Sami Alqadi

Sami Alqadi

Sami Alqadi

Software Engineer at Meta | CS @ Illinois

Hi there! I am a Computer Science and Linguistics graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I've interned at various companies, and taught an introductory CS course to 200 students (CS196) at UIUC!

2022 — NowMetaSoftware Engineer

2022 — Now

Menlo Park, California, United States

2020 — 2022Caterpillar Inc.Software Engineer

2020 — 2022

Remote

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Reimplemented Tableau for financial and demand forecasting data visualizations using Python and Angular to improve computation and render time from 160 seconds to 0.5 seconds

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Removing the need for Tableau licenses costing $600,000 annually!

2021 — 2021FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern

2021 — 2021

2020 — 2020University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignInstructor | CS196

2020 — 2020

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

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Lead Instructor for an introductory CS course of 200 UIUC students

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Presented weekly lectures on Bash, Git, and concepts using Python and Rust.

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Managed course staff of 30, created course content, and developed course infrastructure.

2019 — 2020University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignProject Manager | CS196

2019 — 2020

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

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Lead the scoping, planning, and scheduling of software projects developed by students

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Held weekly team meetings to evaluate progress and assign tasks

Education

2018 — 2021

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Science - BS

2018 — 2021

2014 — 2018

Harold L. Richards High School

High School Diploma

2014 — 2018