Syed Gillani
Working Student at START Nuremberg
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolSyed Gillani is a software engineer and data scientist with six years of experience building AI-driven, data-intensive applications across startups and large tech firms. Currently pursuing an M.Sc. in Data Science at FAU, he contributes to healthcare analytics as a working student at Siemens Healthineers while also shaping product engineering at START Nuremberg. His background spans scalable backend systems, privacy-aware data solutions, and production ML—having led MVP development that served 1,000+ providers and 15,000+ consumers and deployed document-authentication models with a <0.001% error rate. At Agoda and Arbisoft he improved performance, reliability, and test automation for high-traffic services, and he is an active contributor to the Open edX backend support tools. Known for building and mentoring compact engineering teams, he combines hands-on coding with practical ML integration to turn complex problems into measurable business impact.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of the PunjabMaster of Science - MS, Data Science, Master of Science - MS, Data Science at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
English, German
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Github Skills (15)
apim10
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api-design10
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django10
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backend9
data-service9
postgresql8
cors6
javascript6
react6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/edx-platform
Nov 2021 - May 2022
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:28 reviews, 9 commits, 14 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Syed primarily contributed to the backend of the edX platform, focusing on support-related API views and functionalities. They implemented a "Program Enrollments API View", including tests, and added features like SAML provider retrieval for support view MFEs. Furthermore, the user worked on adding SSO history to support views. These changes involved modifications to Django views, serializers, and models.
edxlmssitesbackend-serviceopen-edx
ansabgillani/fresh-grad-hiring-interview-questions
Dec 2021 - Oct 2022
These are the fresh-grad hiring interview questions that were accumulated through interviewees over the past two years.
Contributions:11 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 10 months
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