hi, i'm yasen.

waterloo se student here, trying to build things that are practical, scale cleanly, and feel great to use. i also enjoy learning about finance, economics, and entrepreneurship in my spare time.

recent roles

hawala

software engineer intern

january 2026 - present

watstreet

machine learning engineer

september 2025 - present

heavy influence

founding engineer

september 2025 - december 2025

savi finance

software engineering intern

may 2025 - august 2025

university of waterloo

bachelor of software engineering

joint honours in combinatorics & optimization

sept 2025 - april 2030