# Hani Mohammed

> Building @ Rilla

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/hani

Hey there!


Computers have always fascinated me and writing code that takes mankind one step into the future is what I do. Designing products is something I’ve been exploring and fully enjoy!

Take a look at some of my work at thehanimo.com

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Rilla
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Software Engineer @ New York University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States
- Designed, architected, and implemented a search system using Next.js and MySQL, enabling users to discover research projects
- Addressed usability issues by remodeling Apache config to serve multiple applications on one instance using reverse proxy

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ New York University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States
CS-GY 6083: Principles of Database Systems
Course Lecturer (Spring 2023) - Prof. Phyllis Frankl

### Founding Engineer @ Skillbee
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | India
- Scaled up user base 10x YoY to 500k and raised $3.2M in seed funding
- Led development across two verticals -- Front-end and DevOps
- Conceptualized and set up infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for modularized static web pages using GitHub Actions, AWS Lambda, SQS, ECS, and S3, allowing seamless content deployment at scale
- Increased organic traffic by 10x by creating performant, accessible pages with perfect Lighthouse scores
- Increased API performance by 30% by optimizing database queries with indexes
- Built internal tools to interact with data, resulting in 5x faster customer query resolutions by mitigating team dependencies within organization

### Front-end Engineer @ Skillbee
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
- Reduced initial app load time by 50% by code splitting to optimize bundle size
- Enhanced UX by improving rendering performance by virtualizing large lists and tables
- Developed an online walk-in interview solution for clients, leading to a 6x increase in monthly recruitment

### Fellow @ Major League Hacking
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
- Part of the Open Source track at the MLH Fellowship (JavaScript)
- Collaborated with a team of 5 to build repo-report, a CLI to list all repos a user has access to, and report configurations in aggregate
- Optimized a scalable aggregation algorithm to speed up reports for large collections of repos
- One in 450 students selected out of 30,000+

### Software Developer @ Nodestory
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Integrated an end-to-end Video-on-Demand solution into their iOS app using AWS services.
- Optimised the entire app resulting in better overall user experience.

### AI Teaching Assistant @ Indian Institute of Information Technology, SriCity
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020

### DBMS Teaching Assistant @ Indian Institute of Information Technology, SriCity
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | India

### Software Development Intern @ Pushstart
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Created a mobile application from scratch for a community of entrepreneurs.
- Worked on multiple projects ranging from cross-platform mobile apps to SaaS products.

### Software Development Intern @ Nodestory
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Restructured codebase resulting in faster and more efficient development cycles.

### Web Development Intern @ AntzKnow Technology Limited
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
New York University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

### Bachelor of Technology with Honours - BTech (Hons) in Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Information Technology, SriCity
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/thehanimo
- Website: https://thehanimo.com

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Source: https://flows.cv/hani
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Last updated: 2026-03-23