Tareq A Khandaker

tareqakhandaker AT gmail DOT com

Skills

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

Work Experience

Software Engineer: DecideAI - Remote; Sep 2024 – Mar 2025; Led the effort to migrate a Python AWS Lambda project into an AWS VPC (virtual private cloud) using Serverless and GitHub Actions.; Created an email verification system using Python.; Added salts generated using a CSPRNG (cryptographically-secure pseudorandom number generator) to credentials in a Rust project.
Software Engineer: ODIN Consultants Inc. - Mississauga, ON, Canada; Apr 2022 – Sep 2024; Designed and implemented chemical management software in Java and deployed it to a private cloud.; Performed data migrations for small businesses as they migrated between different applications.
Senior Software Engineer: Freedom Financial Network - Tempe, AZ, USA; Apr 2021 – Apr 2022; Created a configuration-based fee schedule in Go to permit modifications without engineering involvement.; Added LaunchDarkly feature flags across development, staging, and production environments.; Added health and performance metrics to Grafana dashboards using Prometheus.
Software Engineer: ODIN Consultants Inc. - Mississauga, ON, Canada; Jan 2020 – Apr 2021; Performed data migrations for small businesses as they migrated between different applications.
Software Engineer III: Credit Karma - San Francisco, CA, USA; 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 - San Francisco, CA, USA; 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 - Richmond Hill, ON, Canada; 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 - Toronto, ON, Canada; 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.
Software Engineer: travl - Toronto, ON, Canada; Apr 2012 – Feb 2014; Implemented note-keeping for itinerary locations to help direct trip attendees.; Used the Expedia API to populate point of interest data for itineraries.; Created a calendar front-end to assist users in planning their trips.
Engineer: Qualcomm Innovation Center - Boulder, CO, USA; 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.

Co-op Work Experience

Interim Engineering Intern: Qualcomm - Boulder, CO, USA; 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: Sybase Canada - Waterloo, ON, Canada; May 2008 – Aug 2008; Measured the impact of compiling database binaries using successive compiler versions.
Junior Software Engineer: Aviya Technologies - Mississauga, ON, Canada; 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: Redknee - Mississauga, ON, Canada; Jan 2007 – Apr 2007; Halved release notes turnaround time to one hour by creating a developer UI using AJAX & JSP.
Technical Support: Tennis Canada - Toronto, ON, 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