# Nishat Firoj > Senior Software Engineer at Kooth Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nishat Graduating from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science, I create efficient and robust web applications, with a key focus in human-computer interactions. I am currently an engineer at Kooth. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Kooth Digital Health (North America) Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States ### Software Engineer II @ Spotify Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 Built brand new experience for Spotify fans in Listening Parties (LPs) in under 6 months, to enable artists to connect with their fans, earn thousands of dollars and create new streams of revenue for Spotify Facilitated first interactive Spotify experience with live chat & streaming capabilities, allowing artists to talk and demo music to thousands of fans concurrently Ran 90+ LPs, rewarding over 20,000 fans with an opportunity to interact with their favorite artists, with 95% satisfied, 60% actively engaged 98% of artists registering a causal lift in streams in the week following the LP, with 125% avg. causal lift in streaming in the week following the LP and 444% avg. lift in song saves among attendees on the day of the event Led architectural design, documentation and implementation to develop a data orchestration layer to allow users to purchase from their favorite artists within the LP interface Hosted 15 LPs during Spotify Wrapped, with sold out event rooms, with artists boasting many millions of monthly listeners
 Deployed regular maintenance of Spotify’s merchandise store, including accessibility and UTM attribution changes, with changes affecting millions of users and generating millions of dollars ### UI/UX Engineer II @ NCR Corporation Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 Used React, TypeScript, and MUI frameworks to code, test, and maintain whitelabel components for usage across our products Designed, documented, and coded data visualization library components for React and React Native implementations ### UI/UX Engineer @ NCR Corporation Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States Designed and coded for all iterations of NCR design systems, with combined 100k+ component insertions for both Figma and NPM libraries Used React, TypeScript, and MUI frameworks to code, test, and maintain whitelabel components for usage across our products Saved 20+ hours of development work by designing and coding design patterns into NPM packages Built Figma plugins in React to help with color and typography audits, with active usage amongst peer designers ### Georgia Tech CommLab Manager @ Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States Established media presence for the GT Communication Center via Instagram and Facebook, generating significant engagement from the GT student body to drive more students towards our website Directed, managed, and mentored two marketing interns in assisting with curating content and social media posts ### UI/UX Software Intern @ NCR Corporation Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Atlanta, Georgia Prototyped JS interfaces to test usability of components, that are now employed across key NCR products Journey mapped and designed user flows for legacy loyalty platforms to promote next gen solutions ### Design Researcher and Developer @ Public Design Workshop @ Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Atlanta Collaboration with a Georgia Tech research and design lab to connect design, social sciences, and humanities to investigate information and communication tech Built mapping tool with Google Maps API, GCP, Javascript, and React to expose housing inequities across sidewalk lines in the city of Atlanta Contributed to projects aimed towards the 400,000 citizens of Atlanta through community outreach Created the brand identity and developed the website for the Atlanta Resilience, Equity, Design Collective (RED Collective) to creatively present their efforts to explore how local government and communities use data and media for advocacy ### Peer Consultant @ Naugle CommLab @ Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Atlanta Assisted GT undergraduate and graduate students in improving their communications skills, through written, oral, and visual means Reviewed and evaluated visual presentations, research papers, resumes and personal statements and more Participated and assisted in hosting workshops to better the communication skills of undergraduate and graduate Georgia Tech students ### Teaching Assistant @ Girls Who Code Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Atlanta Area Worked in partnership with State Farm and Girls Who Code to teach young women the fundamentals of coding and the real-world applications of computer science, to inspire the next generation of female coders Aimed decrease the gender gap in the technological field and to cultivate powerful women in tech ### Tutor @ Varsity Tutors Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Atlanta Area Assisted high schoolers, undergraduate students, and graduate students across the country on an online tutoring platform, teaching in subjects such as the SAT, MATLAB, and more ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nishatfiroj - Website: https://www.nishat.info/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/nishat JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nishat/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22