UT DALLAS CS ’28 · MICROSOFT SWE INTERN

Hi, I’m RamziSoftware Engineer

Ramzi Burhan smiling, wearing a grey sweater over a shirt and tie
Open to Spring 2027 co-ops

I’m a computer science student who enjoys building things, solving problems, and learning along the way.

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Microsoft · SWE Intern ’26
Returning Summer ’27
UT Dallas · Computer Science
May 2028 · 3.94 GPA
Software engineering
Building, testing & problem-solving
01 / Experience

A summer on
Teams iOS.

Microsoft · Teams iOS

Your catch-up,
at a glance.

I shipped the Catch Up widget to production behind a feature gate, surfacing unread and mention counts without opening Teams.

SwiftUIWidgetKitApp Groups
The engineering behind it
  • Built the TimelineProvider and entry model, including an all-caught-up state.
  • Shared counts across the app and widget extension through App Group storage, keeping mention and unread counts consistent.
  • Traced a background refresh failure to a missing mutable-content: 1 push field. Documented the fix for the badge count service team, unblocking all three widgets.
widget-state.swift
SHARED STATE / CONCEPTUAL FLOW
Teams iOS appunread + mentions
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App Group storageshared counts
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Catch Up widgetWidgetKit timeline

Software Engineering Intern · May–August 2026

/ From people I’ve worked with

A few words from the team.

My LinkedIn profile ↗
Ramzi quickly ramped up on a complex codebase, demonstrated strong technical skills, and successfully delivered his project with high quality and professionalism.
Dilip PatidarPrincipal Software Engineer · MicrosoftInternship mentor · August 9, 2026

Excerpt from a LinkedIn recommendation

Our team did not go easy on our interns when it came to technical questions, and I was impressed by how comfortably he handled that scrutiny, defended his thinking, and incorporated feedback.
Siqi Christine ZhouMicrosoft colleagueAugust 7, 2026

Excerpt from a LinkedIn recommendation

02 / Selected projects

What I’ve been
working on.

Three projects, and what I learned from building them.

PROJECT / 01 · BACKEND SYSTEMSIn progress

Chess Intelligence Engine

I’m currently building a Python/FastAPI backend that processes chess games, evaluates positions with Stockfish, and returns structured analysis through APIs and JSON reports.

My goal is to build a scalable chess-analysis platform that helps players understand recurring mistakes, recognize patterns in their play, and improve over time.

PythonFastAPIStockfishConcurrency
5.26
requests/sec at 16 concurrent
4–32
concurrent requests tested
What the benchmark taught me

Moving from 8 to 16 concurrent requests added only 9% throughput while latency rose from 1.6s to 3s. Independent Stockfish processes improved concurrency, but CPU saturation limited the payoff. More concurrency wasn’t automatically better performance.

Explore the source ↗Personal project
PROJECT / 02 · ACCESSIBLE PRODUCTS

AfyaBot

A WhatsApp-based assistant for clinic and symptom information. An Express webhook pipeline processes free-text messages and routes users to relevant information through Twilio.

JavaScriptNode.jsExpressTwilio
<1s
lookup latency, down from 3s
2nd
UNT NSBE Hack ’25
The performance decision

I cached clinic data in memory to avoid repeated lookups, reducing lookup latency from 3 seconds to under 1 second. The project focused on delivering information through WhatsApp for people with limited internet access.

Visit my GitHub ↗UNT NSBE Hack · 2025
PROJECT / 03 · APPLIED AI

Alfred.AI

A RAG-powered financial analysis application that uses Gemini to answer questions grounded in uploaded financial reports, with a React and TypeScript frontend and a Python/FastAPI backend.

PythonFastAPIReactTypeScriptGeminiSupabaseRAG
60–80%
estimated reduction in manual analysis time
Retrieval and evaluation

I implemented semantic retrieval with embeddings and Supabase pgvector to supply relevant report context for generated responses. I also built automated LLM evaluation tests that compare responses with predefined expected answers to check factual accuracy and identify incorrect outputs.

Visit my GitHub ↗HackAI UTD · 2025
03 / A little about me

I usually want
to know why.

I’m a computer science student at UT Dallas, graduating in May 2028. I enjoy tracing bugs across system boundaries, testing assumptions with benchmarks, and turning ambiguous problems into useful software.

I’m looking for a Spring 2027 software engineering co-op where I can contribute to a team and keep learning. I’ll be returning to Microsoft as a software engineering intern that summer.

LanguagesPython · C++ · Java · SQL · TypeScript · JavaScript · Swift
BackendFastAPI · Flask · Node.js · Express · REST APIs · Supabase
ProductReact · SwiftUI · WidgetKit
EngineeringGit · Azure DevOps · CI/CD · Testing · Concurrency · Benchmarking
04 / Leadership

Making room
for more people.

CO-FOUNDER / UT DALLASAug 2025 — Present

ColorStack

I co-founded the UT Dallas chapter to connect students with professional and technical resources. I launched mentorship programs and led diversity initiatives and internship workshops to help more students find their footing in tech.

50+students connected through mentorship
300%membership growth
Jan 2026 — Present
CAREER PREP FELLOW

Management Leadership
for Tomorrow

Selected for an 18-month career coaching program focused on professional growth. I’ve built relationships with partners including Microsoft and Netflix to learn more about technical career paths.

18 monthsCareer coaching & leadership
Jan — Aug 2025
PINTEREST ENGAGE SCHOLAR

Pinterest

Selected for a career development scholarship as one of 31 students nationwide. I strengthened my technical problem-solving through engineer-led workshops and advanced Python challenges.

1 of 31 nationwideTechnical development
05 / Let’s connect

Have something
interesting to build?

Get in touch ↗
ramziburhanprof@gmail.com ↗
LinkedIn ↗GitHub ↗