Summary
Taufiq Mohammed is a full-stack software engineer and coding tutor based in Singapore with nine years of hands-on experience building web and mobile products across startups, government, and research institutions. He has shipped features from payments and auctions for a glass-art marketplace to full-stack tools at GovTech and prototyped hazard-simulator hardware/software while serving as a firefighter. Comfortable across Android and web stacks, he also builds practical tooling to speed front-line workflows (eg, a slide-deck generator for cost recovery) and has experience integrating chatbots and MVP architectures. As a tutor at Strive (YC S21), he distills real-world engineering and operational lessons for learners, blending product-thinking with gritty field experience. Notably, his background spans both emergency response and engineering, giving him a rare perspective on designing resilient, user-focused systems under pressure. He’s pragmatic, curious, and focused on mentoring the next generation of builders while continuing to ship production software.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma in Information Security and Forensics Information Technology, Diploma in Information Security and Forensics Information Technology at Ngee Ann Polytechnic
O levels, O levels at School of Science and Technology, Singapore
Computer Science, Computer Science at National University of Singapore
Tamil, English