL scripts, reduced weekly workload by several hours</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="projects">Projects</h3>
<h4 id="tailor-tailor.sh">Tailor (<a href="https://tailor.sh">tailor.sh</a>)</h4>
<h5 id="waterloo-2014-2016">Waterloo, 2014 – 2016</h5>
<ul>
<li>Developed a static analyzer for <a href="https://swift.org">Swift</a> with Java and <a href="http://antlr.org">ANTLR</a> in a team of four, for <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/capstone-design/">Capstone Design</a> project</li>
<li>Garnered over 30K installations and 1000+ stars on <a href="https://github.com/sleekbyte/tailor">GitHub</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="extracurriculars">Extracurriculars</h3>
<h4 id="instructor-aga-khan-education-board-coding-class">Instructor, Aga Khan Education Board Coding Class</h4>
<h5 id="bay-area-summer-2017">Bay Area, Summer 2017</h5>
<ul>
<li>Taught software development using Python to more than 20 students in middle and high school</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="five-time-resident-velocity-entrepreneurship-program-velocity.uwaterloo.ca">Five-time resident, Velocity Entrepreneurship Program (<a href="http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca">velocity.uwaterloo.ca</a>)</h4>
<h5 id="waterloo-2013-2016">Waterloo, 2013 – 2016</h5>
<ul>
<li>Bootstrapped technical projects in fields ranging from travel planning to developer tools to medicine</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="four-time-delegate-canadian-university-software-engineering-conference-2016.cusec.net">Four-time delegate, Canadian University Software Engineering Conference (<a href="http://2016.cusec.net">2016.cusec.net</a>)</h4>
<h5 id="montréal-2012-2016">Montréal, 2012 – 2016</h5>
<ul>
<li>Organized tickets, accommodations, and transportation from Waterloo to Montréal for 30 students</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="education">Education</h3>
<h4 id="coursera-machine-learning-offered-by-stanford-university"><strong><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning">Coursera Machine Learning</a></strong> — Offered by Stanford University</h4>
<h5 id="online-winter-2017">Online, Winter 2017</h5>
<ul>
<li>Applied regression, neural networks, SVMs, and k-Means algorithms in MATLAB</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="university-of-waterloo-bachelor-of-software-engineering"><strong><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca">University of Waterloo</a></strong> — Bachelor of Software Engineering</h4>
<h5 id="waterloo-2011-2016">Waterloo, 2011 – 2016</h5>
<ul>
<li>Graduated with Distinction and on the Dean’s Honours List</li>
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