Sameena Shaffeeullah
Head Of Engineering at GrowthFactor
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolSameena Shaffeeullah is a Head of Engineering and multidisciplinary software leader with eight years of experience building developer-friendly backends, driving product strategy, and scaling teams across startups and large tech firms. Currently in MIT’s LGO program pursuing an MBA and MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, she blends deep engineering chops with product and program management to translate business vision into engineering roadmaps and measurable outcomes. At Google she owned the widely used Node.js storage client (2M weekly downloads), improving reliability and developer experience, and she’s contributed to Python and Node.js cloud storage libraries that emphasize usability and robust features. She has a track record of improving developer workflows, launching scalable product replacements, and turning customer insights into prioritized roadmaps while mentoring teams and establishing engineering norms. Outside of technical delivery, Sameena has built cross-functional influence—convincing automation teams to build company-wide systems and presenting to directors—showing she excels at both technical execution and organizational change.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDanbury High School
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Github Skills (15)
google-cloud-storage10
javascript10
nodejs10
api10
python10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
documentation10
testing9
unit-testing9
google-cloud-run6
google-cloud-platform6
spring-boot6
java6
cicd4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
googleapis/nodejs-storage
Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
Node.js client for Google Cloud Storage: unified object storage for developers and enterprises, from live data serving to data analytics/ML to data archiving.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:288 reviews, 97 commits, 340 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Sameena primarily contributed to the development of the Google Cloud Storage Node.js client library. Their work included fixing Unicode system tests related to file uploads, creating and modifying the public URL functionality, and implementing v4 signed URLs with accessibleAt parameters. They also addressed deprecated features related to directory prefixes and incorporated retry mechanisms for multipart uploads.
data-analyticsanalyticsjs-clientservingnode-js
googleapis/python-storage
Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 reviews, 7 commits, 12 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Sameena primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and documentation of the Google Cloud Storage client library. Their contributions included implementing features like public access prevention and byte range downloads. They also created new samples for uploading and downloading data from memory and fixed the existing documentation examples. The changes indicate a focus on improving the usability and features of the storage library for Python developers.
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