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Hi, I’m Ayad Ahmad, a senior software engineer with 10+ years of experience building and scaling distributed SaaS platforms for enterprise environments. I enjoy designing robust backend architectures, driving performance improvements, and leading teams to deliver reliable, production-ready systems.
I specialize in Python, Node.js, React, and AWS, with a track record of reducing API latency, improving observability, and delivering scalable solutions across distributed microservices. I’m passionate about collaborating with product and engineering teams to translate requirements into maintainable, high-velocity software.
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Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer at BMC Software
August 1, 2023 - PresentLead backend architecture for an enterprise SaaS platform using Python (FastAPI, Django) and Node.js microservices across distributed systems. Own design and delivery of cloud-native AWS services to improve scalability and reliability for high-throughput workloads. Implemented performance and caching optimizations, reducing API latency by ~30% in production. Built reusable React.js component library and enhanced frontend delivery. Improved system observability via centralized logging and monitoring. Collaborated with product and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable, production-ready architectures. Drove code reviews, architectural decisions, and mentoring to raise engineering quality and velocity.
Software Engineer at Amazon
April 1, 2017 - July 1, 2023Designed and developed large-scale backend services using Python (Django, Flask) and Node.js for internal and customer-facing platforms. Built AWS-native architectures (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3) to improve scalability and reduce infrastructure overhead. Delivered backend performance optimizations, achieving up to 30% reduction in API latency. Developed React-based UI components and led production incident response and root cause analysis. Contributed to scalable, fault-tolerant distributed architectures and improved CI/CD pipelines.
Software Developer at Databricks
October 1, 2014 - March 1, 2017Built backend API using Python and Node.js for authentication, user management, and core SaaS features. Improved API performance by ~20% through database tuning and backend optimization. Designed scalable data models using PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB. Developed React-based UI components and contributed to reliability improvements across release cycles.
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Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Stanford University
August 1, 2009 - May 1, 2013Qualifications
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Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics
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