Waqar Khan
ML Compiler Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWaqar Khan is an ML Compiler Engineer with nine years of experience, currently building the NKI compiler for AWS Trainium accelerators by combining C++, Python, PyTorch, and JAX to enable Triton-like high-performance ML kernels. He brings a rare blend of compiler internals and systems programming, having also implemented S3 and HTTP client libraries in C and Rust that power AWS CLI and SDKs. Previously he accelerated backend services and deployed Kotlin-based inventory apps at scale for retail kiosks, demonstrating practical end-to-end delivery from microservices to device software. Based in Kirkland, WA, he thrives on squeezing performance from complex systems and translating research-grade ML tooling into production-ready infrastructure.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Punjab University College of Information TechnologyExchange Student Computer Science, Exchange Student Computer Science at State University of New York at Plattsburgh
English, Punjabi, Urdu, siraki
Github Skills (107)
command-line-interface10
authentication10
throughput10
c9910
content-type10
aws-iot10
asio10
jetpack10
wikipedia10
signing10
sdk10
java-bindings10
credentials10
java10
aws-sdk10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
awslabs/aws-crt-swift
Sep 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:48 releases, 423 reviews, 273 commits in 4 months
waahm7/aws-lambda-todo-application
Apr 2020 - Oct 2023
Contributions:7 PRs, 17 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years 7 months
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