Hey! I am Magd

I am a Junior Developer
I love linux
I love to work with some fun projects
I love learning

Magd Aref

Software Developer at Scotiabank

I am a passionate software developer with 2 years of working experience in a professional scrum team and 2 years of experience leading the digitization effort of an engineering parts company.

Skills

Java

Using as the main language for professional work. Capable of writing scalable, testable, and maintainable programs.

Go Development

Using as the main language for personal development. I use go for all my research and study and for most projects and proof of concept work.

Linux

Using as the main operating system. Capable of writing bash/shell scripts.

Git

Experienced with git-based development. Mostly, use Github. Also, have experience in working with GitLab.

C++

Know basic C/C++ programming. Studied as part of my university degree. Looking to develop my skills further

Elixir

Toying with Elixir for learning functional programming fundamentals, concurrency, dynamic typing as well as exploring the BEAM virtual machine and the Actor Model of concurrency

Python

Used professionally in a startup environment to quickly digitize high volumes of excel, csv and quickbooks data

Experiences

Scotiabank

Jan 2023 - Present

Toronto, ON

Scotiabank is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. One of Canada’s Big Five banks, it is the third-largest Canadian bank by deposits and market capitalization.

Junior Developer

Jan 2023 - Present

Responsibilities:

Write lots of example codes.
Read lots of examples.
See lots of example videos.

Slewmaster Inc.

Aug 2020 - Sep 2022

Mississauga, ON

SlewMaster Inc. is an established company primarily supplying North America with cost-efficient and high-quality solutions across rotary applications.

Technical Consultant

Aug 2020 - Sep 2022

Responsibilities:

Led ERP implementation, complete digitization of business operations using the open source ERP software system Odoo
Wrote Python Scripts for digitization of accounting and inventory data
Implemented KPI tracking, graphing and traceability of company metrics using Odoo
Replicated ERP implementation for new Indian factory in a 3 month timespan on-site

Education

Trent University

2016-2020

B.Sc. in Computer Science & Biology

Taken Courses:

Data Structures and Algorithms
Data Structures and Algorithms II
Software Design & Modeling
Database Management Systems
Applied Design Patterns
Computer Graphics
Cyberethics
Data Mining

Projects

This Website!

Owner April 16 2025 - Present

My personal website to showcase my projects and share some random thoughts!

Atomic Go Fileserver

Owner April 19 2025

A quickly written file server that can handle high concurrency uploads with atomic operations written without any mutexes with a custom unique id generation system! More details in my blog section.