Obadah Abozaid

Obadah Abozaid

Computer Scientist & Engineer

Objective: Full-time Software Engineer role.

osaboz01@louisville.edu Louisville, Kentucky Obie342 obadah-abozaid obadah.net

Education

B.S. in Computer Science & Computer Engineering

Completed · 123 program hours

J.B. Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville

Dual ABET-accredited degree (CS + Computer Engineering)

Relevant coursework: Operating Systems Design, Microprocessor Design, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning & Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms & Search Heuristics, TTL & Bit Logic / Embedded Systems.

Technical Skills

Languages
C/C++, C#, Python, Swift, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, R, ARM Assembly, Lua
Frameworks
.NET 6/8 & MAUI, Next.js/React, SwiftUI, FastAPI/Flask, PyTorch, spaCy, Tailwind CSS
Cloud & Data
Oracle Cloud (OCI), AWS S3, Firebase/Firestore, Vertex AI, MySQL, SEO & Analytics
Systems & Hardware
Linux kernel development, embedded systems, FPGAs, microcontrollers, JDK 8/17/21

Experience

Software Engineer Co-op

Jan – May 2026

Citation Labs · Louisville, KY

  • Designed a FastAPI service for transcript/metadata extraction (yt-dlp, faster-whisper).
  • Built a spaCy-NER + embedding + local-LLM pipeline to label and score citation hallucination.
  • Analyzed 812 production citations across GPT, Gemini, AI Overview, and AI Mode.

Teaching Assistant — Hardware / Microprocessing Lab

Jan – Jun 2025

Dr. Adrian Lauf's Lab, UofL Dept. of CSE · Louisville, KY

  • Graded all course items and maintained the state of the lab.
  • Office hours 12–4pm M–Th and 9am–1:30pm Fri.
  • Soldered and built hardware alongside students in the Duthie Center for Engineering.

Chip Camp Instructor

Summers 2024 & 2025

National Science Foundation · UofL · Louisville, KY

  • Designed and led hands-on digital-logic and soldering labs.
  • Guided students through IC, FPGA, and microcontroller implementations of a 4-bit adder.
  • Collaborated with the CSE department chair under NSF funding.

Technical Manager / Software Developer

Jan – Sep 2024

The Center for Positive Leadership · Louisville, KY

  • Migrated a shipped iOS/Android app from Xamarin.Forms to .NET 8 MAUI (C#, XAML, JSON), extending it to Windows + MacCatalyst.
  • Hardcoded CanvasJS into scalable QualtricsXM surveys with custom JS/HTML5/CSS.
  • Maintained the center's WordPress site with SEO and Google Analytics.

Board-Certified Pharmacy Technician

2019 – May 2026

CVS Health · Louisville, KY

  • Filled prescriptions, administered vaccinations, and supported hundreds of patients.
  • Worked across 7 locations; recognized by the CVS Health regional leader.

Research Assistant

Aug 2019 – Jun 2020

Dr. Daesung Hwangbo's Genetics Lab, UofL · Louisville, KY

  • Engineered incubator sleep chambers for controlled experiments.
  • Automated data handling with Excel VBA macros.

Selected Projects

Project OpenEye — ML visual geolocation that won HackKentucky Grand Champion. (PyTorch, ResNet152, Next.js)
YouTube Citation Extractor API — Detects whether an LLM's YouTube citation actually supports its claim — or hallucinates it. (FastAPI, Python, spaCy NER)
KIPDA iOS App — SwiftUI senior capstone for the area Agency on Aging, with a dual-mode AI + human chat. (SwiftUI, Firebase, Vertex AI)
Raspberry Pi Audio LED Visualizer — An embedded WS2812B LED meter that reacts to live audio with sub-millisecond GPIO latency. (Raspberry Pi, WS2812B, GPIO/PWM)
Bare-Metal Linux Kernel — A custom C/C++ kernel capable of cluster computation over TCP. (C, C++, Operating Systems)