Azfar A.

About Azfar A.

NOTE TO RECRUITERS: Please only send specific positions/companies through LinkedIn.I believe that the intersection between knowledge and technology is where true innovation lives. By leveraging the right combination of data and technology, we can solve the world\'s more challenging problems. By having the right information available at the right time, we can make the best decision possible. This is how I try to approach all aspects of my life.I have had the fortune to apply this logic to the various roles I have been in. For instance- As a Staff Software Engineer, I have created highly scalable, event driven systems that help millions of people find the right doctor at the right location- As a Engineering Manager/Senior Software Engineer, I have created highly distributed, highly scalable, event driven systems to improve the life of our agents so they can best help their clients- As a Senior Data Engineer at Think Big Analytics, I have created custom solutions for some of the largest companies in the world to allow them to better understand the data they have utilizing the latest technologies- As a Software Engineer at GMV, I work on creating software solutions for satellites that allowed people to connect to others all around the world- As a Graduate Research Assistant at GTRI, I helped the use of unmanned robots to move one step closer to their effective use in emergency response teams- As a Summer Intern at MITLL, I helped to plan the future direction of unmanned vehicle navigation and perception- As a Consultant with Accenture, I helped to reduce the overhead for clinical trials which will help to reduce time it takes for drugs to go to market.In addition to these positions I have held, I am constantly broadening both my technical and non-technical skills so I have the right toolset for the next big challenge. To achieve this, I regularly study the latest technology, designs, and architectures from the world\'s top minds. My current interests reside in- Deep Learning- Analytics- Big Data- Cloud Computing- Distributed Architectures- Software Design PatternsI enjoy meeting new people and learning about their passions. Each meeting brings new ideas and concepts that I have not thought of previously. Feel free to reach out to me to discuss new ideas, technology, sports, food, etc.

Experience

1. Staff Data Engineer

   Paradigm Health

   Mar 2025 — Present

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Masters, Computer Science

  2010 — 2012

• New Jersey Institute of Technology

  BS, Computer Science

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Apache Spark
• Subversion
• C
• Matlab
• C++
• Java
• Hadoop
• Machine Learning
• Algorithms
• Software Development
• Python
• Sql
• Linux
• Testing
• Big Data
• Databases
• Svn