Shahid Ahmad
Growth at Elicit
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShahid Ahmad is a software engineer and growth specialist with 10 years of experience building product and research-driven tech for high-impact organizations. He’s worked at Our World in Data as one of four engineers serving ~100M users, contributed front-end improvements to the well-known owid-grapher visualization platform, and moved into research-facing roles at GiveWell before joining Elicit to focus on growth. As a former AI startup co-founder and Head of Product, he blends algorithmic thinking with product strategy—helping secure $2M in early VC commitments and engaging Fortune 500 prospects. Based in New York, he gravitates toward computational social science, progress studies, and mission-driven projects, pairing rigorous CS training with philosophical curiosity from a University of Michigan double major. Not obvious from titles: he repeatedly bridges deep technical work (visualization, dialog algorithms) with research design and real-world impact.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Philosophy, GPA 3.7, ACT 35, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Philosophy, GPA 3.7, ACT 35 at University of Michigan
Github Skills (10)
typescript10
typescripts10
react10
typescript-types10
data-visualisation9
javascript9
data-visualization9
data-visualizations9
css8
html8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
owid/owid-grapher
Mar 2020 - Feb 2021
A platform for creating interactive data visualizations
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:34 reviews, 221 commits, 103 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Shahid primarily focused on front-end development, with changes centered around data visualization and user interface enhancements. They refactored code related to data display and downloads, separated and optimized functions, and implemented improvements to the user interface for better data presentation and accessibility. The user also contributed to the styling of the visualization elements by matching the chart color schemes.
graph-analysisreactmemgraphgraphsvisualizations
shaahmad/shyp
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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