Saquib Mian
Software Engineer at Buf
Canada
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Top SchoolSaquib Mian is a software engineer based in Canada with 12 years of experience building reliable back-end systems across government, education tech, and developer tooling. Currently at Buf, he contributes to enhancing auditing and traceability for Protocol Buffers—adding metadata such as Git commit hashes and org group details to improve observability. His background includes multi-year roles at the Government of Canada and Desire2Learn, where he delivered production-grade software in regulated and user-facing environments. Early leadership in youth advisory and volunteer program coordination reflects strong communication and stakeholder-management skills beyond pure engineering. Saquib combines a Computer Science and Medical Sciences BSc with a practical focus on secure, auditable systems and a proven ability to translate policy and user needs into technical solutions.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Stephen Lewis Secondary SchoolHonours Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Medical Sciences, Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Medical Sciences at The University of Western Ontario
English
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Github Skills (8)
go10
audit-logging10
protobuf10
grpc10
protocol-buffers10
git8
eof6
java6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
bufbuild/buf
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
The best way of working with Protocol Buffers.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 246 reviews, 9 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Saquib primarily contributed to adding and modifying audit logging events for the `bufbuild/buf` repository. Their work involved adding new event types and modifying existing ones to include additional metadata such as Git commit hashes and organization group details. The changes focused on expanding the auditing capabilities of the system, as seen in the modifications to the protobuf definitions and related code. This suggests a focus on enhancing the system's monitoring and traceability features.
protocol-buffersbuf-schema-registryprotobufgrpcbuf-cli
saquibmian/Waiter
Dec 2013 - Jan 2014
Contributions:45 commits in 1 month
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