Portfolio · dev/tech
An Enjoyer of Novelty
Founded MathsWithIsh, a platform with 300k+ views helping A level students excel in Maths and Further Maths, with many improving from C/D to A/A*.
As CS Lead @ Manchester MedTech, the #1 ranked student society, I led a 4 week course teaching Python and AI tools like Claude to help medical students build impactful software.
The course helped lead to a sold out Manchester MedTech hackathon, with tickets sold out under 12 hours, making it the largest student led MedTech hackathon in North of England.
I enjoy working across diverse projects, from hackathon winning charity platforms to low level systems work in C.
Sep 2025 — Present
Computer Science Lead · Manchester MedTech Society
Led a 4 week Python and AI course for 50+ medical students, enabling teams to build healthcare focused software tools.
Mentored hackathon teams applying data analysis and automation to clinical innovation, achieving 90%+ attendance and feedback.
May 2025 — Sep 2025
Undergraduate Research Assistant · University of Manchester
Conducted NLP research on script subtitle alignment for diarisation under Prof Batista Navarro.
Improved alignment accuracy from 73% to 81% across 62 BBC episodes using refined fuzzy matching techniques.
Built Python tools for preprocessing, tokenization, and similarity scoring to streamline data workflows.
Apr 2025
Spring into Software Engineering · JPMorgan Chase
Worked in a Scrum team during Code for Good, contributing to cloud based features for a nonprofit partner.
Selected from 12,500+ applicants and received a return offer for a 2026 Software Engineering Summer Analyst role.
Apr 2025
Spring into Banking - Technology, Data and Innovation · Deutsche Bank
Achieved 2nd highest P&L in a capital flow trading simulation during Technology in Investment Banking training.
Selected from approximately 10,000 applicants for exposure to UI development and machine learning in TDI.
Great Uni Hack
WellWorld - 1st Place Winner
Global volunteering platform with real time collaboration and an interactive 3D globe interface.
Stack: React, Globe.gl, FastAPI, Supabase, Gemini AI.
ODSC x Google Cloud Hackathon
StoryGrow - 2nd Place Winner
Agent based AI system generating illustrated stories from user input.
Stack: FastAPI, Gemini API, Next.js, Google Cloud, Firebase.
J.P. Morgan Code for Good Hackathon
PathMatch
AI guided onboarding and mentor matching platform for a UK nonprofit.
Stack: React, Django, Gemini API, SQLite.
Systems
Linux Scheduler Latency
C library measuring Linux scheduler wake up latency and jitter under contention.
Stack: C, pthreads, CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW.
What kinds of projects do you take on?
Mainly product heavy projects and internal tools but open to other ideas.
What is your preferred stack?
Python, Django, React, and PostgreSQL.
How do we start?
Email akbarishtiaque@gmail.com and let's set up a time to chat.