Aziz Torkhani

For my final-year capstone internship at New Technologies (ESN), I designed and developed Sentinel, a connected smart-home security system, from hardware architecture through production deployment. I worked independently on the project using the Waterfall methodology.

I developed firmware for ESP32 nodes and architected secure IoT communication and a Raspberry Pi edge hub running Docker and Python microservices. I also integrated locally running facial recognition and designed the Supabase/PostgreSQL schema for per-user data isolation.

Sentinel’s real-time pipeline fed a Flutter mobile app and a Next.js fleet-monitoring admin dashboard. I set up CI/CD with GitHub Actions and validated the system through functional testing and an assessment against ETSI EN 303 645.

My projects also include a smart irrigation system with a React interface, Node.js backend, and MySQL persistence, and a CubeSat navigation and energy optimization system. I’m eager to contribute to scalable backend systems using Python, Django, and Django REST Framework in a high-growth remote SaaS environment.