# Tausif Sharif > Senior Software Engineer at Coursera Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tausif Multidisciplinary background, building scalable systems within edtech, and previously within the Aerospace and AI fields. Currently building AI powered assignment creation and grading solutions at scale, from inception to delivery. Specializing in building multimodal AI applications for users at scale (audio/video/image/etc.), with quality UX and AI injection security at the forefront. Worked on and led many unique projects, from rocket development for orbital satellite launches, to AI powered typeahead products, and autonomous drones and robotics for the agricultural space. MEng graduate in Aerospace Science & Engineering, focused on Robotics & Machine Learning, and a BEng graduate in Aerospace Engineering. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, an eagerness to learn, and always pushing to innovate with data driven solutions. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Coursera Jan 2024 – Present • Leading R&D efforts to deliver AI grading solutions at scale, using LLMs and multimodal applications for learner interactions (audio/video/image). Overcoming unreliable validation datasets with more appropriate quality metrics for the niche problem space. • Leading several products and features from inception, research, and to delivery, while fostering productive cross team collaboration. • Provided alternative tech designs for feature implementation saving the team ~$60k in annual licensing fees. • Enabling team growth by on-boarding and mentoring several new team members and interns, and conducting interviews for various levels. • Working with various technologies across the stack including, but not limited to: Typescript, React, Java, various AWS services, Sumologic, etc. ### Software Developer II @ Coursera Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 ### Advisor @ C6 Launch Systems Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 ### Full Stack Software Developer Lead @ C6 Launch Systems Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Toronto, Canada Area • Led the architecture and development of a scalable & automated ground controls software system for an orbital launch vehicle rocket. • Successfully integrated a full stack ground station app which directly controlled, logged, and automated rocket hardware systems to conduct various rocket systems integration tests, which included live rocket engine test firings. • Integrated a redundancy enabled, scalable, high throughput live data and video streaming system into the ground station full stack app by creating a UDP downlink, TCP uplink, and WebSocket relay system that managed all data/commands between the client and rocket avionics. • Leveraged load balancing by building scalable cache server microservices to enable high throughput database read/write for critical data. • Worked with TypeScript/JavaScript/Node.js, React, Express, WebSocket, PostgreSQL, Redis, Python, and assorted AWS cloud services including: Lambda, Cognito, API Gateway, EC2, S3, RDS, and more. ### Avionics Developer @ C6 Launch Systems Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Assisted with hardware, software, & firmware design for various rocket avionics components. ### Full Stack Software Developer @ Deeppixel Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Led the development of a functional and scalable MVP from the ground up of a typeahead, text auto-completion, AI assistant Chrome Extension, targeted towards live chat customer service agents. • Developed new products and extended existing features for an AI customer service agent assistance product under Agile workflow. • Created a web scraping system which labeled unique text input elements for several live chat CRM services and implemented a tab button based autocompletion function, like Gmail, for unique phrases learned overtime from the agent’s chat history. • Implemented a remote version updating system allowing all users to use the latest version without having to manually update the app. • Used various technologies including JavaScript/TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Python. ### Software Developer Co-op @ BOMBARDIER Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Toronto, Canada Area • Developed and implemented automation software unifying multiple logistics systems for the Q-400 Dash 8 aircraft’s fabrication lab. • Implementation allowed a projected annual savings of $20,000+ USD in wasted idle hours within the department. ### Teaching Assistant - Robotics @ University of Toronto Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Toronto, Canada Area • Taught, developed, and conducted lab experiments and projects for students using Java, for the Introduction to Robotics course. ### Payload Consultant @ University of Toronto Aerospace Team Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Toronto, Canada Area • Designed and assembled a system of pico-satellites to house several experiments for UTAT Rocketry’s payload. ### Payload Design Team Lead @ Ryerson Rocketry Club Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Toronto, Canada Area • Managed an award winning team responsible for the design and fabrication of a rover, its deployment system (using Arduino/C), and the integration of the rocket-payload electronic systems. ## Education ### Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Robotics & Mechatronics University of Toronto Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 ### Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Ryerson University Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tausif-sharif - Website: https://tausifsharif.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/tausif JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tausif/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22