Summary
Farman Pirzada is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience designing privacy-first, scalable data platforms and compliance automation. He builds security‑centric data architectures that automate GDPR/CCPA workflows, having automated 15K+ monthly privacy requests and cut manual compliance effort by 80%. His background spans cloud-native data pipelines, AI-driven governance models, and API gateway optimizations that more than doubled data request throughput. At companies like Intuit Mailchimp and Etsy he delivered tooling for ML observability, data labeling, and discovery, and has a track record of rescuing and hardening critical data jobs. Comfortable both as a hands-on engineer and client-facing freelancer, he blends analytics, DevOps, and product-minded design to turn thorny regulatory requirements into reliable production systems. Based in Denver, he pairs a creative media background with deep data engineering chops—often surfacing business value by automating repetitive work and recovering lost records.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
St. John's Jesuit High School & Academy
Bachelor Arts Interactive Media Studies, Bachelor Arts Interactive Media Studies at Miami University
Certificate in Full Stack Web Development Computer Software Engineering, Certificate in Full Stack Web Development Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
Spanish