Varunan Varathan
Computer Engineering | McMaster University
About
Computer Engineering Student — McMaster University
- Major: Computer Engineering & Society
- Minor: Accounting & Financial Management
- GPA 9.7/12
- Expected April 2027
Software Developer co-op at H.H. Angus & Associates, building a room- and space-utilization recommendation engine. Previously a 16-month DevOps Development Intern on IBM's watsonx.gov / OpenPages team. Works across backend systems, cloud/DevOps pipelines, and embedded hardware, choosing conventional logic over ML wherever it's the more reliable tool.
Featured work
ARMS Recommendation Engine
Room- and space-utilization recommendation engine for hospitals and corporate offices. Conventional-logic-first design with an extensible plugin architecture for features, candidates, and policies.
Read the case study →Software Developer, H.H. Angus & Associates
Building the ARMS engine end to end: ontology design, pipeline architecture, the REST API, and deployment on AWS Lambda.
See the full timeline →Cloud, DevOps & CI/CD
AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Tekton, ArgoCD, Helm — production pipeline experience from a 16-month IBM co-op.
View full skill inventory →Bachelor of Computer Engineering, McMaster University — Major: Computer Engineering & Society. Expected April 2027.
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