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Eshaan Kapooswalla

CS @ York University

experience (newest first)

  1. Member of Technical Staff @ Cohere · Internship

    Jun 2026 – Present

    north models. ( incoming winter'27 )

  2. Engineering @ Wealthsimple · Internship

    Sep 2026 – Present

    financial markets.

  3. Engineering @ Shopify · Internship

    May 2026 – Aug 2026

    sidekick, recommendations & search relevance (received return offer)

  4. Teaching Assistant @ York University

    May 2026 – Aug 2026

    eecs 1021

  5. Student Builder Group Leader @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    Nov 2025 – May 2026

    founded a 200+ member community.

  6. Founding Engineer @ Mali

    May 2025 – Dec 2025

    backed by ibm, 5-figure exit.

  7. Engineering @ YU Blueprint

    May 2025 – Aug 2025

    university club, made friends & built projects.

  8. Engineering @ ITREB Canada · Internship

    May 2024 – Dec 2024

    built software used by thousands of community members.

  9. Bot Programmer @ VEX Robotics

    Jan 2022 – May 2024

    built some cool bots, using c++.

  10. Engineering @ Prince Aly Khan Hospital · Internship

    Jan 2024 – Apr 2024

    built tools that helped hospital teams manage information and support day-to-day medical work.

  11. VP of Technology @ AIESEC

    2023

projects

  1. qshield-x

    Formally verified, FPGA-targeted union-find decoder for the surface code: RTL, C++ golden model, Wasm runtime, V8 patch, and a measured hardware-vs-software answer.

    github: https://github.com/eshaan2418/qshield-x

  2. FinanceSimple

    Full-stack fintech platform for tracking net worth, spending, debts, investments, crypto, real estate, and sandbox paper trading, with secure authentication, Row Level Security, financial analytics, report generation, and a polished dashboard.

    github: https://github.com/eshaan2418/FinanceSimple

extracurriculars

  • hall of records: world champion, martial arts; Guinness World Records holder
  • dojo: martial arts; world champion
  • the rink: speed inline roller skater; loves ice skating
  • brain gym: ICPC; competitive programming; math
  • aws community hall: AWS Student Builder Groups (formerly Cloud Club); 200+ member cloud community (https://awsyorkucloud.com/)

education

York University, Lassonde School of Engineering

degree:
B.Sc (Hons) Computer Science
scholarship:
Tentanda Via Scholar ($120,000)
honours:
Dean's Honor Roll