Hello, I'm

Hussein Saab

Software Engineer

SWE Intern @ Shopify | Prev @ Autodesk, Super.com, IBM | CS @ TMU

Passionate about building software that makes an impact.

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About Me

I'm a Computer Science student at Toronto Metropolitan University on the co-op program. I'm passionate about full-stack and distributed systems development, and building impactful software that solves real problems.

I'm currently a Software Engineer Intern at Shopify on the Merchant Subscriptions team. Previously, I built multi-region payment infrastructure and AI agents at Autodesk, shipped travel and fintech features at Super.com, and developed backend microservices at IBM.

Email husseinsaab14@gmail.com
Location Toronto, Ontario
Hussein Saab

Experience

Software Engineer Intern

Shopify

Aug 2026 – Present · Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

  • Working on the Merchant Subscriptions team at Shopify, supporting millions of entrepreneurs and businesses.

Software Engineer Intern

Autodesk

May 2026 – Aug 2026 · Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

  • Built TypeScript microservices and AWS CDK infrastructure for Autodesk's multi-region e-commerce payment systems using Lambda, DynamoDB Global Tables, SQS, EventBridge, Route 53 failover, and CloudWatch.
  • Developed and deployed a cloud-hosted LangGraph investigation agent using AWS CDK and CloudFormation, integrating Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, GitHub, and Atlassian MCP tools to correlate logs, traces, deployments, and source code.
  • Deployed the agent to customer-support Slack channels, helping on-call engineers resolve 30+ critical e-commerce incidents, proactively detecting 44+ failed purchases before escalation, and reducing investigation time by 60%.

Software Engineer: Full Stack Intern

Super.com

Jan 2026 – Apr 2026 · San Francisco, CA (Remote)

  • Shipped end-to-end hotel booking and fintech features, including higher initial cashback, multi-room bookings, and Hopper Deals, contributing to $5M+ in revenue.
  • Owned features from TypeScript and XState frontends through Flask and gRPC backends, instrumenting and rolling out experiments with Amplitude and monitoring with Datadog.
  • Planned and executed secure consolidation of two active PostgreSQL booking tables with 7M+ records using incremental migration strategies (dual writes, backfill) with zero downtime.
  • Built and deployed scalable booking services on AWS and Kubernetes using Protocol Buffers, SQLAlchemy, JSONB, and GitLab CI/CD.

Peer Co-op Advisor

Career, Co-op & Student Success Centre at TMU

Aug 2025 – Apr 2026 · Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

  • Provided one-on-one coaching to co-op students on resume/cover letter writing, job search strategies, and interview preparation.
  • Facilitated interactive workshops on career readiness topics including networking, professional communication, and application best practices.
  • Supported students in navigating the co-op application process by offering guidance on job postings, employer expectations, and career development resources.

Software Engineer: Backend & Automation Intern

IBM

May 2024 – Aug 2025 · Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

  • Developed access-control microservices for IBM Supply Chain Intelligence Suite using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis, and Cassandra, covering user groups, permissions, and secure feature access.
  • Deployed a Kafka monitoring service with Kubernetes on IBM Cloud and Docker, tracking 5M+ daily events across 10+ microservices and reducing manual monitoring by 40%.
  • Created and optimized REST APIs with caching, cursor/offset pagination, retry logic, and JWT authentication, reducing response times by 65%.
  • Automated unit, integration, and API testing using JUnit, Mockito, Karate, and Jenkins.

Software Engineer: Full Stack

myAIpathway.ORG

Jan 2024 – Apr 2024 · Toronto, ON (Remote)

  • Full Stack developer on an e-commerce platform for local farmers; utilized Next.js, Tailwind, TypeScript for frontend and Node.js, Express, AWS RDS for backend.
  • Engineered scalable REST APIs handling peaks of 18k requests/day with 100% endpoint test coverage, cutting production bug reports by 70%.
  • Implemented Clerk authentication with MFA for 400+ users, reducing failed logins by 60% and boosting monthly active user retention by 25%.
  • Architected Node.js SMTP email microservice using Nodemailer and AWS SES delivering 5,000+ monthly notifications.

Education

Toronto Metropolitan University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Co-op

September 2022 – December 2027

Faculty of Science Dean's List: 2022 – Present

Featured Project

SchoolMule

SchoolMule

AI Student Management System

A full-stack web application that empowers schools to manage student records, track grades, generate automated report cards, handle tuition and finances, and provide a dedicated parent portal.

  • Adopted by 4 underfunded private schools, serving 2,000+ students and 150+ teachers
  • Reduced administrative workload by 2,000+ hours annually
  • Built with Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Redis, and AWS S3
TypeScript Next.js Node.js Express PostgreSQL Redis AWS S3
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Skills

Languages

TypeScript Java Python JavaScript SQL C/C++ Bash HTML/CSS

Frameworks & Libraries

Spring Boot React Next.js Node.js Express Flask XState SQLAlchemy LangGraph

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS AWS CDK Kubernetes Docker GitLab CI/CD Jenkins

Data & Messaging

PostgreSQL DynamoDB Cassandra Redis Kafka SQS EventBridge gRPC Protocol Buffers

Observability & Tools

CloudWatch Splunk Datadog Dynatrace Amplitude Git Linux/UNIX

Get In Touch

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or just having a chat. Feel free to reach out!

Phone 647-528-7842