# Talal Tahir

> Staff Software Engineer at Optimal Dynamics

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/talaltahir

The most valuable skill I've learned from my degree in applied mathematics is how to grapple with complicated, abstract ideas. It's a skill-set I carry with me in all my endeavors both in and out of the classroom.

HARD SKILLS:
● C# - .Net
● Python
● AWS - ECS, SQS, SNS, Cloudwatch, RDS, etc
● Docker
● Terraform
● MySQL
● Angular/Typescript
● Javascript/JQuery
● Git
● SVN
● Automation Testing using Postman, Protractor, NUnit
● Mathematics and Statistics
● Writing

SOFT SKILLS: 
●Creative & curious
●Dynamic team player with solid communication skills
●Takes initiative and ownership
●Efficient problem-solver
●Strong work-ethic and self-starter
●Strong time management skills, highly organized

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Optimal Dynamics
Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Optimal Dynamics
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States
Building cloud-based applications using Docker, Terraform, Python/Django in AWS with a focus on reliability, scalability and maintainability. 

Maintainability: 
• Terraformed our CI/CD pipeline and other resources to abide by IaC methodology

Scalability: 
• Introduced and implemented autoscaling for our core engine, a pattern which has since been adopted across teams for various applications 

Reliability & Resiliency: 
• Introduced and implemented dead-letter queues which have since been adopted across teams
• Introduced and implemented test code coverage report and code coverage enforcement via language specific tooling and git tooling (for both frontend and backend)
• Implemented a new pattern for message processing to avoid data loss and allow for more insight into processing metrics which has been adopted across teams
• Setup pre-deployment automated tests within our deployment pipeline using Docker networks for more reliable deployments
• Setup and configured a new staging environment for all of our applications (includes frontend, backend, infrastructure and data).

Monitoring:
• Helped to setup monitoring and alerting for workers, which lets us be proactive when addressing issues within the system. 

Security:
• helped to configure and validate VPN setup
• Applied and evangelized for best security practices like privatizing resources, running docker containers as non-root user, etc

### Software Developer @ Billtrust
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
Building enterprise grade, containorized, cloud-based applications using C#/.Net, Angular, AWS, Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Docker, CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and version control systems including Git and SVN all within a scrum/agile system.

### Associate Software Developer @ Billtrust
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
As the sole developer on my team, I support 8 enterprise applications written in a wide array of languages including PHP, C# & Python using frameworks like Doctrine, Zend &.NET.

### Application Support Engineer (Python Developer) @ Billtrust
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
In addition to being responsible for implementing clients onto our platform, I helped in documenting processes, training new hires and building desktop Java applications to help automate workflows.

### Associate Application Support Engineer (Python Developer) @ Billtrust
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
I was responsible for implementing clients onto our platform by writing custom python scripts to meet each client's individual requirements.

### Barista @ Barnes & Noble
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 | Princeton
•	Team leader: built team morale
•	Performed up-selling
•	Built customer-client relationships
•	Performed well in high-stress, fast-paced environment


## Education
### Bachelor's Degree in Applied Mathematics
New Jersey Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/talal-tahir-1a0615b6
- Portfolio: http://chirp.site88.net/chirps.php
- Portfolio: http://chirp.site88.net/Mike/index.html

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Last updated: 2026-03-31