# Syed Baligh > Senior Staff Software Engineer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/syedbaligh I am an experienced software engineer with a master's in computer science. My passion for learning, devotion, and enthusiasm for new experiences have driven my successful career in software development and deployment for over 14+ years. I am skilled in web and game development and eager to expand my expertise by working with major players in the industry. My interest in data science has led me to participate in online competitions, though I seek practical experience in the field. ## Work Experience ### Senior Staff Software Engineer/Technical Lead AI Team @ Kiddom Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area I focus on building and optimizing AI solutions. My day-to-day involves working on data engineering pipelines, fine-tuning large language models (LLMs), and refining prompt engineering techniques to improve AI performance. I also manage MLOps workflows, ensuring smooth deployment and inference processes using AWS SageMaker. Additionally, I collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and ship AI-driven products that meet real-world needs, while continuously improving system efficiency and scalability. ### Senior Staff Software Engineer/Workflow Team Technical Lead @ Kiddom Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area - Helping with feature work across different teams - Mentoring junior engineers - Helping with setting the tone and culture of the engineering org - Managing incidents happening ### Staff Software Engineer/Workflow Team Technical Lead @ Kiddom Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area - Designed a real-time backend service to enable real-time feature development - Setting up a scalable infrastructure with logging and tracing to support real-time backend service - Worked with stakeholders to ensure features are delivered in a timely manner - Mentored junior engineers with the system design and feature work - Cross-functional communications and bringing alignment across the board - Worked with product and design for the technical implementations - Helped with the definition and adoption of processes ### Senior Software Engineer @ Kiddom Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area - Helped leadership with product and features definition - Ideated and implemented tools catering requirements of internal and external users - Helped with DevOps stuff - Helped with the implementation of the document store using Cassandra ### Software Engineer @ Kiddom Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 - Contributed to the feature work happening across the organization - Worked with data engineers to set up data pipeline using Segment - Helped in developing admin tools for internal users - Contributed to Infrastructure as a Code initiative using Terraform - Created a dynamic review app using Kubernetes - Helped with CI/CD initiatives - Integrated with third-party vendors to pull content and display them in the application - Migrated legacy PHP monolith to microservices architecture written in Golang - Developed a data warehousing solution to generate reports ### Software Developer @ Kiddom Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan - Developed games in HTML that ran on iOS WebView interacting with iOS APIs - Developed a public-facing website for https://kiddom.co - Developed REST API backend using PHP Recess Framework - Developed an admin portal with PHP at BE and Vanilla JS on FE for users to monitor student progress on iOS games ### Mobile App developer @ Kiddom Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan - Developed two cross-platform mobile and desktop applications - Worked with a team of mobile app developers to develop games for Kiddom ### Technical Consultant @ IT Verticals Inc Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Helping in designing application architecture and infrastructure for a B2B and B2C application using technologies. which includes development technologies like React, Nodejs, Terraform, Kubernetes, and AWS. Helping offshore engineers to learn and develop using the defined framework. Helping in hiring new engineers and grow the team. ### Co-Founder/CTO @ PMassistant.ai Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Developed an AI-driven project management platform with a multimodal AI agent for summarizing and visualizing meetings, leveraging modern web and AI technologies. Partnered with Alberta Innovates to align innovation with strategic goals while leading hiring and collaborating with engineers to deliver scalable solutions. ### Software Engineer @ 7daysclothing.com Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan Calibrating the data from suppliers. Developing an e-commerce site 7daysclothing, which caters to inventory updates, shipping, and payment integrations. Designed and developed a checkout matrix which was later followed by global competitors. Writing tools for automating inventory and price updates. Developing an EDI process to automatically process orders to the suppliers ### Consultant @ OuzelSystems Jan 2011 – Jan 2016 | Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan Defining processes for stabilizing a newly born company. Managing and working with geographically distributed teams in the Netherlands, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. Gathering market requirements and making a product RemindzApp (a family reminder app). Securing funding for another product SocialChamp.io (a social media tool). Developing a scalable platform to support the needs of a growing consumer base. Interact with consumers to gather requirements and address their concerns. ### Software Engineer/Consultant @ App Bakery LLC Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan Documenting required and scoping and distributing the work between team members. Defining code quality parameters and making sure they are met. Engineered and Architect Flashtag (a community business solution). Engineered and Architect MixNMatch (a social media tool for sharing and suggesting dresses). ### Nodejs Web Developer @ IT Verticals Inc Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Karachi, Pakistan - Developed backend and third-party integrations for location. services, payments, SMS and calling services from the scratch for Capxi (a ride-sharing company). - Designed and Developed a solution for keeping riders and drivers information secure. - Engineered a unified complaint management system. ### ASP .Net Developer @ Softack LLC. Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Karachi, Pakistan Collaborated with the mobile app team and developed backend services meeting their needs for a community policing app for a US-based client. Working members in the US to consume the services developed by us. ### Windows Phone Developement - Intern @ Microsoft Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan Three Apps on Windows Phone 7. Zakat Calculator Hijri Calendar Moon Life ## Education ### Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science Institute of Business Administration ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science Karachi University ### Matriculation in Computer Science Bahria Cadet College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/smbaligh - Portfolio: http://smbaligh.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/syedbaligh JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/syedbaligh/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29