Rafid Mirza
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Software Engineer I @ Alarm.com
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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Software Engineer IIAlarm.comApr 2026 - Current (7 months)- Software EngineerAlarm.comAug 2024 - Apr 2026 (1 year 9 months)
- Software Engineer InternAlarm.comMay 2023 - Aug 2023 (4 months)
- DUndergraduate Research AssistantDepartment of Computer Science - University of VirginiaSep 2022 - Jun 2023 (10 months)• Constructed a Python script leveraging Spidev library to communicate with ADXL accelerometer over Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) of Raspberry Pi
• Created a Python script to clean and preprocess data in ML/AI pipeline by removing noise and normalizing/calibrating sensor data
• Simulated multiple mock trials of failure versus regular operation and utilized Pandas to display/analyze the data collected - DStudent Teaching AssistantDepartment of Computer Science - University of VirginiaAug 2022 - Jun 2023 (11 months)• Provided guidance and instruction to students of Computer Architecture course in fundamental topics such as: x86 Assembly, caches/cache optimization, bit-fiddling, virtual memory, pipelining processors, and code optimization techniques
• Led office hours and lab section of roughly 50 students to help with programming assignments such as the disassembling and understanding x86 Assembly code and optimization of C code with caches and Intel Intrinsics - Back End Developer InternSkyIT Services | Subsidiary of GBCS GroupJun 2022 - Aug 2022 (3 months)• Addressed regular production bugs and improvements in existing Django REST Framework APIs using Trello to prioritize requirements with story point Fibonacci method
• Implemented Multi-Factor Authentication System from scratch deploying HOTP and TOTP algorithms to generate MFA tokens, Twilio API and Django Mail to send tokens, and PyOTP to verify tokens
• Designed new REST APIs for generating maintenance requests to reduce amount of queries being made to SQL database reducing overall time to execute by 25%
• Provided code reviews and approved of merging code to an established codebase through Git with two additional engineers
• Tested code as per industry standards using Postman for rapid API testing and documentation
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- bachelor, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer ScienceUniversity of VirginiaJan 2020 - Jan 2024 (4 years 1 month)
- GAdvanced Studies DiplomaGlenvar High SchoolJan 2016 - Jan 2020 (4 years 1 month)
- RRoanoke Valley Governor's SchoolRoanoke Valley Governor's SchoolJan 2016 - Jan 2020 (4 years 1 month)