# Saif Billah

> software @ fast growing trees

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Fast Growing Trees
Jan 2023 – Present
Owned by Berkshire Partners and Cove Hill Partners, Fast Growing Trees is the leading direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer of trees and plants.

### Co-founder @ gathr: social events
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Austin, Texas
Helped people socialize IRL (think Calendar meets Messenger). Acquired in 2023. 
I wrote code and did ops stuff.

### Software Engineer @ Bloomberg LP
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States
AIM: Order Trade Entry (buy-side order management system)

### Embedded Software (co-op) @ Synapse Product Development
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Electrical Engineering (co-op) @ Flex
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Boston, Massachusetts

### Hardware R&D (co-op) @ Desktop Metal
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Burlington, MA

### Build Studio Engineer @ Generate Product Development
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Boston Area
Trail Tag (Spring 2017)
• Built a prototype for a low-power, GPS tracking device.
• Developed firmware for proof of concept GPS and communication functionality using TI CC1350 Launchpad.
• Helped design looks-like mechanical prototype for outer casing of device.
 
Dash Electric (Fall 2016)
• Developed a custom, hand-held controller and receiver for an electric longboard.
• Developed firmware to facilitate communication between Arduinos over a 2.4GHz frequency with the SPI library.
• Developed and defined wireless communication protocols.
• Designed a custom PCB for the remote.
• Built, soldered, and tested our custom PCB.

### Software Engineering Intern @ VirtualAPT Corp.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area
• Developed an image detection application for Android using ARToolkit to recognize and track objects in real time.
• My app can be fed custom images of objects and track your object from the image.
• Tested image processing techniques to prototype an image stitching software for 360 degree video.

### Consultant @ Intellian Technologies
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Seoul, South Korea
•	Conducted market research and analysis to determine the strongest market segments to enter for new potential product line.
•	Determined a common hardware and software platform strategy with company engineers to develop a new product line.

### Intern @ Billah Law Firm
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
•	Edited and drafted legal documents including affadavits, promissory notes, purchase agreements, summons and complaints, and notices of pendency
•	Filed court forms for clients


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Minor in Entrepreneurship
Northeastern University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

### Exchange Student in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
The University of Hong Kong
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

### High School
The Bronx High School of Science
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-01