I am a software engineer with 2 years of industry experience, currently based in Toronto. I enjoy building robust software using Java, C++, TypeScript, and Python, and I value clean design, maintainable code, and meaningful collaboration with cross-functional teams. In my recent role at Environment and Climate Change Canada, I improved a full-stack forecasting application, designed a modular data-processing component, and identified production issues in DevOps pipelines to help prevent release delays. I also contributed as an intern by reviving a legacy forecasting system and delivering an EN/FR real-time UI for forecasters.…

Valareza Arezehgar

I am a software engineer with 2 years of industry experience, currently based in Toronto. I enjoy building robust software using Java, C++, TypeScript, and Python, and I value clean design, maintainable code, and meaningful collaboration with cross-functional teams. In my recent role at Environment and Climate Change Canada, I improved a full-stack forecasting application, designed a modular data-processing component, and identified production issues in DevOps pipelines to help prevent release delays. I also contributed as an intern by reviving a legacy forecasting system and delivering an EN/FR real-time UI for forecasters.…

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I am a software engineer with 2 years of industry experience, currently based in Toronto. I enjoy building robust software using Java, C++, TypeScript, and Python, and I value clean design, maintainable code, and meaningful collaboration with cross-functional teams.

In my recent role at Environment and Climate Change Canada, I improved a full-stack forecasting application, designed a modular data-processing component, and identified production issues in DevOps pipelines to help prevent release delays. I also contributed as an intern by reviving a legacy forecasting system and delivering an EN/FR real-time UI for forecasters.

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Skills

Experience Level

Java
Expert
AngularJS
Expert
Node.js
Expert
SQL
Expert
Docker
Expert
Flutter
Expert
C++
Expert
JavaScript
Expert
TypeScript
Expert
C#
Expert
React Native
Expert
Python
Expert
GitHub CoPilot
Expert
Google Cloud
Expert
PostgreSQL
Expert
MySQL
Expert
AWS
Expert
Jira
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent
French
Advanced

Work Experience

Software Developer (Part-Time) at Environment and Climate Change Canada
October 2, 2023 - May 29, 2024
Improved data pipelines and the ice forecasting app’s UI based on forecaster feedback. Redesigned a regex-based Java data processing service to be more modular and cut manual setup by about 50%.
Software Developer Intern at Environment and Climate Change Canada
May 1, 2022 - August 25, 2023
Built an event-driven Java ETL microservice for an ice forecasting system. The services ingest, validate, and transform daily ice data between raw feeds, XML, JSON, and other formats to keep a legacy system at 100% daily uptime. I also built the bilingual Angular UI that forecasters use to publish reports for mariners.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics at Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson)
September 1, 2020 - June 1, 2025
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson)
September 1, 2020 - June 1, 2025
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics at Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson)
September 1, 2020 - June 1, 2025

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Government, Professional Services, Education
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    Assistive wearable glasses attachment that provides audio descriptions of what users are seeing.
    Built a multimodal reasoning pipeline integrating Google Gemini APIs to deliver context-aware image-to-speech narration for assistive accessibility.
    Developed C++ firmware and a React Native companion app to manage Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity,
    enabling real-time communication between wearable and mobile systems.
    Won 1st place at QHacks 2025 ($2,440) and named a national finalist at Hult Prize Canada 2025 for innovation and social impact.

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