# Saad Bouayad

> Senior Software Engineer | Data Platforms & ML-Ready Pipelines | Ex-Amazon, Ex-Cisco

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/saad

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Infocusp Innovations
Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, CA
At an AI data startup focused on power grid intelligence (incubated within a leading innovation lab), my role centers on designing and scaling data platforms that enable reliable, ML-ready data across complex systems. I build high-throughput, event-driven architectures with strong guarantees around data quality, consistency, and governance, including privacy-first processing. I work across backend and infrastructure while partnering closely with ML, Data Science, and Product teams to deliver production-grade systems powering real-world AI applications.

### Software Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, CA
At Amazon, my role focused on building and operating large-scale, real-time data platforms that enabled analytics and operational insights across high-volume transactional systems. I designed distributed, event-driven architectures to process streaming and batch data with strong reliability and performance guarantees. I owned production systems end-to-end, driving improvements in scalability, efficiency, and operational excellence, while contributing to system design practices and mentoring engineers across the team.

### Software Engineer @ Cisco
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Jose, CA
At Cisco, my role focused on building and modernizing secure, large-scale data processing systems for payroll and compensation platforms. I worked across the stack, developing backend services, data pipelines, and frontend features to support critical business workflows. I led efforts to migrate legacy ETL systems to modern cloud-based architectures, improving scalability, performance, and cost efficiency. My work emphasized reliability, compliance, and maintainability, enabling more resilient systems for complex, high-impact operations.

### Data Analyst @ Google
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Database Specialist - Student Assistant @ San Francisco State University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California, United States


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science
San Francisco State University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/saad-bouayad-96458b9a

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Source: https://flows.cv/saad
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/saad/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-22