Hey, I’m Waaberi Ibrahim, a Software Engineering student at the University of Ottawa building useful software across full-stack engineering, applied AI, embedded systems, cybersecurity, and systems programming.
I’m currently a Software Engineering Co-op/Intern at Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada and an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the University of Ottawa. I also contribute as Webmaster at IEEE uOttawa and as a Software Developer at uOttaHack.
What I do
$ cat interests.txt
- Full-stack web development
- Cybersecurity and secure software
- Applied AI and data-driven tools
- Embedded and real-time systems
- Systems programming and low-level problem solving
- Hackathons, workshops, and technical communities
- Building things people actually use
Recent highlights
- 🏛️ Software Engineering Co-op/Intern @ Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada: built an award-winning Gatsby/React learning site used by hundreds of employees, an R chart-theming library, a SCORM-to-H5P converter saving hundreds of hours, and a documentation-grounded RAG assistant
- 🔬 Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of Ottawa: building a contactless health-monitoring platform with MQTT, role-based response workflows, and automated Docker/GitOps deployment
- 🌐 Webmaster @ IEEE uOttawa (since May 2026; previously Software Technical Coordinator): top contributor to a Next.js/Payload CMS site serving 4,000+ visits and 20,000+ impressions monthly
- 👨💻 Software Developer @ uOttaHack: contributing to the hackathon’s software and technical projects
- 🥉 3rd Place, QNX Challenge at cuHacking7: built Quark, an on-device driver-safety system using QNX, TensorFlow Lite, and llama.cpp
- 🔐 Cybersecurity Analyst @ De La Salle HS: identified 2 critical vulnerabilities in authorized internal assessments and supported patch rollout
- 🥇 1st Place - IEEE uOttawa x HackTheBox Capture The Flag (2026)
- 🥉 3rd Place - uOttawa SESA National Bank Hackathon (2026)
- 🥇 1st Place - Qiskit Fall Fest Hackathon (2025)
- 🥈 2nd Place - uOttawa Computer Chess Hackathon (2025)
- 🥇 1st Place - uOttawa Cyber Range FlagForce CTF (2025)
Quick stats
waaberi = {
"current_role": "Software Engineering Co-op/Intern @ Statistics Canada",
"research_role": "Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of Ottawa",
"community_roles": ["Webmaster @ IEEE uOttawa", "Software Developer @ uOttaHack"],
"languages": ["Java", "Python", "TypeScript", "R", "C++", "C#", "Go", "Ruby", "SQL", "HTML/CSS/JS"],
"featured_projects": ["Quark", "Sentinel", "Synacor VM Emulator"],
"building_now": ["AI learning tools", "Health monitoring", "Community platforms"],
"looking_for": "Software engineering, AI, and security opportunities",
"fun_fact": "The Colonel By basement is my 2nd home"
}