Curriculum vitae
Owais Korejo
Dublin, Ireland
Education
Computer Science & Business
2025 – present
Trinity College Dublin
Leaving Certificate
2023 – 2025
Institute of Education, Dublin
613 points — 5 H1s and 2 H2s
Junior Certificate
2019 – 2023
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School
Experience
Founder — Grooves
Jun 2025 – present
- Built a music-reviewing app (Letterboxd for music) from scratch with React Native & Postgres; launched on the App Store in Feb 2025 after 7 months of solo development
- Grew to 30K+ users, 75K social media followers, and 200 million social media views; artists including SZA, Pusha T, and Kali Uchis have engaged with the app
- Handled all engineering, product, design, and marketing end-to-end
Founder — Album Posters Store
Jun 2023 – Jun 2025
- Ran a music poster e-commerce store from age 15; designed all products and handled fulfilment, customer service, and logistics
- Generated $110,000 in total revenue, peaking at $15,000/month during the Christmas season
- Grew to 21,000 organic followers across Instagram and TikTok with zero paid ads
- Switched fulfilment to Gelato (30-country print-on-demand) to scale without holding inventory
Software Engineer Intern — Integration Xperts
Summer 2024
- Contributed to real-world software projects and gained hands-on industry experience over 3 weeks
Programming Tutor — Self-Employed
2022 – 2023
- Tutored 3 students in HTML, CSS, and Python; used earnings to fund the Album Posters Store
Projects
Rethrift
2026 · 2× Hackathon Winner
Platform that finds the carbon cost of any clothing item and surfaces cheaper, more sustainable alternatives from local thrift shops. Built with React & Vite.
HealthPilot AI
2025 · Claude Hackathon
All-in-one health tracking app built in ~3 hours as a team of four. Uses Claude to turn health, sleep, vitals, and body composition data into personalised insights.
The LC Tutors
2025 · Freelance
Designed and built the full website for an Irish Leaving Cert & Junior Cert tutoring service — homepage, course pages, and booking flow.
Competitions
All Ireland Programming Olympiad (AIPO) — Top 10 National Finalist
2022
Claude Hackathon — HealthPilot AI
2025
Rethrift — 2× Hackathon Winner
2026