Tareq A Khandaker

tareqakhandaker AT gmail DOT com

Skills

Languages: Java, Python, C++, Scala
Platforms: Linux, macOS
Tools: bash, git, vim, IntelliJ, Eclipse

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer: Freedom Financial Network; April 2021 – April 2022; Created a configuration-based fee schedule in Go to allow for changes without my team’s involvement.; Added LaunchDarkly feature flags across development, staging, and production environments.; Added health and performance metrics to Grafana dashboards using Prometheus.
Software Engineer III: Credit Karma; Apr 2018 – Dec 2019; Created a hashed persisted queries solution for use within a GraphQL microservice using TypeScript.; Assisted in the migration of the GraphQL gateway to Google Cloud and then later Kubernetes.; Provided guidance to developers on other teams looking to add GraphQL support to their services.; Deployed newer versions of the GraphQL gateway using blue-green deployments.; Added health and performance metrics to Grafana dashboards using InfluxDB.
Software Engineer: Clara Lending; Dec 2016 – Oct 2017; Implemented mortgage operation logic using Scala, Thrift, and PostgreSQL.; Added workflow tasks to improve loan officer efficiency during document upload and review.; Added database migrations using ActiveRecord from Ruby on Rails.
Software Engineer: Paymentus; Feb 2016 – Dec 2016; Implemented customer information file readers and report writers using Java, and Oracle.; Added the ability to concatenate an insert to an encrypted bill using a PDF-editing library.
Software Engineer: Terapeak; Feb 2014 – Jul 2015; Created a standalone server for account deletion using Java and PostgreSQL.; Implemented RESTful services in Java for storing notes, account cloning, and account deletion.; Implemented a preliminary part of a data ingestion tool in Scala for ETL.; Created Python scripts to correct erroneous database entries.
Engineer: Qualcomm Innovation Center; Sep 2010 – Apr 2011; Improved the UI for Android continuous integration (CI) jobs using GWT.; Developed a method to capture Android dmesg logs, reducing triage effort by 20%.; Created a system to automatically fast-forward git branches to test potential releases.
Interim Engineering Intern [Co-op Position]: Qualcomm; Jan 2009 – Apr 2009 and Sep 2009 – Dec 2009; Improved CI by 25% by creating scripts to perform automated data calls.; Automated power-collapse (sleep) tests for Android devices, improving CI by 33%.; Designed local git caching on build resources, halving file transfer times.
Software Developer Co-op [Co-op Position]: Sybase Canada; May 2008 – Aug 2008; Measured the impact of compiling database binaries using successive compiler versions.
Junior Software Engineer [Co-op Position]: Aviya Technologies; Sep 2007 – Dec 2007; Created an aircraft engine simulation converter (from FORTRAN to C++).; Developed a test-case interpreter that ran tests on circuit boards simulating engines.
Release Management Coordinator [Co-op Position]: Redknee; Jan 2007 – Apr 2007; Halved release notes turnaround time to one hour by creating a developer UI using AJAX & JSP.
Technical Support [Co-op Position]: Tennis Canada; May 2006 – Aug 2006; Designed and implemented a simple online order form using HTML and ASP.NET.

Online Courses

Projects

Disconnect: Implemented a preliminary website for disconnect.me in 2011.
Open Source: Contributed packages and issues to Homebrew for macOS.; Contributed to a Dwarf Fortress game utility.; Contributed patches to Mozilla Firefox.

Education

Bachelor of Software Engineering

Honours Co-op, Management Sciences Option

University of Waterloo

Sep 2005 – Apr 2010