Rashiq Zahid
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolRashiq Zahid is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience focused on infrastructure for developer-facing platforms, currently building tools at GitHub from his base in Berlin. He has a strong background in ads and infrastructure from his time at Yelp and a history of internships across major tech firms (Microsoft, KAYAK, Wunderlist, Sunrise) that shaped a pragmatic, systems-minded approach. Rashiq blends hands-on engineering with a developer-first perspective—building infrastructure that empowers teams who build for other builders. He studied Computer Science at Technische Universität Berlin and brings a knack for turning complex distributed systems problems into reliable, scalable solutions. Notably, his career path shows a consistent move from application-level work into deep infrastructure, reflecting both technical depth and a focus on developer experience.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Technische Universität Berlin
German, English
Github Skills (200)
polling10
project-gutenberg10
proxysql10
gpa10
wikipedia10
wordpress10
golang10
android-application10
database-access10
mysql10
mariadb10
dispatcher10
java10
schema-migrations10
mdbook10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
rashiq/mcbroken-archive
Mar 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:189 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
CodetoInvent/interviews
Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
interview prep 📚
Contributions:13 commits in 1 year 10 months
interview-prep
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