# Syed Mohsin > Growth Engineering @ Pave Location: Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/syedmohsin Staff Growth Engineer with experience in rapid experimentation and building zero-to-one products that generate $1M+ in ARR. I work in entrepreneurial, cross-functional teams at high-growth startups. Technical Writer on Medium https://medium.com/@syedmohsin ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Pave Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Engineering Manager @ HOVER Inc. Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Senior Software Engineer @ HOVER Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### Senior Software Engineer @ BuildZoom Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Software Engineer @ BuildZoom Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Engineering Junior Instructor @ Horizons School of Technology Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Helped 100+ students master an intensive Javascript web/mobile app development curriculum. Focused on lecturing, improving course material, and assuring students were skilled in Node, React, React Native, and test-driven development. ### Co-Founder and CTO @ Braquet Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area An online marketplace that connects solar developers with 200+ suppliers of cheap solar equipment. ### Software Engineer @ Mentor Graphics Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area Processed 50+ GBs of XML data in Python using Pandas and NumPy to diagnose faults in $5 million graphics emulators. Built error-detection scripts in Bash and worked closely with major client dev teams to deploy patches onto local emulators. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Columbia University in the City of New York Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area Built a travel web app in PHP Symfony and Javascript to allow 75+ student groups to plan and track trips entirely paperless. Developed a student-facing portal for creating trips and submitting paperwork and an admin-facing portal to approve trips. ### Cyber Summer Associate @ Stroz Friedberg Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Performed forensic analysis of hardware and software systems for major client litigations related to IP theft and fraud. Investigated the attack surface of major wireless protocols (e.g. Bluetooth, ZigBee) using Software-Defined Radios. ### Software Security Intern @ Enphase Energy Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Developed an automated security test suite written in Ruby and Python to identify and patch major software vulnerabilities in the Enphase solar energy system. Collaborated with several departments to resolve cross-platform security bugs. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Urban Green Energy Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area Created the project management platform that allows clients like Dropbox, Whole Foods, and Raytheon to track multi-million dollar solar, wind, and hybrid energy installations from inception to delivery. Written primarily in Javascript, PHP, and SQL. ### Network Security Research, REU @ FREEDM Systems Center NCSU Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | North Carolina State University Built a smart server in C that utilizes an innovative decoy lure-and-trap algorithm to resolve cyber-attacks in a Smart-Grid Network. This server is also designed to communicate efficiently with several regional clients (e.g. PG&E, Con Edison). Presented results at annual Summer Research Symposium at both NC State University and Columbia University. ### Undergraduate Researcher @ Columbia University Intrusion Detection Systems Lab Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Reverse-engineered Android mobile apps and injected code into assembly to create “decoys” that gather information about intruder activities (e.g. GPS, audio, video) and alert device owners via email if device has been compromised. Automated the reverse-engineering and injection processes in Java. This algorithm is being used at Allure Security Tech. ### Teacher's Assistant @ Peninsula Bridge Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Co-taught and helped prepare the curriculum for multiple 7th grade classes. Maintained a blog recounting the weekly events at the Bridge site; the blog is posted on the Bridge Headquarters website where parents and students have easy access ## Education ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical Engineering Columbia University Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering, Minor: Computer Science Columbia University Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ### Crystal Springs Uplands School Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/syed-mohsin-a11aa326 --- Source: https://flows.cv/syedmohsin JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/syedmohsin/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22