Omid Hemmati

Omid Hemmati

Software Engineer · University of Toronto CS

Toronto, ON

Currently at DoorDash, engineering the core event-driven systems that drive intelligent notification dispatching, targeting, and deliverability.

Experience

Software Engineer Intern

DoorDash · Toronto, ON
May 2026 – Aug 2026
  • Engineering the core event-driven systems that drive DoorDash's intelligent notification dispatching, targeting, and deliverability.

Software Engineer Intern

Shopify · Toronto, ON
Jan 2026 – Apr 2026
  • Developing scalable tooling for the Streaming Compute team to facilitate the movement of petabytes of data using Apache Flink and Kafka, supporting the platform's massive-scale real-time data needs.

Software Test Infrastructure Intern

Nokia · Ottawa, ON
Sep 2025 – Dec 2025
  • Developed automated Python-based backtesting and regression pipelines that scaled testing across thousands of Linux servers, surfaced build incompatibilities with git-style diff reports, and powered live observability dashboards for release readiness.

Software Developer Intern

University of Toronto · Toronto, ON
Sep 2024 – Aug 2025
  • Contributed to MarkUs, an open-source web application for managing assignment submissions, grading, and feedback.
  • Worked on MemoryViz, a Python memory state visualizer used to teach memory models and variable behavior.

Open Source

Apache Flink

apache / flink
Merged

Parameterized checkpoint restoration configurations in the core streaming runtime to significantly improve state recovery flexibility.

JavaApache FlinkCheckpointing

Google Cloud Flink BigQuery Connector

GoogleCloudDataproc / flink-bigquery-connector
Merged

Resolved a critical query validation bug where trailing zeros in temporal literals broke SQL filter pushdowns to BigQuery.

JavaGoogle Cloud DataprocBigQuerySQL

MemoryViz

david-yz-liu / memory-viz
Merged

Contributed core visualization modules to a highly adopted Python memory visualization package with over 39,000 downloads.

Node.jsPythonMemory Management

MarkUs

MarkUsProject / Markus
Merged

Contributed feature enhancements and performance optimizations to a full-stack learning management application serving 10,000+ students.

Ruby on RailsPostgreSQLFull Stack

Projects

Wio

Wio

A backend-as-a-service platform for developing web applications with AI agents, featuring instant zero-config deployment, a managed database, and real-time websockets.

TypeScriptBunFastifyPostgreSQLAI Agents
Syllabus Parser

Syllabus Parser

A productivity tool that parses course syllabi using Google Gemini and generates dynamic schedules.

TypeScriptReactExpress.jsAuth0
Multilingual Chat App

Multilingual Chat App

A real-time chat platform that translates messages across 11 languages using the DeepL API, with a Java backend and MongoDB.

JavaMongoDBDeepL API
AI Video Generator

AI Video Generator

An automation pipeline that generates TikTok videos using OpenAI Whisper for transcription, Reddit for content, and FFmpeg for editing.

PythonOpenAI WhisperGoogle CloudFFmpeg
Instagram Unfollowers

Instagram Unfollowers

A social media analytics app that identifies unfollower trends from Instagram JSON exports.

PythonStreamlit
City Rate

City Rate

A full-stack web app that displays random cities enriched with Wikipedia data and allows users to submit star ratings.

Node.jsExpress.jsSQLite
Dr. Ricardo

Dr. Ricardo

A recreation of Nintendo's Dr. Mario game written entirely in MIPS assembly, featuring gravity mechanics and sprite-based animation.

MIPS AssemblySaturn
STM32 Developer Dashboard

STM32 Developer Dashboard

A developer dashboard with a Flask backend and Next.js frontend that communicates with an STM32 via UART for real-time monitoring.

FlaskNext.jsSTM32UART