Afzal Syed
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolAfzal Syed is a senior software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable, data-driven products across major tech firms, most recently at Netflix after multi-year engineering leadership at LinkedIn. He combines full-stack fluency—React, Node.js, cloud and DevOps tooling—with a strong systems background from roles at NetSuite, SAP, and Aruba, enabling him to ship high-traffic, production-grade services. Afzal has a track record of improving user-facing platforms (e.g., responsive single-page apps for realtor.com) while also driving operational reliability and automation. Based in San Jose, he pairs technical depth from an MS in Electrical Engineering with community leadership experience in Toastmasters, reflecting clear communication and team-building strengths. Notably, he moves comfortably between product-focused front-end work and backend infrastructure, making him effective at bridging product and platform teams.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
University of KansasJawaharlal Nehru Technological University HyderabadSSC, SSC at Little Flower High School/Junior CollegeCodePath
English, Hindi
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (80)
logstash9
jruby9
hbs9
imagemin9
streaming9
transport9
buffer9
logging9
java9
emberjs8
minify8
etl-framework8
ember-addon8
lint8
styled-jsx8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
afzal273/recipes
Jan 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:6 PRs, 16 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 4 months
afzal273/reflections
Jan 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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