Zeeshan Hanif

Chrome browser extension that replaces the word cookie with biscuit on all British websites.

• Built a movie recommendation engine on top of TheMovieDB, as a research project in search systems.• Researched algorithmic models for dynamic recommendation engines.• Increased ranking of a recommendation based on a variety of weighted factors (e.g. watch history, favorite genre, favorite films of users with similar tastes, the weather, the time of day, etc.).• Lowered the ranking of some films for users in certain geographic locations based on synopses and crises data.

• Created a game in which the user must decide if their opponent is a chatbot or not by the end of a 30 second round.• Generated chatbots from a pool of conversations mined from online forums.• Used English structural language analysis to select appropriate responses from a Markov Chain of possibilities.

• Developed a content filtering Chrome extension for the popular reference database, MyAnimeList.• Created a frontend interface, where users can specify patterns to block from their feed.• Implemented other tweaks and toggles to make filtering less intrusive.

• Developing world class APIs and great user experiences on a simple, efficient stack.• Keeping the Google Cloud Storage JSON API up and running; my work involving global failure mitigation ensures our platforms can quickly, correctly, and reliably handle the millions of QPS our customers send us everyday.

• My internship was extended, and I began working remotely as a part-time engineer while attending school. The majority of my time was spent continuing work on my intern project. Aside from this, I had another project, briefly described below.• Worked on refreshing the decade-old web interface of our network switches. This required me to work with engineers from Southern California and France to produce a requirements document.• Refactored a subset of UI components specific to the VLAN configuration view, focusing on modularity and code health.

• Developed a ticketing platform focused on logging project progress. The goal of the platform was to allow multiple employees to function more efficiently when dealing with bugs.• Worked with a legacy PHP backend and a JavaScript frontend, focused on providing employees with a responsive application to manage their tickets.• Implemented a dashboard overview of tickets, import and export of tickets to Excel, and a notification system.• Added monitoring resources and UI elements to the dashboard, import and export functionality to and from Excel, and a basic notification system.

• Worked with a student organization that developed free portfolios for students.• Managed both backend and frontend applications using React, Node.js, and MySQL.• Drafted requirements documentation, arranged meetings with clientele, and discussed product progress.• Created responsive web applications, with a focus on passing all Google PageSpeed tests for mobile readiness and optimization.

A collection of geometric art pieces I designed to commemorate the experiences I had studying abroad in Europe.