I'm Hussain Shah, a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience delivering high-performance applications. I built real-time chat and e-commerce platforms using Python, PyTorch, Numpy, Keras, and OpenCV, achieving significant scalability and responsiveness improvements. I enjoy collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams to drive project delivery and infrastructure enhancements that boost transaction volumes. I've led projects across front-end, back-end, and DevOps, using agile methodologies and a diverse tech stack. I focus on building reliable systems, improving deployment safety, and enabling teams to focus on delivering business value. I'm passionate about AI-powered features and designing scalable cloud-native architectures.

Hussain Shah

I'm Hussain Shah, a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience delivering high-performance applications. I built real-time chat and e-commerce platforms using Python, PyTorch, Numpy, Keras, and OpenCV, achieving significant scalability and responsiveness improvements. I enjoy collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams to drive project delivery and infrastructure enhancements that boost transaction volumes. I've led projects across front-end, back-end, and DevOps, using agile methodologies and a diverse tech stack. I focus on building reliable systems, improving deployment safety, and enabling teams to focus on delivering business value. I'm passionate about AI-powered features and designing scalable cloud-native architectures.

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I’m Hussain Shah, a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience delivering high-performance applications. I built real-time chat and e-commerce platforms using Python, PyTorch, Numpy, Keras, and OpenCV, achieving significant scalability and responsiveness improvements. I enjoy collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams to drive project delivery and infrastructure enhancements that boost transaction volumes.

I’ve led projects across front-end, back-end, and DevOps, using agile methodologies and a diverse tech stack. I focus on building reliable systems, improving deployment safety, and enabling teams to focus on delivering business value. I’m passionate about AI-powered features and designing scalable cloud-native architectures.

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Work Experience

Associate Engineer at Cap Guru
January 1, 2020 - October 7, 2025
Led automation of the web agent workflow, developed Python microservices and browser-automation tooling (Puppeteer/Playwright), implemented robust fail-safes and inter-component communication across the platform, and contributed to JavaScript/Python SDKs with documentation.
Senior Software Engineer at Perplexity AI
January 1, 2023 - October 7, 2025
Designed and scaled backend services powering AI-driven search and knowledge delivery, ensuring low-latency responses under high query volume. Built integrations with LLMs and distributed microservices for dynamic retrieval, ranking, and user-facing task execution. Enhanced reliability with robust fail-safes and collaborated on developer SDKs (Python/JavaScript) and production pipelines.
Associate Engineer at Cap Guru
January 1, 2023 - Present
Current role focusing on automating cap-table management platform, securely processing equity documents, enabling real-time ownership visualization, and supporting internal tooling and SDK development.
Associate Engineer at Cap Guru
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020
Cap Guru is a fully managed concierge service designed to streamline cap table management for companies. Securely processing and organizing equity documents enables ownership visualization, financial scenario modeling, and valuation workflows (e.g., 409A) in collaboration with Chronos Capital, reducing reliance on legal support and saving time.
Senior Software Engineer at Cap Guru
January 1, 2020 - Present
Led backend and frontend development for Cap Guru's platform, focusing on reliability, scalability, and secure data processing. Collaborated with product and research teams to deliver features, improve deployment pipelines, and strengthen end-to-end software delivery.

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Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics, Other