Hi, I'm Talal! I'm currently pursuing a Masters in Computer Science at Northeastern University and will graduate in 2025. I recently graduated from Northeastern with my Bachelors in Computer Science with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence in 2024.

2024 — NowFoundation MedicineSoftware Engineer

2024 — Now

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

2024 — 2024Northeastern UniversityResident Assistant

2024 — 2024

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

2023 — 2023Arbor BiotechnologiesLab Automation Co-op

2023 — 2023

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

● Engineered a Flask app using Python, Docker, and Google Cloud Platform (CloudRun and PubSub) for replicating plates in Benchling (lab management platform), saving several hours of time.

● Developed an ER diagram generation tool of our PostgreSQL data model using Python and GraphViz.

● Created a Flask app that replaces the current plate preparation process for DNA sequencing, leading to projected savings of several 1000s of dollars and several days worth of sequencing time.

● Presented my work multiple times to my group and in front of the entire company, including leadership.

● Spearheaded an initiative to improve our team's project management by setting up a Trello instance.

2022 — 2022Guy CarpenterData Engineering Co-op

2022 — 2022

New York, New York, United States

Worked in an Agile Data Strategy group and closely collaborated with Product Managers.

Created a new enterprise data source for PowerBI usage data to capture usage data for 10s of thousands of users for thousands of dashboards using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and dbt.

Developed a data orchestration framework to enable citizen data engineers to deploy production Databricks jobs in a version-controlled Github project.

Wrote thorough unit tests for our data orchestration framework.

Used mkdocs to create a step-by-step guide for utilizing ADF which became a go-to resource for our group.

Utilized Azure Key Vault for storing secrets and Alation for data cataloging.

2022 — 2022Generate Product DevelopmentBuild Studio Software Engineer

2022 — 2022

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Working with a team comprised of software engineers and designers to create a online marketplace for tutors

Utilized various web development technologies like React, Bootstrap, TypeScript, and mongoDB

Worked on both the frontend and backend

Education

Northeastern University

Master of Science - MS

Northeastern University

Bachelor of Science - BS

Maynard High School

Experience+

Education

Master of Science - MS

Bachelor of Science - BS

High School Diploma