Summary
Hamza M is a software engineer in Seattle with three years of professional experience and a strong entrepreneurial track record, currently at Facebook and simultaneously leading a 10-person web and mobile services startup he founded. He holds a Master’s in Computer Science from Virginia Tech (3.92 GPA) and has deep hands-on experience across Python, JavaScript, Ruby, C++, and backend systems from both research and production settings. His career blends research-grade education technology work—like integrating auto-grading for Jupyter Notebooks and LTI support—with applied AI and algorithm development that delivered measurable gains in commercial call-center optimization. Prior roles show a pattern of founding and scaling products (NFC roster, CryptoCards, KarisLearn) and shipping consumer apps used by hundreds of thousands. Colleagues would call him a pragmatic problem-solver who moves fluidly between prototype research and production engineering. Outside work he’s a “happy go lucky” open-source enthusiast, hinting at a collaborative, community-minded approach to building software.
2 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, 3.92, Master's degree, Computer Science, 3.92 at Virginia Tech
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Information And Communication System Engineering, 3.60, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Information And Communication System Engineering, 3.60 at National University of Science and Technology
English, Urdu, Punjabi