Yoosif Sherif, Developer in Surrey, BC, Canada
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Yoosif Sherif

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Bio

Yoosif is persistent and adapts to new environments quickly. As proof, he graduated with a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of British Columbia without having a bachelor's in this area. He built the most known (at its time in its language) open-source TTS without prior experience in the TTS field. Yoosif specializes in back-end services and front-end web applications. He values simplicity and efficiency and writes super-readable and maintainable code.

Portfolio

A Healthcare Institute
JavaScript, React, Node.js, Amazon Web Services (AWS)...
Synthesis AI
React, Redux, Puppeteer, Mocha, Jest, TypeScript, CircleCI, Stripe, Material UI...
Multiplayer Games Platform
TypeScript, Twilio API, Express.js, Cloud Firestore, Firebase, Socket.IO...

Experience

  • Back-end - 8 years
  • Node.js - 6 years
  • React - 4 years
  • Web Scraping - 4 years
  • Python - 4 years
  • Chrome Extensions - 3 years
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 3 years
  • Go - 2 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Jira, Bitbucket, Slack, Lean, Agile, Teams, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), GitHub, MacOS, Chrome

The most amazing...

...software I've developed is an Arabic text-to-speech synthesizer, the most popular open-source Arabic TTS at that time.

Work Experience

Software Developer

2024 - PRESENT
A Healthcare Institute
  • Designed a pipeline in AWS for extracting and uploading text from one S3 bucket to another. The pipeline involved two S3 buckets, an SNS topic, two CloudWatch alarms, two Lambdas, and Amazon Textract. I also used AWS CDK as IaC.
  • Used a Chrome extension to crawl complex data from a website that required parsing scripts from the page to extract information like authorization tokens. Uploaded the data to Amazon S3 after crawling.
  • Developed the front and back ends of a chat interface that used OpenAI's API. Each user had custom data used as context for the API.
  • Converted a web app to Android and iOS apps in three days using Expo and React Native. The apps had a chat interface, authentication forms, and data tables.
  • Created React components as part of a Chrome extension, where the components appear as a modal on specific pages, adding custom functionality.
  • Leveraged Expo and React Native to build an app with a chat interface, speech recognition, speech synthesis, OpenAI integration, authentication forms, and data tables.
Technologies: JavaScript, React, Node.js, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Chrome Extensions, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Textract, OpenAI, TypeScript, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), API Integration, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Docker, React Native, DOM Parsing, Extensions, Firebase Authentication, Expo, Data Scraping, Web Crawlers, Scraping, APIs, Microservices, Architecture, OpenAI API, Full-stack Development, Data Integration, SMART on FHIR, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), Software Architecture, Software Design, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Data Pipelines, React Native for Web, ChatGPT API, API Development, Email Automation, Data Processing, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Lambda Functions, Containerization

Full-stack Developer

2021 - 2023
Synthesis AI
  • Oversaw feature development, maintenance, and release of a web application that served hundreds of users, including several Fortune 100 companies.
  • Developed and maintained a Go API integrated with a PostgreSQL database and other external APIs, like Stripe API, interfaced by a web app and a CLI.
  • Built features and fixed bugs in an existing codebase from day one.
  • Refactored a React codebase, which led to removing about 500 lines of code using React Hooks.
  • Refactored a Go codebase, which led to removing about 1,000 lines of code by integrating SQLBoiler ORM.
  • Reduced bug arrival rate in the data layer by about 60% after integrating SQLBoiler ORM, replacing standard library SQL queries.
  • Completed tasks ahead of schedule in over 90% of sprints.
  • Achieved the highest frequency of merged pull requests (PR) among a team of four, averaging about two PRs per workday, with each PR representing one Jira task on average.
Technologies: React, Redux, Puppeteer, Mocha, Jest, TypeScript, CircleCI, Stripe, Material UI, PostgreSQL, Stripe API, Payment Gateways, Go, API Design, Gulp, JSX, Jira, React Router, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Tailwind CSS, Code Review, Software Development, API Integration, Strapi, Kubernetes, SQL, APIs, Microservices, Full-stack Development, API Development, Email Automation

Back-end Developer

2021 - 2021
Multiplayer Games Platform
  • Developed a back-end service for multiplayer games with video calling capability between players.
  • Reconfigured the Socket.IO connection so that the server still recognizes registered clients, even after a server crash.
  • Integrated a Cloud Firestore database with an existing codebase.
  • Refactored an existing codebase for a multiplayer gaming platform and decoupled and modularized the code.
Technologies: TypeScript, Twilio API, Express.js, Cloud Firestore, Firebase, Socket.IO, Node.js, Mocha, JavaScript, Google Cloud, Socket Communication, WebSockets, API Design, Twilio, APIs

Front-end Developer

2020 - 2021
Telecommunications Company
  • Scraped production-level websites to replicate them locally and performed updates on them.
  • Implemented CSS changes on the fly, using the browser only where the code was not convenient for use.
  • Adapted styles to a variety of screen sizes and different browser environments.
Technologies: Web Scraping, CSS, JavaScript, Chrome Developer Tools, GNU Wget, Sass, Front-end, HTML, SCSS, Scraping, Web Crawlers, APIs

Software Engineer

2019 - 2020
Speech Morphing
  • Saved over 90% of compute costs for ML inference GPU instances by developing an app feature that allows stakeholders to turn the instances "off" when not needed.
  • Developed microservices for a text-to-speech (TTS) system.
  • Oversaw feature development, maintenance, and deployment of microservices and a web application that allows users to try a TTS system.
Technologies: Angular, Node.js, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Python, Google Cloud Storage, Google Compute Engine (GCE), TypeScript, JSON, REST, SCSS, Web Architecture, JavaScript, Google Cloud, Docker, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), API Design, Flask, APIs, Microservices, Full-stack Development, Software Architecture, API Integration, API Development

Full-stack Developer

2019 - 2019
Confidential Toptal Client
  • Developed a crawler that sends log messages in semi-real time to the front end using Socket.IO. The crawler has options for filtering URLs and for maximum crawl depth.
  • Crawled websites that were saved as a zipped archive in an S3 bucket. Links to those files are kept in a MongoDB database.
  • Used Angular on the front end to build the admin panel for monitoring crawls.
Technologies: Socket.IO, MongoDB, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Angular, Node.js, Web Scraping, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Puppeteer, SCSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Socket Communication, WebSockets, Scraping, Web Crawlers, APIs, API Integration

Full-stack Developer

2019 - 2019
Auto Auction Company
  • Developed an admin panel that managed cars for auctions, featuring a sophisticated image uploader/sorter and chips.
  • Migrated from an old Python Flask API service to a Node.js service.
  • Migrated 3rd-party data to the system's MongoDB database.
Technologies: MongoDB, RxJS, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), TypeScript, Node.js, Angular, Material Design, SCSS, Mocha, Storybook, REST, Jest, CSS, Full-stack, JavaScript, APIs, API Integration

Software Engineer

2019 - 2019
Manufacturing Company
  • Built an admin panel with sophisticated client-side state management that enabled a manufacturing company's admins to create and monitor jobs and parts manufactured along with an employee management system.
  • Developed a Node.js API service and handled the deployment of the admin panel and a MongoDB database.
  • Showcased my UI components with Storybook and built unit tests to test the front- and back-end logic.
  • Used the Hygen code generator to generate UI components and routes quickly.
Technologies: MongoDB, Google+ Authentication, NGXS, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Jest, RxJS, TypeScript, Node.js, Angular, Code Generators, Amazon Web Services (AWS), REST, JSON, Mocha, CSS, SCSS, Full-stack, JavaScript, Google Cloud, MongoDB Atlas, Authentication, APIs, Full-stack Development, API Integration

Senior Developer | Technical Team Lead

2017 - 2019
ThoughtDesign
  • Optimized the build and bundling process for three Angular apps within two weeks, leading to about 30% faster bundling.
  • Conducted interviews and evaluated candidates as part of the hiring process that led to five hires.
  • Led a team of three that was recognized as the top-performing team by one of the company's major clients.
  • Developed new features in Angular for an enterprise project, collaborating effectively with other developers within a Scrum framework.
Technologies: Express.js, Sass, MongoDB, JavaScript, Node.js, C#, Webpack, Angular, Scrum, Architecture, Jasmine, SCSS, CSS, Jest, TypeScript, REST, JSON, Technical Leadership, Gulp, .NET, Swagger, Karma, Page Object Model (POM), DOM Parsing, Selenium, APIs, API Integration

Front-end Developer | Full-stack Developer

2016 - 2017
34ML Logo + Slogan
  • Optimized MongoDB queries, reducing response time by about 80% and facilitating a better UX for respective users.
  • Developed and maintained a back-end service that integrates with an iOS and Android app to allow thousands of multinational pharma company employees to conduct phone tests.
  • Learned and applied various technologies rapidly to meet project demands.
  • Fixed bugs and built features for AngularJS admin panels that involved real-time notifications and hierarchical access control.
Technologies: Socket.IO, Express.js, MongoDB, AngularJS, Node.js, Less, CSS, REST, JSON, JavaScript, Socket Communication, WebSockets, Back-end, Front-end, API Design, MEAN Stack, REST APIs, Git, APIs, API Integration

Experience

Arabic Tacotron TTS

https://github.com/yoosif0/arabic-tacotron-tts
PURPOSE
Develop a text-to-speech system with a higher naturalness score for the Arabic language for small businesses that can't afford the costs of proprietary systems.

OUTCOME
Created a 20% more natural-sounding TTS system compared to the legacy state-of-the-art open-source TTS system.

Ask.fm Web Automation Tool and Chrome Extension

PURPOSE
Allow entrepreneurs and small businesses to conduct market research affordably.

OUTCOME
Created a browser automator that asks Ask.fm users (filtered by their interests) for responses, cutting the cost per question answered by over 90% compared to traditional tools like SurveyMonkey.

D3.js and Chart.js Linter and Runtime Checker

As part of a university course project, I developed two static linter and runtime checkers for D3.js and Chart.js.

KEY FEATURES
• Enforcing consistent color schemes in bar charts.
• Ensuring horizontal label orientation for improved readability in bar charts.
• Limiting the number of pie chart categories to enhance comprehension.
• Verifying data sorting in pie and bar charts for logical presentation.
• Enforcing color-blind-friendly palettes for line charts.
• Limiting the number of lines in a line chart for better readability.
• Disallowing y-axis cutting in line charts.

The tool aims to improve visualization clarity, accessibility, and adherence to data visualization best practices.

iGrant

https://github.com/yoosif0/data_access_blockchain_iot
This solution allows IoT device owners to save their data securely and grant access to their data without relying on 3rd-party providers. It uses the Ethereum network and IPFS. Symmetric and asymmetric encryption were used to store private data on IPFS. On the front end, I used React, web3.js, and Redux.

Tacola App

Microservices that deploy an Arabic text-to-speech system based on Tacotron neural network architecture. The system includes:

• An Angular app deployed on Zeit
• A synthesizer deployed on a server that has a GPU in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• An Arabic Diacritizer deployed on Heroku
• A controller deployed in Heroku that turns on and off the GPU server, communicates with the Diacritizer, and interfaces with the front-end app

I also used Google Cloud Storage to store machine learning models and another GPU server in GCP for training.

Blood Donation Real-time Map

https://github.com/yoosif0/blood-donation-real-time-map
This is a Node.js back-end service and an Angular app that allows donors to register by clicking on their location on a map with search and location functionality. The map adds, deletes, or updates a donor's location, which is reflected in real time without the need for a page refresh for other observers, including donors and patients.

YouTube Channel Course

https://www.youtube.com/@yoosif0
I have helped hundreds of software developers learn React by teaching two React courses on YouTube, one in Arabic and the other in English. These courses explain the basic concepts of React and Redux.

OpenXML Resume Generator

PURPOSE
Reduce the time needed to update a .docx resume.

OUTCOME
Developed a system that extracts relevant data from a YAML file and generates a .docx resume, reducing the time to customize resumes by more than 90%.

COVID-19 Alert System

This is a toy project that I built to learn Airtable and Twilio API integration. The project is a COVID-19 building status management system that handles status monitoring and user registration with phone verification.

CORE FEATURES

1. Building status management:
• Enables admins to update the building's COVID-19 status via SMS.
• Stores building data in Airtable (name and status).
• Allows the public to view the building status via a web interface with green/red indicators.

2. User registration system:
• Includes a phone number verification via Twilio SMS.
• Provides a multi-step signup process: The system verifies the phone number with an SMS code and collects user details such as name, email, and building association.
• Stores user data in Airtable.

Education

2019 - 2021

Master of Applied Science Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of British Columbia - Vancouver, BC, Canada

Certifications

DECEMBER 2018 - PRESENT

Toptal React Academy Graduate

Toptal, LLC

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React Redux, REST APIs, NGXS, React, Node.js, OpenAI API, API Development, Puppeteer, Twilio API, ArcGIS API 4, Socket.IO, RxJS, React Router, React Native for Web, Web3.js, Stripe, Stripe API, D3.js, Chart.js

Tools

GitHub, JSX, Chrome Developer Tools, Git, Mocha, MongoDB Atlas, Google Compute Engine (GCE), Bitbucket, GNU Wget, Jira, Slack, Gulp, Webpack, Karma, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Textract, Firebase Authentication, Expo, CircleCI, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Makefile, SMART on FHIR

Languages

HTML, Go, ECMAScript (ES6), TypeScript, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Solidity, SCSS, Sass, SQL, C#, Less

Frameworks

Jasmine, Jest, Express.js, Angular, Redux, Flask, Chrome, Swagger, AngularJS, Tailwind CSS, React Native, .NET, Material UI, Selenium

Paradigms

MEAN Stack, Web Architecture, REST, Microservices, Automation, Agile, Scrum, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Page Object Model (POM), Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)

Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Heroku, Vercel, Twilio, Docker, Firebase, Ethereum, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, MacOS

Storage

JSON, MongoDB, Data Integration, Google Cloud, Google Cloud Storage, Cloud Firestore, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), PostgreSQL, Data Pipelines, OpenXML

Other

Chrome Extensions, Full-stack, Web Scraping, Front-end, API Design, Socket Communication, Browser Automation, Engineering, Back-end, Architecture, Software Development, API Integration, DOM Parsing, Data Scraping, Scraping, Web Crawlers, APIs, Full-stack Development, Software Architecture, Software Design, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), ChatGPT API, Email Automation, CAPTCHA, Technical Leadership, WebSockets, Google+ Authentication, Authentication, Material Design, Code Generators, Encryption, IPFS, Lean, Teams, Storybook, JSDOM, OpenAI, Code Review, Extensions, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Lambda Functions, Containerization, Decentralized Applications, Payment Gateways, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Strapi, Charts, Airtable, Data Processing, Bots

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