Mustafa Sarikaya
Software engineer · Product engineering → inference engineering
Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
University of Ottawa, Software Engineering
Hi there! I’m Mustafa, a software engineer on a journey to transform ideas into impactful solutions that improve lives. It all started with a curiosity to understand how things work and a passion for solving real-world challenges.
I studied Software Engineering with Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ottawa and spent more than three years at uOttawa IT, first as a full-stack web developer, then shipping the uoWellness app for students, then automating identity protection for 600k+ accounts. Today I build my own products, Mimpit and Sedir Finance, and websites for small businesses.
My focus is moving from product engineering toward inference engineering: making models fast, affordable and reliable to serve, and building the products around them. What excites me most about technology is its ability to connect, empower, and transform.
Experience
Software Engineer · Velocity Computing
Feb 2025 – Present · Newmarket, ON
- Deployed an SEO-optimized contract site with Next.js, improving discoverability for a freelance client.
- Developed native mobile apps with SwiftUI and Kotlin using MVVM.
Automation Developer / SOC Analyst · University of Ottawa
Jun 2024 – Dec 2024 · Ottawa, ON
- Built a Splunk dashboard for password and MFA resets so analysts could spot identity-management anomalies across thousands of daily logs.
- Wrote Node.js and PowerShell automations on Microsoft Graph APIs to streamline incident response.
- Redesigned the identity-protection workflow, improving detection by 50% and cutting response time for 600k+ accounts.
Mobile Application Developer · University of Ottawa
May 2023 – May 2024 · Ottawa, ON
- Shipped the University of Ottawa’s campus wellness app.
- Led accessibility testing and fixes for screen-reader navigation and WCAG compliance.
- Rebuilt the UI with React Native components and custom hooks, making interactions 40% faster.
- Coordinated an Express.js API rewrite and MSSQL schema revamp that made data retrieval 50% faster.
Full-Stack Web Developer · University of Ottawa
Sep 2021 – May 2023 · Ottawa, ON
- Led the regex-based input-validation epic in PHP, securing data across 80% of system interactions.
- Implemented screen-reader flows and contrast updates so the booking feature met accessibility standards.
- Shipped 20+ PHP, JavaScript and SQL fixes for a system serving 4k+ users.
Skills
Languages
Product & frontend
Backend & data
Infrastructure
Security
Education
University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Applied Science in Software Engineering, with Management and Entrepreneurship
Hack the Hill · uOttaHack · cuHacking · uoAstro · Improv Club
Awards
- First place and $5k prize in a week-long entrepreneurship competition (team of 5).
- First place among 20 teams in a web product development contest (team of 5).