Vajid Kagdi
Cloud Engineer at CrowdStrike
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolVajid Kagdi is a Cloud Engineer with 9 years of experience building scalable, user-focused systems across fintech and observability domains, currently shaping a CAASM platform at CrowdStrike. He holds an MS in Software Engineering from San José State University and spent several years at PayPal designing customer-journey platforms and stream-processing libraries that improved onboarding efficiency and increased signup conversion. Vajid blends backend distributed-systems expertise (Spark, Kafka, microservices) with front-end skillsets (React, TypeScript) to deliver low-latency, high-reliability features and developer tooling. Known as a quick learner and self-starter, he repeatedly drives high-leverage projects—winning multiple internal awards and a hackathon for innovative solutions. Outside core work he enjoys hiking and inventing small automation tools, reflecting a consistent drive to turn puzzles into practical, user-facing products.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science - MS Computer Software Engineering at San José State UniversityBachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at L.D. College of Engineering
Gujarati, Hindi, English
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Github Skills (17)
mapbox-gl-js7
buttons7
react6
countdown-timer6
nodejs6
dom-events6
payment6
android6
paypal6
css6
docker6
java6
openstreetmap6
android-progressbar6
javascript6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
heyitsvajid/heyitsvajid.github.io
Feb 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:77 pushes, 12 branches in 3 years 1 month
heyitsvajid/react-starter-kit
Sep 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:6 pushes in 9 months
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