Shafiq Rahman
Owner at Sahlware LLC
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShafiq Rahman is a seasoned software leader and founder with over 20 years of hands-on engineering experience and 15+ years managing high-impact teams, currently running Sahlware where he designs reusable, secure cloud platforms and prototypes AI solutions. At Microsoft he architected and shipped large-scale services—from Media Foundation and PlayTo in Windows to a viral Exploratory Data Analytics tool on Azure that reached 10K+ users and productized into Application Insights and Log Analytics. He blends deep systems and multimedia expertise with full-stack cloud architecture, infrastructure-as-code, and observable, test-driven delivery practices. An active contributor to Azure Data Studio on GitHub, he improves both developer tooling and UX for data professionals. Known for turning complex telemetry and metadata into intuitive discovery and visualization experiences, he focuses on making data easy and actionable across organizations.
6 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Computer Science, Masters Computer Science at Arizona State UniversityBachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and TechnologyDale Carnegie Training
Github Skills (11)
azure-data-studio10
typescript10
typescripts10
typescript-types10
electron9
microsoft-azure7
sql7
azure7
dotnet-core5
csharp5
postgresql5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/azuredatastudio
Sep 2019 - Sep 2020
Azure Data Studio is a data management and development tool with connectivity to popular cloud and on-premises databases. Azure Data Studio supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, with immediate capability to connect to Azure SQL and SQL Server. Browse the extension library for more database support options including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 43 commits, 24 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Shafiq contributed to various aspects of the Azure Data Studio project. They addressed issues related to the user interface by implementing tab trap functionality and enhancing the display of URLs within the application. Furthermore, the user made changes to the Azure Core extension, including updates to the Kusto integration, which involved modifications to the Kusto tree provider and core services. The user also contributed to the implementation of functionalities related to the OneNote links.
sqlserverazure-sql-databasemicrosoftmanagement-tooldata-management
qifahs/jubilant-data-wizards
Sep 2021 - Feb 2022
A few sample scripts to showcase Azure Data Studio ╰(*°▽°*)╯
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 4 months
data-studioazure-machine-learningazureshowcaseazure-data-studio
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