Hi there! I'm a software engineer based in New York with 2 years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems that boost performance and business outcomes. I enjoy building high-performance APIs, event-driven architectures, and modernizing platforms that serve millions of users. I'm a product-minded engineer who loves turning technical excellence into measurable business impact. I thrive on collaborating with product and QA teams, solving production challenges, and delivering reliable, scalable software that users actually enjoy.

Saba Shahbaz

Hi there! I'm a software engineer based in New York with 2 years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems that boost performance and business outcomes. I enjoy building high-performance APIs, event-driven architectures, and modernizing platforms that serve millions of users. I'm a product-minded engineer who loves turning technical excellence into measurable business impact. I thrive on collaborating with product and QA teams, solving production challenges, and delivering reliable, scalable software that users actually enjoy.

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Hi there! I’m a software engineer based in New York with 2 years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems that boost performance and business outcomes. I enjoy building high-performance APIs, event-driven architectures, and modernizing platforms that serve millions of users.

I’m a product-minded engineer who loves turning technical excellence into measurable business impact. I thrive on collaborating with product and QA teams, solving production challenges, and delivering reliable, scalable software that users actually enjoy.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer II at Mavis Discount Tire
December 1, 2023 - Present
Led backend components in modernizing Mavis's legacy in-store system into a distributed, Azure-based platform for 2,300 stores nationwide, improving in-store user experience with 75% faster transaction processing and supporting $120M+ in additional annual transactions, reaching ~1,000 daily users. Owned end-to-end development of Mavis's first full-stack rebate management platform using React and C#, centralizing rebate data and boosting accuracy by 99% while reducing data entry time by 70%, enabling a 40% rise in online reservations. Architected and optimized SQL Server schemas and queries, cutting query times by 60% and load times by 40%, enabling real-time rebate processing and faster data retrieval. Built RESTful APIs powering rebate data on the customer site, serving 1.8M monthly users and driving a 40% increase in online reservations. Investigated and resolved high-priority production bugs with Node.js and C#, maintaining service continuity for thousands of daily transactions valu

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science at New York Institute of Technology
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2026
Certificate in Full Stack Software Engineering at Flatiron School
January 11, 2030 - September 1, 2023
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences at Binghamton University
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2020

Qualifications

Certificate in Full Stack Software Engineering
September 1, 2023 - January 7, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment