Computer Science Final Year Undergrad

Mahzabeen Alam

A final-year Computer Science student at Manchester Metropolitan University, graduating in 2026. Specialises in front-end and back-end development, crafting clean and efficient digital solutions. Interested in AI systems, RESTful APIs, and platform engineering. Passionate about transforming ideas into impactful and user-friendly applications. Currently seeking industry placement opportunities to apply and grow technical expertise.

AWS & Azure C# • Python Secure APIs Agentic Flows Data & Fintech dashboards

View Projects REST Showcase CV

MCP server modules with observability & circuit breakers

ETL & data migration pipelines

LLMs & agentic orchestration

About

Builder of dependable platforms

What I do

From control-plane services to AI-augmented integration workflows.

I specialise in both front-end and back-end engineering — I like making the UI look clean, responsive, and accessible, but I also care a lot about what happens behind the scenes. On the back-end side I work with C# and Python to build modular services with clean contracts, proper validation, and observability. On the front-end side I’m comfortable with HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript, building responsive pages and admin-style dashboards that talk to REST APIs.

I am currently studying Computer Science at Manchester Metropolitan University and I’m a prospective 2026 graduate, so most of my work is aligned with real coursework briefs — data structures & algorithms, web development, AI coursework, and networking. I try to build things the way industry would expect: small PRs, good commit messages, documented endpoints, and testable code. I also support other students as a lab demonstrator, so I explain concepts clearly and write code that other people can follow.

I’m comfortable across AWS/Azure, Docker, REST/JSON, and event-driven patterns, and I’ve also built uni-style projects that integrate with tools like Firebase for auth and storage. Recently I’ve been prototyping agentic / tool-using flows (plan → call tools → retry) to automate repetitive migration or reconciliation steps. I care about code that is secure, logged, and observable because I’ve done student-engagement and community roles where reliability actually mattered.

To support more data-heavy and fintech-style platforms, I’ve also been working with patterns like ETL for structured and semi-structured data, API-based ingestion of public/financial sources, and surfacing those into reporting / visualisation dashboards (React + charts) so that decision makers can see fresh data. This sits nicely with my AI interests — I can plug in Python/scikit-learn style predictive models or LLM-based enrichment on top of the collected data, which is the same direction that investment and venture-capital platforms are going towards.

Highlights

Lab Demonstrator (CS): Supported 1st–2nd year students in Computer Architecture & Networks labs, troubleshooting code and explaining concepts.

Peer Guide (MMU): Outreach on Vygo & email about attendance, timetables, and uni services — helped students stay engaged.

Student Advisory Board: Gave student voice to Careers Service and fed into the new Business School careers space.

Enrolment Helpline / Careers Calling: High-volume phone support using Cisco tools; signposted to uni services and HESA survey.

Database & Alumni admin: Cleaned and updated Raiser’s Edge records, degree checks, GDPR-compliant data handling.

Community Grocer (HMHC): Ran weekly grocery days, coordinated volunteers, and supported people facing food insecurity.

Projects

Selected Projects

Bookshop Website (Web Dev)

HTML • CSS • JS • Cart & Checkout

Responsive catalogue with search/sort, cart persistence in localStorage, and a mock checkout flow.

// Fetch books
fetch('/api/books?search=algorithms').then(r=>r.json())

Bookshop Website

Amusement Park Queue System (C#)

Queues • Circular buffers • Complexity

Circular-buffer GuestQueue with Enqueue/Dequeue, GetMostFunds(), and first-k reversal.

// Pseudocode (C# style)
while(count < maxSize) { tail = (tail+1)%maxSize; }

GitHub Portfolio

Pneumonia Diagnosis (AI Coursework)

Supervised learning • Clinical decision support

Train on measurement CSVs for rapid triage; evaluate a transition to raw-image classification.

# Python sketch
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier

Odd One Out (Thematic Project)

HTML • CSS • JS • Firebase Auth/Firestore

Team-built browser game: pick the “odd” card under timed rounds. Firebase stores users, high scores, and session stats.

// Save score (Firebase)
import { addDoc, collection } from "firebase/firestore";
await addDoc(collection(db, "scores"), { uid, score, ts: Date.now() });

Odd One Out Game

Password Generator (Team Project)

Full-stack • HTML • CSS • JS

Secure password generator with strength meter, copy-to-clipboard, and optional server-side logging.

// Generate password
const chars="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!@#$%^&*";
const rand=(n)=>Array.from(crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint32Array(n)),x=>chars[x%chars.length]).join("");

Extended Project: Binary vs Linear Search

Durham University ISC • Algorithms

Analysed time/space trade-offs on random lists; demonstrated O(log n) vs O(n) behaviour.

// Binary search (JS)
function bsearch(a,x){
  let lo=0, hi=a.length-1;
  while(lo<=hi){
    const mid=(lo+hi)>>1;
    if(a[mid]===x) return mid;
    if(a[mid]<x) lo=mid+1; else hi=mid-1;
  }
  return -1;
}

Financial Data Ingestion & Investor Dashboard

Python • REST • ETL • React dashboard

Prototype for a cloud-based platform that pulls structured and unstructured financial sources (public APIs / reports), normalises them, and exposes them to a UI for investor insights and trend tracking.

# ETL sketch (Python)
import requests, pandas as pd
raw = requests.get("https://api.example.com/funds").json()
df = pd.DataFrame(raw).assign(source="public")

Education

Academic journey

BSc (Hons) Computer Science

Manchester Metropolitan University — Final Year

Modules include Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Networks, Industry & Community Engagement, and AI topics. Peer Guide, Careers Associate, Lab Demonstrator.

Foundation Year (Computing/Engineering)

Durham University (ISC) — High Distinctions

Awards for excellence in Maths and English; active in tech & retail-oriented societies and student ambassador work.

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)

Dhaka City College — GPA 5.00

A+ in English, Maths, Biology, Physics, Chemistry; led events involving inventory, cash-handling, and customer-style coordination.

Secondary School Certificate (SSC)

Mohammadpur Preparatory School — GPA 5.00

98% overall; early projects in problem solving, teamwork, and service-desk style communication at school events.

Experience

Hands-on roles

Community Grocer Project Coordinator

Healthy Me Healthy Communities (Gorton Central)

Manage weekly grocery operations with ~10 volunteers: stock rotation, labeling tiers, spreadsheets, cash handling, and member experience. Implemented smoother onboarding and data tracking to reduce queue times and errors.

Peer Guide / Student Engagement

Manchester Metropolitan University

Proactive outreach to students about attendance and support services; triaged queries, documented actions, and signposted resources. Built empathetic, clear communication skills relevant to retail & service roles.

Enrolment Helpline Advisor

Manchester Metropolitan University

Handled high-volume calls and tickets via SharePoint/Jabber/FreshService. Verified identity, resolved first-line issues, escalated where needed. Consistently met accuracy and professionalism standards during peak periods.

Digital Support & Teaching Internships

Co-Op Academy Failsworth • Chorlton High • Resolve UK

Delivered sessions, built lightweight web tools, and evaluated CRM options (e.g., Zoho CRM). Developed safeguarding awareness and inclusive communication.

REST

Production-grade REST: design, docs, and testing

Live REST API Showcase (Mocked)

Demonstrates endpoint design, auth headers, and JSON request/response handling. (Works offline.)

Status: —

{
  "hint": "Hit Send Request to see the JSON response"
}

GET /api/tasks → 200 OK, returns array of tasks.
POST /api/tasks → 201 Created, body: { title: string }.
PATCH /api/tasks/:id → 200 OK, body: { title?: string, status?: string }.
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <token>.
Errors: 4xx structured as { error: string, code?: string }.

API Design Principles

Clear contracts, predictable errors, excellent DX.

Resource-oriented URIs, nouns not verbs. Versioning via /v1 or media-types.
Pagination & filtering: ?limit=50&cursor=….
Idempotency for POST; retries with backoff.
Consistent error envelope and correlation IDs.
OpenAPI-driven docs, generators for C# and Python clients.

Client example (C# HttpClient):

// C# (HttpClient)
var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", $"Bearer {token}");
var res = await client.GetAsync("https://api.example.com/tasks");
res.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
var json = await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

Client example (Python requests):

import requests
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
r = requests.post("https://api.example.com/tasks", json={"title": "Migrate batch #42"}, headers=headers)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())

Tests

Built-in API test cases

API Test Cases

Lightweight checks for the mock REST layer.

Running tests…

Skills

Stack & expertise

Languages

C#, Python, TypeScript

Cloud

AWS (Lambda, S3, ECS), Azure (Functions, App Service)

Containers

Docker, Compose

Data

PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Kafka (basics)

APIs

REST, OpenAPI/Swagger, OAuth2, Webhooks

Testing

xUnit, pytest, Postman, k6 (basics)

Observability

OpenTelemetry, Grafana, metrics/traces

AI

LLMs, embeddings, agentic flows (prototype)

Soft Skills

Customer service, de-escalation, teamwork, leadership, inclusive communication, time management, documentation.

Tools

Git, GitHub, Postman, Excel/Sheets, SharePoint, FreshService, Grafana.

Contact

Let’s build something reliable

Contact

Based in Manchester, UK. Open to hybrid/remote.

mahzabeenalam9@gmail.com

linkedin.com/in/mzabeen28 github.com/mzabeen28