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Backend Engineer & Content Creator

I'm a developer who got hooked on coding challenges at a young age and never really stopped. Along the way I picked up magic, photography and videography, which keep me creative outside of work.

  • Degree: Bachelors with Honours, First Class
  • Email: contact@amrit-anshu.com


Growing up between India and the UK gave me an early taste for different cultures. I studied abroad in South Korea right through the pandemic, and despite everything managed to build real friendships and get properly stuck into life there. That experience made me want to keep working internationally and seeing more of the world.

Skills

Languages

Python Go Java C# JavaScript Bash / Shell

Backend & Cloud

REST APIs PostgreSQL Docker Linux Jenkins GCP Firebase JWT Swagger

Security & Reverse Engineering

Ghidra JADX Wireshark AES / RSA Ethical Hacking Mobile RE

AI & ML

PyTorch GPT Fine-Tuning Stable Diffusion Neural Networks AI Red Teaming

Other

Git React Native Expo PHP Raspberry Pi Robot Framework

Creative

Photoshop Premiere Pro

Interests

MCU

Magic

Video Games

Stocks

PC Building

Photography

Astrophysics

Traveling

Photo editing

Music

Product and Graphics Design

Filmography

Testimonials

Amrit is very hard working and is someone who pays great attention to detail.

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Dr Usman Naeem

Senior Lecturer, EECS QMUL

I instructed Amrit in the Software Engineering and the SE Group project courses. He was unquestionably an able student, his work in the class consistently reflected a high level of competence in Software Engineering. He also helped me as a Teaching assistant in both modules. During the conduct of this work, I found that he has a strong work ethic. I was very pleased with his commitment and his professionalism.

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Mustafa Bozkurt, PhD

Lecturer in Software Engineering, EECS QMUL

Amrit Singh is without doubt one of the most advanced students I’ve supervised projects for. He worked on advanced search methods for the turn-based strategy game Tribes. This was a research project that entailed understanding of abstract and complex algorithms and the right research skills for performing literature review, experimentation, and analysis. He was able to rapidly get up to speed with the project, understand and implement the algorithms required and start the experimentation work. For the full testimonial, Click Here

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Dr Diego Pérez-Liébana

Senior Lecturer in Computer Games and Artificial Intelligence

Resume

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Summary

Amrit Singh

Backend engineer, fluent in Python and Go, shipping production systems against ambiguous requirements. I've been writing software professionally since 2017, and I'm equally happy digging into a hard problem alone or working through it with a team.

Education

Bachelor of Science with Honours - Computer Science with Year Abroad

2018 - 2022

Queen Mary University of London, UK

University is no ride in the park. Therefore, I am proud to say that I was not only able to do well but thrive at university. I'm very good at meeting deadlines, thinking on my feet and facing changes that I have never seen before head-on. University was also an outlet for me to meet new people and try new things that I otherwise wouldn't be able to. My university transcript is available here.

Year Abroad

2021 - 2022

Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

I spent the better part of the year studying, exploring and living in South Korea. This was all due to my home university allowing me to participate in a student exchange program at SNU(Seoul National University). This opportunity was the first time I was away from home for an extended period of time and quite honestly, it was a life-changing experience. I have countless stories and anecdotes from my time in Korea that I will never forget and would love to talk about.

A-Levels & GCSE's

2011 - 2018

Greenford High School, London

Though my focus has shifted to professional achievements, my academic foundation demonstrates my commitment to excellence. At A-Level, I achieved A*AB, along with an A in AS-level Computer Science. In high school, I completed 13 GCSEs, all A*-C. This reflects my long-standing "work hard, play hard" approach, consistently balancing ambition with enjoyment in every stage of my journey.

OTHERS

I also have two BTEC Level 2 Diplomas in "Aviation Studies" and "Teamwork and Personal Development". These were achieved in the Air Cadet Forces.

Certifications

  • SANS: SEC560 (Enterprise Penetration Testing) & SEC660 (Advanced Penetration Testing & Exploit Writing)
  • Black Hat Europe: Offensive Mobile Reverse Engineering & Exploitation; AI Red Teaming (LLMs, Agents, Multimodal)
  • EC-Council: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
  • MIET: Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology

Professional Experience

AI Engineer - UK Government

2023 - Present

  • Shipped 15+ production backend systems: REST APIs, distributed data pipelines and cloud-deployed services.
  • In-house AI/ML subject-matter expert: fine-tuning LLMs and diffusion models for bespoke applications.
  • Turned around multiple stalled cross-organisation projects into customer-adopted tooling, earning internal commendations.
More information available on request.

Founder & Backend Engineer - Hash-It-Out

2025 - Present

hashitout.net - a structured debate platform, live on iOS and Android

  • Shipped the full stack solo to the Apple and Google app stores, with first-pass approval on both.
  • Built the auth and billing layer: JWT lifecycle management, X.509 certificate-chain validation for Apple webhooks, and Google Play subscription verification.
  • Runs in production on self-managed infrastructure behind a Cloudflare Tunnel.

Software Engineer (part-time during university)

2017 - 2023

SB COMPONENTS, LONDON, UK

  • Created the learning materials for Python courses used by both students and employees.
  • Wrote and demoed Python examples for the company's Raspberry Pi products.
  • Reviewed code and product designs and fed back improvements.

Founder & CEO - Wild Playing Cards

2020 - 2023

Wild Playing Cards is a shared brand a friend and I created during the pandemic. The brand has since wound down; its Instagram page lives on as an archive.

  • Exceeded our Kickstarter funding goal by 110% through influencer partnerships and niche-community marketing.
  • Started and grew the business during the pandemic, handling everything from first designs to fulfilment.
  • Consulted with clients and ran the day-to-day, delegating work between us.
  • Ran the marketing campaigns and promotional material that grew our reach and sales.

President of QMUL Magic Circle

2019 - 2021

This was a society at my university that I helped run with roughly 50 members and events that gathered 20-30 people.

  • Designed the society's logos and promotional material.
  • Organised and ran regular events for members.
  • Worked with the treasurer to keep the finances straight and run training sessions.
  • Helped out wherever needed to keep society events running.

Teaching

I have had many teaching opportunities that I have always taken. This started at sixth form when I became a teaching assistant to my math teachers for their GCSE classes. I then carried on to tutor Maths and Computer Science online using a site called "My Tutor". I also jumped at the opportunity to become a TA(Teaching Assistant)/demonstrator for the modules I had done at University. These modules include: Procedural Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, Fundamentals of Web Technology, Software Engineering projects and Database Systems.

The reason I started and enjoy teaching was due to one little quote my A-Level maths teacher told me: "The best way to learn is to teach".

Portfolio

My Portfolio - click a project to see more details!

Hash-It-Out

Live - a structured, evidence-based debate platform with AI-powered analysis, built and self-hosted end to end

Atlas of Scales

In development - a 2.5D online multiplayer strategy game in a persistent hex-grid world

Self-Hosted Infrastructure

The virtualised, zero-trust, Ansible-automated infrastructure my production services run on

Wild Playing Cards

2020-2023 - the playing card brand I co-founded and ran: design, e-commerce and marketing

Research & Hackathons

Thesis

Online Evolutionary Programming and Evolutionary MCTS for Turn-Based, Multi-Action Games

EO Dashboard Hackathon

Hackathon participated and achieved 2 awards

Tools & Small Projects

Video Frame Saver

A tool I built for my own photography workflow: sorts videos and images, and pulls a single frame out of a video to save as a picture

Bulk Copy

Python utility that bulk-copies images so I never have to hunt through folders by hand

M/M/1 Simulation

A queueing theory simulation notebook, modelling arrivals and service times in an M/M/1 system

University - Year 3

Image Processing

Java program to perform basic image altering tasks.

Game Development

Unity Game made in C#

Big Data Processing

How to deal with large amounts of data

University - Year 2

Graphical User Interface

Using React to build an application

Software Engineering

Online Examination Application

University - Year 1

Java Programming

Object-Oriented Programming and Procedural Programming

Web Development

Fundamentals of Web Technologies

Photography Portfolio

My Works - Every Picture has a Story

Makgeolli

Makgeolli

Accidentally Making a Makgeolli AD

Birthday Traveling

Birthday Traveling

Traveling on my Birthday with Strangers

Absolutely Stunning

Absolutely Stunning

I Highly Recommend!

Don't Hike Hungover

Don't Hike Hungover

Been There, Don't Do it!

Asked For Advice

Asked For Advice

I'm good enough to give Advice?

6 Months In Korea

6 Months In Korea

Time for a Road Trip

Feline Friends

Feline Friends

How a Camera Works

Am I a Professional?

Am I a Professional?

A new style

Pics for the Gram

Pics for the Gram

Getting Comfortable with myself

I Even Amazed Myself

I Even Amazed Myself

Masterpiece

How I Started

How I Started

First Image I Took In Korea

Learning how to Model

Learning how to Model

How does one pose?

Happy Little Accidents

Happy Little Accidents

The Sky is Fake

One in a Million Shot

One in a Million Shot

PS and Lightroom at the max

Seoul Is beautiful

Seoul Is beautiful

City Pics

Contact

Contact Me

Social Profiles

Email Me

contact@amrit-anshu.com