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Mikhail Ajaj

Software Developer

Summary

Humble forever student developing and sharpening my skills in software engineering. Currently working as a Data Analyst at Tandia Financial, a recent graduate of Sheridan College (Aug 2026), with strong experience in data-driven development, software development, AI agentic development, and C#. Burlington resident who values in-person collaboration and has developed a deep understanding of software engineering and architecture. Proven project management and team building skills, passionate about translating business requirements into robust technical solutions.

Technical Skills

Languages & Frameworks

.NET C#PythonSQLPower BI (advanced)JavaScript / TypeScript (advanced)KotlinSwiftNode.jsReactFigmaVisual Paradigm

Cloud & DevOps

Microsoft AzureAWSGitAzure DevOpsJiraCI/CDREST APIs

Data & Automation

ExcelData ModelingPredictive Modeling (ML)VisualizationBusiness IntelligenceReport Automation

Methods & Collaboration

Agile (Scrum)Project ManagementProject Planning

Core Competencies

  • ▸Full-Stack Development & Problem-Solving
  • ▸Agile Team Collaboration
  • ▸Mobile Development & Quality Assurance
  • ▸Technical Documentation & Communication
  • ▸Customer-Focused Solution Design
  • ▸Continuous Learning & Adaptability

Soft skillsFeedback Receptive · User Oriented · Results Driven · Goal Oriented

Experience

Junior Data Analyst

Aug 2026 – Dec 2026

Tandia Financial · Hybrid

Tandia Financial is driven to lead the co-operative banking movement by delivering unparalleled products and services through a mutually rewarding relationship with our members and the communities we serve.

Full-time temporary employment; in addition to my current responsibilities I am taking on the role of data engineering:

  • –Restructuring the data warehouse, cleaning the data by creating pipelines
  • –Working with staff to create Python scripts that automate repetitive tasks

IT Student — Co-op

May 2026 – Jul 2026

Tandia Financial · Hybrid

Tandia Financial is driven to lead the co-operative banking movement by delivering unparalleled products and services through a mutually rewarding relationship with our members and the communities we serve.

Grateful to be working at Tandia as a Data Analyst alongside a Senior Software Developer. Some of what I have been doing:

  • –Translating stakeholders' requirements into interactive visualizations
  • –Participating in ongoing meetings to improve, validate, and refine the user experience
  • –Migrating from an MIS reporting system to paginated reports and Power BI Service (completed related coursework along the way)
  • –Reviewing data model architecture against best practices
  • –Partnering with the marketing department to standardize Power BI themes and visual components
  • –Writing Python scripts for more customized tasks
  • –Exploring the DBMS to build a comprehensive understanding of the data structures

Software Developer (Intern)

Jan 2026 – Apr 2026

Linkify · Remote

Linkify Solutions builds enterprise-grade custom software for businesses worldwide, creating software and tools that help e-commerce stores upgrade their services with as little as one click.

Using best practices of agentic software development to build, improve and test three Shopify applications:

  • –Created an LLMs.txt application from scratch to help AI agents read a merchant's products and collections from a single page, with filtering, analytics and customization of product data
  • –Created a project capable of backing up an entire e-commerce store to .csv and JSONL as a downloadable backup, released with best practices and backend processes for long-running operations and real-time syncs at minimal cost
  • –Variant Organizer (Shopify App Store): rewrote a legacy codebase into a modular, maintainable application with clear separation of concerns and independent UI components; shipped a new major release featuring a redesigned interface and in-app tutorial

Education

Honours Bachelor of Computer Science (Mobile Computing)

August 2026

Sheridan College · Oakville, ON

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Projects

Capstone Project

Sep 2024 – Dec 2025

PulseShare — Blood Donation Management System

Management System for Healthcare

  • –Developed a comprehensive blood donation management system serving donors, staff, and admin users
  • –Implemented role-based authentication with custom views, admin invitations, and staff account creation
  • –Built an inventory management system tracking donation processes from booking to completion
  • –Created analytics and insights features for data-driven organizational decisions

Technical Implementation

  • –Frontend stack: Next.js (React), SwiftUI (iOS), Kotlin (Android)
  • –Backend: Supabase with SQL database management and REST API integration
  • –Process automation: QR code generation, appointment booking, and inventory updates
  • –Business intelligence: analytics dashboard and chatbot for customer support

Real-World Impact

  • –Streamlined the blood donation workflow from appointment booking to inventory management
  • –Delivered a client-focused solution addressing healthcare sector needs
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Project Owner / Software Architect

Jan 2024 – Apr 2024

Secret Santa (invitation system) — Group Project

  • –Optimized project management with Jira, significantly increasing development speed and team efficiency
  • –Created a Visual Paradigm repository, ensuring accuracy and reducing clarification time, which enhanced team collaboration
  • –Formulated business rules and stakeholder relations, boosting governance and reducing compliance risks
  • –Designed a Figma prototype to refine UI/UX, receiving early feedback that reduced design revisions
  • –Standardized development using Git integration, which optimized code sharing and streamlined continuous integration
  • –Implemented AWS for secure authentication and efficient data management, improving overall system performance
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Mobile Application Development

Jan 2023 – Apr 2023

CardHouse Game Tutorial — React Native & Problem Solving

  • –Developed a mobile application using React Native, functioning as a tutorial for the Tarneeb card game
  • –Implemented data structures and algorithms to store and manage game data, state, and logic
  • –Applied problem-solving methodologies for game mechanics and user interaction design
  • –Created a functional gaming experience with demonstration capabilities
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Machine Learning Activity

Jan 2023 – Apr 2023

Classification | Regression | Clustering | Neural Networks

  • –Analyzing, cleaning, preprocessing datasets — one-hot encoding categorical features, handling missing values, and engineering/scaling features (including polynomial transforms) ahead of model training
  • –Grid-searching and cross-validating classifiers (Logistic Regression, Random Forest, KNN, SVM) and regressors (Ridge, Lasso, Elastic Net), selecting each by accuracy or RMSE
  • –Applying K-means clustering and the elbow method to recover natural groupings from unlabeled data
  • –Designing and comparing dense and convolutional neural network architectures in TensorFlow/Keras, testing dropout and optimizer choices (Adam vs. SGD) for overfitting and accuracy trade-offs
  • –Benchmarking classification models with PyCaret on a 3-class sex-classification problem, reporting accuracy, AUC, F1, Cohen's Kappa, and Matthews Correlation Coefficient across 10-fold cross-validation
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