# Sayan B.

> SWE @ Instabase | Math + CS @ Illinois

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sayanb

Hey there! I'm Sayan - it's a pleasure meeting you! I am a strong engineer with a focus on backend architecture with a passion for solving problems. I have delivered multiple projects on tight timelines by both leveraging my skills and being a leader amongst my team!

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Instabase
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024
• Delivered +3% in key engagement metrics for multiple high impact projects at scale as server lead
• Increased developer velocity by accurately scoping projects, providing thorough code reviews, leading
framework migrations, etc.
• Delegated responsibilities to engineers on team to enable us to meet a tight deadline
• Analyzed data to clearly understand, drive, and communicate product behavior

### Computer Science Grader @ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
- Writing solutions for 400 level computer architecture class
- Grading students work and providing valuable feedback

### Software Engineer Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
• Developed a privacy-aware system which is queried 10,000 times per minute by users across the globe on
Messenger and Facebook to help deliver results of who they may know on the platforms
• Designed an adaptable service which aggregated data critical to a good User Experience and relayed it to
the backend graph after users update their information on Instagram
• Presented data-driven discoveries to showcase impact of the project and the social good caused

### SDE Intern @ Amazon Lab126
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Sunnyvale
• Blueprinted requests and responses between React front-end and Java back-end
• Implemented and tested back-end to query data from other services and organize it in a meaningful way
• Used React and Leaflet.js mapping library to design an intuitive and highly customizable front-end for developers to get a clear understanding of the data

### Independent Study @ University of Illinois Technology Services
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
• Collaborate with other students as a team to build better network 
security tools for Technology Services 
• Analyze students’ computers to determine whether their computer 
has been infected 
• Promote security around campus

### CS 125 Course Assisstant @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
As a course assistant, I coordinate with others on how to 
• Lead students to develop fundamentals of Computer Science through the medium of Java
• Find best solution to explain to students who are starting programming with no
previous experience
• Answer students’ questions while withholding enough information so that they can build on their fundamentals

### Student Intern : Information Technology Services @ SRI International
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
I worked from the beginning of August 2016 to end of August 2016 and then again from beginning July 2017 to beginning of August 2017.

• Enhanced deployment of complex programs to employees and resolved tickets to track
progress
• Assisted employees on technical issues they were facing over the phone
• Engineered and documented solution to recovering computer with forgotten password


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-10