Hazim Shaikh
Sacramento, CA 279-***-**** ************@*****.*** LinkedIn
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Software Development Engineer II Oct 2024 – Present CloudData Technology LLC Remote CA, USA
• Led architecture and development of fault-tolerant, distributed LLM API services on AWS, reducing system downtime by 60% and enabling 3x throughput with Kubernetes-based autoscaling.
• Designed and implemented RESTful APIs for real-time customer request processing, reducing latency from 240s to 90s using asynchronous job queues and caching layers.
• Established Terraform-based infrastructure pipelines and Jenkins CI/CD, cutting deployment time by 40% and improving release consistency across staging and production.
• Mentored a couple of junior engineers and introduced performance benchmarks that reduced average query time by 30%. Tech Stack: AWS (Lambda, EC2, EKS, S3, IAM), Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Jenkins, Terraform, Python, Node.js, LLM Software Developer Apr 2020 – Apr 2021
Aplize Social Pune, India
• Built a high-traffic video streaming service for a Brand Finance Europe 500 company, leveraging AWS S3, CloudFront (CDN), and HLS streaming, supporting millions of requests per day
• Developed and optimized RESTful APIs using Node.js and AWS Lambda, reducing API response times by 30% and improving content delivery speeds.
• Integrated a message queue (RabbitMQ) for video processing, enhancing scalability and enabling asynchronous job execution. Tech Stack: Python, AWS (S3, CloudFront, Lambda), RabbitMQ, HLS, Node.js, React.js, MySQL Junior Software Developer July 2019 – Mar 2020
Web-Minds Pune, India
• Developed a globally distributed eCommerce platform, integrating AWS DynamoDB & SQS for handling transactions, improving reliability and processing time by 40%.
• Developed eCommerce website features using JavaScript, integrating REST API (PayPal API) for international payments, increasing transaction efficiency by 30% and expanding global reach. Tech Stack: Python, AWS (DynamoDB, SQS, EC2), Docker, Kubernetes, React Native, Java US INTERNSHIPS
Graduate Software Development Intern Aug 2022 – Nov 2022 Intel Corporation Folsom, CA
• Created and optimized secure data extraction algorithms for FIPS 140-3 certification of cryptographic modules, reducing processing time from 600s to 450s and improving performance by 15% while maintaining rigorous security standards.
• Developed FIPS 140-3 certification software for cryptographic validation in C, cutting certification time by 70% versus outsourced solutions and streamlining compliance for secure hardware modules. Tech Stack: Python, C, C++, JavaScript, JSON, OpenSSL, SSL, TLS, CUnit, Jira, Git, BASH PROJECTS
Engagement Detection System Python, Streamlit, TensorFlow, MySQL, HTML and CSS Dec 2023 – June 2024
• Built a real-time emotion recognition system using DeepFace and TensorFlow in Python for classroom engagement analysis, achieving 72.7% emotion recognition and 89.3% face recognition accuracy.
• Developed interactive Streamlit dashboards to visualize student engagement metrics (e.g., attendance, attention, performance), improving data storage and visualization efficiency by 50%.
• Created a normalized MySQL database to manage student profiles by class, attendance, and engagement, enabling targeted academic support based on dynamic performance insights. SKILLS
Languages: Python, Java, C, C++, SQL, Kotlin, JavaScript, Go, Database/ Frameworks/ Platforms: Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, Git, React.js, Node.js Cloud Platforms: AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, IAM, EKS) EDUCATION
California State University Sacramento Sacramento, CA Master of Science in Computer Science GPA – 3.52 Aug 2021 – June 2024