Taahir Ahmed
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolTaahir Ahmed is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience designing and hardening cloud-native systems, currently building security and identity features for Google Kubernetes Engine. He has a strong background in distributed infrastructure from prior roles at Amazon, where he led internal tools for device logistics and served as a security certifier reviewing architectures and code for high-risk applications. At Google he shipped features like GKE Workload Identity, automatic mTLS via Traffic Director, and trust anchor management, blending systems-level engineering with practical security controls. Taahir is also an active open-source contributor to game-engine maintenance efforts, improving file handling, memory management, and dependency integration for the community-run OpenJK project. With an MS in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M, he pairs deep embedded and systems knowledge with cloud-scale security engineering, often surfacing subtle reliability issues before they reach production.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University
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Github Skills (14)
file-handling10
c1710
memory-management10
c-language10
game-development10
c1110
cprogramming-language10
game-engine10
cplus9
cpp9
jedi9
academia9
minizip8
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
JACoders/OpenJK
Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy (SP & MP) + Jedi Outcast (SP only) released by Raven Software
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 15 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Taahir primarily contributed to the improvement of the game engine's file handling and memory management. Their work included adding detailed documentation to critical file-closing functions and fixing buffer overflows related to player data. Additionally, they integrated static libraries for bundled dependencies like libjpeg, zlib, and minizip, streamlining the project's build process and dependency management. These changes are essential for maintaining the stability and efficiency of the game engine.
gameopenjkravenc-plus-plusjedi-outcast
ahmedtd/cloud-provider-gcp
Jul 2019 - Jun 2024
Contributions:11 pushes, 7 branches in 5 years
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