# Tousif Khan

> Software Engineer @ Amex

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tousif

Software Engineer at Amex with experience in Kotlin, React, TypeScript, and Python. Areas of focus: full-stack engineering, scientific programming, and computational biology. Also a licensed EMT and hobbyist photographer.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ American Express
Jan 2022 – Present | New York, NY
• Redesigned and rebuilt 30+ React/TypeScript UI modules for Card Activities & Statements using SWR hooks, improving Visually Complete Time down to∼243 ms serving 5M+ users annually.
• Led the frontend development of Amex Plan It, a pay-over-time feature for Japan, marking a significant milestone launching on-card installment lending products across international markets for 10M+ global users.
• Developed Kotlin BFF APIs powering 50+ micro-frontend modules, improving data availability on card accounts and transactions and reducing downstream latency for multiple product teams.
• Implemented accessibility features using internal React component libraries with axe DevTools and screen reader testing, ensuring WCAG compliance and improving accessibility audit scores to 100%.
• Collaborated with product managers, designers, and engineering leads to define scope, delivery timelines, and cross-team integration requirements.

### Software Engineer @ IBM
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, NY
• Built UI features for IBM Workbench using Vue and JavaScript, improving usability for enterprise clients integrating with IBM partner systems.
• Designed and implemented an Application Manager analytics dashboard, visualizing system status using internal APIs to improve monitoring for partner organizations.
• Improved development cycle by refactoring 100+ unit tests in Java, utilizing multi-threading and creating Jenkins pipeline, decreasing build execution time by 83%.
• Updated Postgres schemas for changing credit record formats for 1,000+ international partners, ensuring data integrity and backward compatibility.
• Authored onboarding documentation for new developers, accelerating environment setup and ramp-up time.

### Computer Engineering Intern @ Con Edison
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | New York, New York, United States
• One of 15 out of class of 1400 students selected for high school internship.
• Used company Work Management Systems, Excel, and Python scripts to analyze company equipment.
• Conducted inspections in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan for electrical leaks.
• Presented research and data to the CFO and company board on safer vented manhole covers, in order to prevent underground gas buildup.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Applied Mathematics
The City College of New York

### High School Diploma in Electromechanical Engineering
Brooklyn Technical High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tousif-k
- GitHub: https://github.com/tousif-k

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Last updated: 2026-03-22