# Sayed Shah

> Senior Software Engineer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sayed

I'm a Computer Science student with an interest in software development. My skills and experiences have prepared me well for entry-level programming positions. I have two years of internship experience at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.  I'm experienced in many modern languages and technologies including Python, Java, C, Angular.js,  and much more. If you'd like to contact me, please don't hesitate to do so!

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Jan 2025 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Software Engineer @ Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Software Engineer @ Red Hat
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Westford, Massachusetts, United States
Contributed to NetworkManager project which is a glib based service on linux that provides a D-Bus API
 Added support to nm-cloud-setup for configuring network on Azure cloud by fetching information via HTTP using libcurl
Improved python examples for libnm client API usage and NetworkManager's D-Bus API
Extended netlink API to handle bridge interfaces

### Peer Mentor @ University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Amherst
Responsible for 65 first-year students so that they can have a smooth transition to college
Share my personal academic experience and insights actively and serve as a mentor for academic success
Occasionally one on one meeting with students and check how they are doing in their academics and in general

### Leadership Development Intern @ RippleMatch
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | UMass Amherst
Selected from a pool of thousands of candidates to work closely with the leaders of RippleMatch’s Leadership Team.
Leverage various growth strategies and tools including social media, email marketing, presentations, and peer & faculty member networking to grow the user base and awareness on campus.
Strategically assess growth and performance metrics to improve, change and/or help design new growth strategies.

### Scientific Computing Intern @ Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Boston Area
Created a user interface with the help of Angular and Django
Developed user-friendly tables and type-ahead forms that interacted with database and visualized the data accordingly
Strengthen my teamwork skills by working with talented people working on different pieces of the project

### Project Manager @ Hack UMass
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | UMass Amherst
Created TUSStart, a cloud-based solution for robotic process automation allowing users to use available pre-trained tasks to automate filling out buggy/slow multi-step forms, help check availability from a particular website or navigating bug-ridden enterprise software

### Scientific Computing Intern @ Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Boston Area
Applied web development technologies to create a user-friendly interface for internal data collection and organization
The interface programmed in using Angular, Python, Flask and JavaScript

### Learning Lab Intern @ Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Boston, Massachusetts
Added research documents to company-wide Intranet system to allow employees to more efficiently search and obtain data. Performed laboratory activities, together with internship team, to explore topics in biology, biotechnology, and chemistry.


## Education
### Master's degree in Cybersecurity
Georgia Institute of Technology

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science and Computational Mathematics
University of Massachusetts Amherst


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sayed-shah-2873a7148

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Last updated: 2026-03-31