# Shariq Ahmed

> C++ Software Engineer | Systems & Backend Development | Linux, Multithreading, Performance Optimization

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/shariqahmed

I am a C++ focused software engineer with over five years of experience building performance-critical backend and systems-level software on Linux. My work has involved designing and optimizing high-throughput services, developing multithreaded components, and debugging complex production issues in distributed environments.

I have hands-on experience with modern C++ (C++11 through C++20), concurrency primitives, memory management, and low-latency system design. I enjoy working close to the system, profiling and tuning CPU and memory usage, and improving reliability and throughput under real-world workloads.

My background spans enterprise and financial systems, containerized deployments, and cloud environments on AWS and GCP. I value clean, maintainable code, strong engineering fundamentals, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable systems at scale.

I am particularly interested in backend and systems roles where performance, correctness, and scalability matter.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Saayam For All
Jan 2025 – Present | San Jose, California, United States
• Contributed to the backend of a volunteer driven community help platform enabling users to raise requests and volunteers
to coordinate assistance.
• Designed and implemented backend workflows for request creation, status tracking, and volunteer assignment using
cloud-based services.
• Built asynchronous processing flows using AWS Lambda and message queues to handle spikes in request volume without
impacting user experience.
• Integrated AWS S3 for secure storage of request related artifacts and audit data.
• Used AWS CloudWatch logs and metrics to monitor system health, investigate errors, and troubleshoot production issues.
• Assisted in deploying and maintaining services using infrastructure as code and CI pipelines to ensure reliable updates.

### Software Engineer @ DBS Bank
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Hyderabad, Telangana, India
• Designed and debugged C++ services for high-volume financial message processing with strict latency and reliability constraints.
• Implemented thread-safe pipelines for parallel message validation, transformation, and persistence.
• Solved data corruption and consistency issues by adding integrity checks and recovery logic.
• Performed root cause analysis for production incidents by inspecting stack traces, memory usage, and process behavior.
• Partnered with system test teams to reproduce customer deployment scenarios and validate fixes at scale.
• Ensured production stability by participating in on-call rotations and resolving escalations within SLA.

### Software Engineer @ AFOM Solutions Pvt Ltd
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Hyderabad, Telangana, India
• Built C++ utilities and backend modules for file processing, data ingestion, and system integration tasks.
• Implemented POSIX-based file handling and directory traversal to process large datasets efficiently.
• Debugged memory leaks, invalid accesses, and crashes using GDB and Valgrind.
• Improved reliability by adding structured logging, boundary checks, and defensive error handling.
• Gained hands-on exposure to Linux system behavior, process scheduling, and resource limits.


## Education
### Master's degree
University of Central Missouri


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shariq-ahmedjd

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Last updated: 2026-04-11