Akbar Zafar
Software Engineer at Xanadu
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAkbar Zafar is a full-stack software engineer with eight years of experience, leaning toward backend development with deep Python expertise and strong React and AWS skills. He has built developer-facing research tools at Xanadu and now works at Notion, bringing experience across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes workflows, and cost-saving AWS migrations. Past projects include automating customer onboarding at Arctic Wolf, accelerating media processing from days to minutes at Kaleidescape, and implementing Argo workflows at SAP—demonstrating a knack for turning complex pipelines into reliable, efficient systems. Based in Old Toronto, he pairs academic training from Waterloo in computer engineering with hands-on production delivery, and quietly enjoys Python-centric engineering craft beyond the obvious stack credentials.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Erindale Secondary SchoolBachelor of Applied Science - BASc Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, Urdu
Github Skills (16)
k8s9
machine-learning8
gitops8
batch-processing8
cloud-native7
knative7
argo7
kubernetes7
hpa7
mlops7
workflow-engine7
argo-workflows6
dag6
airflow6
data-engineering6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
AkbarZafar/AkbarZafar.github.io
Dec 2019 - Oct 2023
my personal website
Contributions:10 PRs, 69 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years 10 months
reactnextjs
AkbarZafar/PricePoint.
Jan 2020 - Jul 2023
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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