Hi, my name is

Ehtesham Siddiqui.

Software Engineer — Backend & Distributed Systems

I build backend systems that scale.

I build backend systems that scale, from co-founding a healthcare SaaS serving 10K+ patients to engineering distributed real-time collaboration infrastructure. MS Computer Engineering @ NYU, with IEEE research accruing 24 citations and a filed patent application.

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About Me

My journey into software engineering wasn't just about writing code — it was about understanding how systems scale. What started as simple scripting at the University of Mumbai has evolved into a deep focus on distributed systems and backend architecture at NYU.

I don't just build features — I engineer reliability. From co-founding a healthcare SaaS serving 10K+ patients to optimizing AI inference pipelines, I solve problems where performance and data integrity are non-negotiable.

When I'm not debugging race conditions, I'm usually leading teams. My background as a Technical Secretary taught me that orchestrating large-scale technical festivals is surprisingly similar to managing distributed nodes — coordination is everything.

Tech Stack

Python

TypeScript

Next.js

AWS

Docker & K8s

PostgreSQL

LangChain / AI

CI/CD

Education

New York University 2024 – 2026

M.S. in Computer Engineering · GPA: 3.55

University of Mumbai 2020 – 2024

B.E. in Computer Engineering · GPA: 3.31

Leadership & Interests

Technical Secretary

Led the Student Council at University of Mumbai (2022–2023). Managed a team of 50+ students to organize technical festivals and hackathons with 1000+ attendees.

Placement Coordinator

Liaised between corporate recruiters and college administration (2022–2024), streamlining the hiring process for 200+ graduating engineers.

Chess Enthusiast @GroovySquare

Silver Medal (2nd Prize)

"Catch me blundering queens in 3-minute blitz games. It's my favorite way to reset the brain, panic under time pressure, and occasionally find a brilliant mate."

Chess.com Rating

Where I've Worked

Software Engineer Intern @ Civic Group Inc.

Aug 2025 – Sep 2025

Built a backend record-linkage service in TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and Prisma processing 5K+ records in production.
Cut matching pipeline latency by 45% via hash maps, request batching, and targeted DB indexing.
Shipped containerized deployments via Docker + Kubernetes, maintaining CI/CD pipelines through Scrum and peer code reviews.
Restored 99%+ service reliability by resolving production bottlenecks using AWS CloudWatch log analysis.

Software Engineer @ NYU VIP

Sep 2025 – Dec 2025

Formulated MVP components (APIs, pipelines, UI) using Python and Next.js, speeding development by 30%.
Constructed a carbon-footprint engine with 20+ emission factors, reducing calculation time by 40%.
Evaluated needs through research with 10+ users, improving sprint estimation accuracy by 25%.

Software Development Engineer Intern @ ProAzure

Oct 2023 – Mar 2024

Automated processing of 1K+ Excel/PDF files via a Python OCR bot (pandas, pdfplumber, Tesseract) to extract and export validated field data.
Raised automation success rate to 98% and cut failures by 40% using Playwright/Selenium with retry logic and structured logging.
Reduced manual review by 50% by authoring 20+ test cases and introducing config-driven execution pipelines.

Co-Founder & Backend Engineer @ Serenity Healthcare

May 2022 – Feb 2023

Scaled an e-prescription SaaS to 10K+ patients across tier-2/3 cities, leading backend development from zero to production.
Deployed backend systems on a React + Django + MySQL stack supporting 100+ doctors in live production.
Improved backend performance and reliability by 30% by refactoring schemas and tuning MySQL queries.

Full Stack Developer Intern @ Loumus Data Systems

May 2022 – Oct 2022

Developed an enterprise SFA dashboard on .NET for Usha International Ltd. enabling real-time sales analytics across field teams.
Increased KPI reporting accuracy by building backend data pipelines that aggregated and surfaced performance metrics in real time.
Translated business requirements into production-ready components via structured SDLC, reducing rework through early requirement validation.

Some Things I've Built

NoteForge

Google Docs-style collaborative editor with CRDT-based conflict resolution achieving sub-50ms sync latency. Features Git-style version history, RBAC access control, and session management.

Next.js Prisma PostgreSQL WebSockets CRDT

IntelliCast

Agentic Political Events AI chatbot with multi-step reasoning and hallucination prevention. Built LangChain evaluation pipelines that improved answer reliability by 90% and vectorized inference for 40% throughput gains.

Python LangChain Flask

Speech-Database-Query

Voice-based multilingual database query tool used by 25+ businesses. Achieved 92% accuracy across regional languages using Django and IndicNLTK.

Django IndicNLTK NLP

Research & Patent

IEEE Profile

Edge IoT Blockchain Framework

Patent Application #202341053005 · Filed Aug 2023

Filed and published patent application for an edge-blockchain IoT framework with hybrid Proof-of-Authority consensus, achieving sub-second data integrity verification and +40% throughput improvement over baseline systems.

AI & ML for Crop Yield Optimization · 24 citations

IEEE UPCON Publication · Dec 2023

Trained CNN and Random Forest pipelines achieving 92% crop disease detection accuracy from satellite and sensor data. Devised an irrigation scheduler cutting water inputs by 25%. Paper has accrued 24 citations since publication.

Streamlining Clinical Practice Management

IEEE Publication · Nov 2023

Developed an Android portal for virtual consultations and e-prescriptions serving 10K+ patients, reducing administrative overhead for 100+ doctors by 30% and improving healthcare access across tier-2/3 cities.