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Shayan Haghighi
Software Engineer — Full Stack · ML · Automated Testing
shayan.haghighi04@gmail.com

About Me

4th-year Computer Science student at the University of Birmingham, predicted 1st Class Honours (avg. 85%). I have hands-on experience in backend engineering, machine learning, and cloud automation, and a particular interest in building reliable, automated testing and deployment pipelines.

Beyond academics, I enjoy volleyball, chess, and football, as well as creative work like video editing in DaVinci Resolve and digital design in Photoshop. I’m bilingual in English and Persian and passionate about combining technical skill with creativity to deliver polished, impactful projects.
Current focus: Creating an AI note management tool that performs entity linking, organising notes based on the Wikipedia knowledge graph.

Work Experience

Key work experience in recent years

Software Engineer
Mimecast
Sep 2024
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Sep 2025

Enhanced service reliability by developing a custom Spring Boot proxy, improving test reliability to 98%. Delivered technical presentations to 40+ engineers, and managed multiple CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Docker.

Software EngineeringSpring BootCI/CDAutomated TestingIsolated TestingTechnical Presentations
Teaching Assistant
University of Birmingham
Sep 2025
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present

Helped run lab sessions for Object Oriented Programming, supporting over 500 students weekly and boosting student satisfaction by 12%.

TeachingObject Oriented ProgrammingStudent SupportStudent Satisfaction
Personal Tutor
Self Employed
Sep 2023
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Jan 2025

Tutored 4 students, improving their predicted grades by 2 levels on average by adapting teaching methods to individual learning styles.

TutoringAcademic SupportStudent DevelopmentPersonalized Learning
Student Ambassador for EPS
University of Birmingham
Oct 2023
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May 2024

Aided in the operation of an Open Day event, providing tours and information to over 400 prospective students and parents, promoting the university's academic offerings.

Student AmbassadorOpen DayCampus ToursPublic Speaking
Work Experience - Vodafone
Aug 2021
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Aug 2021

Shadowed industry professionals, including data scientists, to learn about the role of data science and AI in the telecommunications sector.

Data ScienceAITelecommunicationsMachine LearningIndustry Shadowing
Work Experience - NICE Systems
Jul 2021
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Jul 2021

Participated in a 'Dragons' Den' style project to create a product combining AI and psychology for police interview situations. Delivered a persuasive pitch, securing 'investment' from 4 out of 5 dragons.

AIProduct DesignSales PitchInnovationTeamwork