Software Engineer with Backend & DevOps Focus

Faiq Malik

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EDUCATION

San Jose State University, CA, USA Aug 2024 - May 2026 Master of Sciences in Computer Software Engineering Coursework: DSA, OOPs, Operating Systems, Software System, Enterprise Software, Cloud Computing EXPERIENCE

AMD, Summer Intern, Longmont, CO, USA May 2025 - Aug 2025 Tech Stack: Python, Perforce, Docker, GitHub Actions, Bash, Linux, System Design

• Forge – CLI Tool

Built a Python- based CLI to validate RyzenAI changes, reducing integration test time from 31 to 4 hrs

Automated changelist handling and CI builds using GitHub Actions and Dockerized Linux runners, increasing delivery throughput by 40%

Designed a fault-tolerant pipeline architecture using Dockerized runners and automated workspace setup, enabling reproducible test runs across isolated Linux environments

• Boardfarm – Grafana Monitoring Tool

Made a Kafka-based service in AMD’s Boardfarm to stream 5K+ test events/day for real-time traceability

Created REST APIs, Grafana dashboards to monitor validation metrics, cutting debug time by 35% GrtLabs Inc, Software Development Engineer, Houston, TX, USA Jun 2023 - Jul 2024 Tech Stack: Java, SprinBoot, Microservices, K8s, Kafka, Redis, TCP/IP, Linux, Load Balancing

• CRM Microservices & Infrastructure Development

Built a scalable authentication service with SHA-256 encryption, supporting 10k+ requests/sec securely

Integrated identity providers (Google, Okta) via OpenID Connect, making login 2x faster, improving security

Engineered custom error-handling objects encapsulating HTTP status codes, messages and metadata, leading to a 38% improvement in debugging efficiency across 20+ microservices

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create a robust Kafka-based event logging framework, enabling real-time monitoring of 20+ microservices; leveraged Redis caching to minimize latency

Automated testing for APIs with JUnit, enabling faster Agile development cycles, reducing workflows

• VS Code Server Development

Designed a Kubernetes-hosted VS Code Server enabling secure remote development for 1500+ concurrent sessions

Integrated AI code assistance (Copilot, ChatGpt) with outbound data filtering and prompt-sanitization controls, reducing risk of sensitive code exposure by 27%

Implemented containerized Linux workspaces with RBAC and Nginx reverse proxy, enabling TCP/IP networking, load balancing, and secure access; achieved 99.9% uptime and 35% faster session startup Affy Cloud IT Solutions, Software Development Engineer Intern Dec 2022 - Jun 2023 Tech Stack: AWS, Node, React, Redux Toolkit, SQL, MongoDb, OpenAPI, RBAC, OpenSource

• Migrated a legacy SQL database to NoSQL (MongoDB) decreasing retrieval time by 33%, boosting sales

• Streamlined state management with Redux Toolkit & Persist, powering 1,000+ reliable persistent sessions

• Leveraged OpenAPI to ensure JSON schema validation improving project scalability by 40%, optimizing software testing accuracy by 32%

• Deployed app on AWS (EC2, VPC, ALB) with S3-backed storage, IAM-secured APIs for scalable deployment PROJECTS

TicketHub - Distributed Ticketing Platform (GitHub) Jan 2025 - Aug 2025 Tech Stack: Node, TypeScript, Next, MongoDB, Redis, NATS, Stripe, Bull, Docker, GCP, JWT

• Built a distributed ticketing platform using event-driven architecture (NATS), integrating Stripe payments, Redis/BullMQ for async processing, and deploying Dockerized microservices on Kubernetes (GCP) with centralized JWT-based authentication AI-Powered E-Learning Platform Jul 2024 - Nov 2024 Tech Stack: Python, LLMs, RAG, FAISS, Agents, Prompts, RL, FastAPI, GraphQL, AWS, Okta

• Developed a multi-agent LLM-based learning system using RAG (FAISS), prompt orchestration, and memory layers, with FastAPI/GraphQL services deployed on AWS and secured via OAuth2/OIDC TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Languages: Python, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, C/C++, Bash

• Frameworks: Spring Boot, Node.js, React, Next.js, FastAPI

• Distributed Systems: Kafka, NATS, Redis, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture

• Cloud & DevOps: AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM), GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions

• Databases: MongoDB, MySQL, SQL, FAISS

• APIs & Security: REST, GraphQL, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, RBAC

• Soft Skills: Problem Solving, System Design Thinking, Cross-functional Collaboration

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