# Salman Yousaf

> Software Engineer at Google | Adjunct Faculty at Northeastern University

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

As a Software Engineer at Google, and Adjunct Faculty member at Northeastern University, I am passionate about creating innovation and knowledge for solving complex problems. I aspire to become a technological leader in bringing meaningful progress through continued learning and challenging professional experiences.

I seek opportunities where I can organically grow my technical and professional skillset. I also value being part of a vibrant and diverse network of innovators and look forward to making more collaborative professional relationships.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States
Enhancing and optimising large-scale Machine Learning / data processing pipelines across Google

### Adjunct Faculty @ Northeastern University College of Engineering
Jan 2024 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States
Designed and taught graduate-level courses on Distributed Systems, Data Processing and Pipelines, and Artificial Intelligence systems.

### Software Engineer @ Argonne National Laboratory
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Led the development and deployment of a stacked ensemble ML model for forecasting EV charging demand, reducing error by ~55%, and optimized data storage using a custom MongoDB database for charging profiles.
• Designed and developed algorithms (using C++/Go) for a scalable EV smart-charge scheduling system, improving grid system congestion and power constraints by ~25%

### Software Engineer Intern @ Google
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Reduced downtimes by ~95% for a database introspection service through:
o Developing state persistence through a distributed filesystem-based checkpointing and recovery mechanism
o Using a leader-election algorithm to enhance availability by switching between task-replicas.

### Software Engineer Intern @ lululemon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States
Selected as a candidate for IDEA Global Internship 2023
▪ Developed microservices (using Spring Framework) and APIs for improving peak systems capacity by ~15%
▪ Coded and maintained features, improved performance, and bolstered security for web applications through
back-end development using Node.JS / PHP
▪ Designed, implemented, and scaled MySQL databases
▪ Enhanced event logging and alerting capabilities (Prometheus and OpenTelemetry) for applications and reduced
system downtimes by over 25%
▪ Tested, validated, and automated deployments using Jenkins to reduce deployment times by ~30%

### Software Engineer @ PwC
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
▪ Involved in the overall design and engineering of back-end data integration for an analytics platform
▪ Experience with large-scale distributed systems, development of Java applications and JUnit testing frameworks 
▪ Designed data curation strategies, developed data pipelines, and involved in deploying predictive models


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Data Science
University of Chicago

### Master's degree in Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

### Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Science & Accounting and Finance
Lahore University of Management Sciences

### High School
Aitchison College


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-05