Shahid Iqbal
Senior Software Engineer at Perforce Software
New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Top SchoolShahid Iqbal is a Senior Software Engineer at Perforce with deep expertise in compiler frontends, static analysis (Klocwork), and program verification using both a proprietary REPCXX compiler and LLVM-Clang. He builds lexical/parsing pipelines, AST/MIR generation, and semantic analyses, and maintains filter configurations for a wide range of vendor compilers including Intel, Qualcomm, ARM, and GNU. A committer to the open-source LLVM-Clang project, he pairs production engineering with active research in high-performance and parallel computing, focusing on program optimization for multicore architectures. Trained in embedded systems (M.Eng., BITS Pilani) and experienced in RTOS and embedded software, he blends academic rigor with hands-on toolchain development. Notably, despite a compact professional timeline, he contributes at the intersection of compiler engineering and HPC, bringing both practical static-analysis product experience and research-driven performance insight.
2 years of coding experience
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceB.Tech, Computer Engineering, B.Tech, Computer Engineering at Jamia Millia Islamia
English, Hindi, Urdu
Github Skills (5)
compiler10
modular10
clang10
toolchain10
llvm10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
shahidiqbal13/llvm-project
Nov 2023 - Mar 2025
The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.
Contributions:4 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
llvm/llvm-project
Nov 2023 - May 2024
The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.
Contributions:10 reviews, 2 PRs, 1 push in 5 months
compilerstechnologiesclangsubmittoolchain
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