Saif Ahmad
Software Development Engineer at Amazon
India
Summary
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Top SchoolSaif Ahmad is a Software Development Engineer at Amazon with a decade of engineering experience and strong competitive programming foundations in data structures and algorithms. He is a versatile full-stack developer comfortable across JavaScript/React/Node and backend Java/Spring ecosystems, with production experience in seller pricing systems and platform integrations. Saif contributes to prominent open-source efforts like OpenGenus/cosmos, improving cross-language algorithm implementations and code readability, reflecting attention to maintainability beyond feature work. Trained as a mechanical engineer at IIT Patna, he brings analytical rigor and hands-on leadership from motorsports team leadership to fast-paced product teams. He also explores machine learning and computational fluid dynamics, hinting at a broader appetite for applying software to engineering problems.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Higher secondary, Science (PCM), 94.6% (Aggregate), Higher secondary, Science (PCM), 94.6% (Aggregate) at Cambridge Public School - IndiaBachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 8.55/10, Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 8.55/10 at Indian Institute of Technology, PatnaCBSE, CBSE at Radiant International School - IndiaSecondary, CBSE, 10 CGPA (Matriculation), Secondary, CBSE, 10 CGPA (Matriculation) at St. Karen's High School
English
Github Skills (15)
algorithm10
readability10
data-structures10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
data-structure10
sorting-algorithms10
java9
csharp9
dotnet-core9
ruby9
c119
c179
objective-c9
javas9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
OpenGenus/cosmos
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017
World's largest Contributor driven code dataset | Used in Quark Search Engine, @OpenGenus IQ, OpenGenus Visual Project
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:51 commits, 14 PRs, 7 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Saif focused on improving code readability by adding whitespace to various quick sort and bubble sort implementations across multiple programming languages including C++, Objective-C, Java, C, Ruby, C#, and Ruby. They also performed a merge of the remote-tracking branch to incorporate upstream changes, and subsequently merged a "readability" branch, indicating a focus on code style and potentially, overall code maintainability. The user also contributed to files related to mathematical algorithms and other data structures.
datastructuresinternshipcontributordatasetopengenus
the-saif-ahmad/cosmos
Oct 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:50 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
encountercode-structurejavascripteverheart
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