# Saqif Badruddin

> Engineering @ Airtable  | Previously: Dapper Labs, Yelp, Cornell

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

Hi! 👋 I'm a full stack software engineer at Airtable. I studied Computer Science and UX Design at Cornell University. You can find some of my work at saqif.com.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Airtable
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Working on Airtable Automations!

### Senior Frontend Engineer @ Dapper Labs
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Identified performance bottlenecks to reduce NBA Top Shot marketplace load times by 50%
• Used React and GraphQL to build site navigation, leaderboards, and other high traffic features
• Utilized Framer to create complex site animations

### Full Stack Software Engineer @ Yelp
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Scoped, designed, and lead engineering of large production systems to grow consumer messaging
• Utilized modern React patterns to re-architect existing systems to increase developer velocity
• Mentored three full stack engineers and trained many team members in on-call rotations

### Web Development Teaching Assistant @ Cornell University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Ithaca, New York Area
• Led weekly seminars to teach students how to use JavaScript and PHP to build robust web apps
• Held weekly office hours to individually support students through completion of various tasks
• Created project and assignment grading standards to evaluate student submissions

### Human Computer Interaction Researcher @ Cornell University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Ithaca, New York Area
• Dissected user experience difficulties in existing C#/.NET system
• Created MS Excel crawler with Python to flatten backend formulas
• Developed JavaScript calculation processing alternative to reduce server tasks by 50%

### User Experience Researcher @ Cornell University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Ithaca, New York Area
• Conducted user testing on university students to expose failures in UI
• Researched effects on user engagement from button design
• Adjusted UI and retested until pain points dissolved improving user input speed by 300%

### Full Stack Software Engineer Intern @ Fidelity Investments
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Westlake, Texas
• Used Sketch and Materialize to design and implement user interfaces
• Utilized C# and Angular.js to construct data access tools to double data manipulation speed
• Nominated as Fidelity Investments Intern of the Summer

### Frontend Engineer Intern @ StartupTree
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Ithaca, New York
• Leveraged JavaScript and Google Maps API to create event management system front-end
• Used HTML, SASS, and JavaScript to develop user feed, sign up form, and onboarding tutorial
• Designed and developed features contributing to increase in sales to universities by 200%

### Web Development Course Instructor @ Life Changing Labs
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Ithaca, New York Area
• Designed and led three-week web development program for students
• Taught HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to allow students to author responsive personal websites
• Coordinated seminars on design trends and best practices to improve site user experiences

### Android Development Intern @ Mogee App
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Syracuse, New York Area
• Utilized Java and XML to create Android User Interfaces
• Held user focus groups to make informed decisions about product design


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Information Science
Cornell University

### Semester Abroad Exchange in Computer Science
University College Dublin


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/saqif
- Portfolio: http://www.saqif.com

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Source: https://flows.cv/saqif
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/saqif/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-13