Saad Z
Founding Engineer at New York University
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSaad Z is a founding engineer with 13 years of experience building product-focused systems across startups, fintech, healthcare, and academia, currently based in New York. He combines full‑stack proficiency (Next.js, Nest.js, TypeScript, Prisma) with cloud infrastructure expertise (AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions) to ship fast, reliable MVPs and production services. Notable wins include a RAG-powered Zendesk auto‑tagger that tripled triage speed and a Temenos migration that cut API error rates below 0.5%, alongside modernizing NYU academic portals serving thousands per term. Saad thrives where machine learning, geospatial visualization, and RBAC intersect with practical engineering, and he’s skilled at translating research-grade ideas (signal processing, LLMs, optimization) into production-ready pipelines. Long term he’s focused on scaling ML-driven systems and applied research into real-world products.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Institute of Business AdministrationMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at New York University
English, Urdu
Github Skills (62)
node-module10
javascript10
testing10
chromium10
chrome-extension10
automation10
firefox10
api10
chrome10
nike10
nodejs10
developer-tools10
js-api10
blockstack9
bootstrap7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
weshouldjustbefriends/zoom-us-users-real-time-status
Jul 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:59 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
inoicouldalwaysturn2u/basic-day-long-marathon-countdowns
Oct 2020 - Mar 2023
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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