Summary
Ozal Khan is a Senior Software Engineer based in New York with eight years of experience building scalable full-stack systems using JavaScript, Python, and Google Scripts. He has led backend efforts that processed millions of events and enabled over $20M in transactions, optimized databases to cut daily usage from 21TB to under 1TB, and designed fraud-detection and attribution systems that improved reliability and growth. A former urban planning student turned engineer, Ozal blends analytical rigor with product-minded engineering, has served as tech lead and interim engineering manager, and has authored 50+ technical documents to improve team delivery. He also teaches and writes—publishing a React Native mapping tutorial and instructing Python and system design courses—while actively expanding into data science.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Regents Diploma Science Research, Advanced Regents Diploma Science Research at Bayside Highschool
Certificate of completion Computer Science, Certificate of completion Computer Science at Fullstack Academy
Bachelor's degree City/Urban Community and Regional Planning and Sociology, Bachelor's degree City/Urban Community and Regional Planning and Sociology at Queens College
Associate's degree Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Associate's degree Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at Queensborough Community College of The City University of New York (CUNY)