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Saif Ali Shaik

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Saif Ali Shaik

Summary

High agency individual that happens to always watch out to ship the work that matters. Someone who will ask the right questions with bias towards written clarity for the team and very comfortable wearing different hats such as DevRel, Product or Program Management. One with keen interest to participate in design and marketing decision making activities.

Overview

4
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Freshworks
Remote

Senior Developer Advocate
04.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Identify, scope, and shape DevRel work with the Product Manager's hat, and run advocacy programs to gather developer asks. One such example— Ship app lifecycle event hooks for the community with help of engineering team.
  • Influence the Technical Program Managers of four product teams to support developers and streamline processes with automation by identifying opportunities for collaboration.
  • Maintain relationships with Security and Procurement teams to facilitate vendor onboarding for training and certification, measure metrics, and promote the DevRel team collaboration.
  • Set up reporting of metrics in such a way that they Explicitly link metrics to goals, Favor tracking trends over absolute numbers, Use shorter tracking periods, Change metrics when they stop driving change.
  • Ship a new user experience in the Freshworks CLI for the developers using Node.js.
  • Build integrations between ticketing and metrics systems involves Vanialla JS, Freshworks SDK, Orbit APIs & HTML/CSS.
  • In the new in-covid world, run Refresh App Challenge to find new developers/companies and support them to publish six apps on the Freshworks Marketplace.
  • Hire & Mentor new and young folks on the team to help them get on to their feet in my capacity of experience and expertise.
  • Ensure the Freshworks Developer Forum remains as the most helpful place (both tool management, process management wise) for Freshworks developers for it's scale and nurture the community to find and offer help.

Freshworks
Chennai

Developer Advocate
04.2020 - 03.2021

Job overview


  • Assist the team in transitioning Freshworks Huddle developer events to an online format and maintain engagement with developers.
  • Engage and participate in the open source community for Hacktoberfest, resulting in 25 contributors in 2019 and 64 contributors in 2020, and successfully closing over 43 pull requests.
  • Revamp over 25 sample apps to increase their discoverability and make them easier for the developer community to consume and study for work-related purposes.
  • Collaborate with platform and product managers to migrate all apps from Freshsales Classic to Freshsales Suite, and enable the technical writing team to ensure accuracy during the process.
  • Develop a playbook for the partner ecosystem, including global system integrators and solution partners, after conducting training programs.

Freshworks
Chennai

Developer Evangelist (Internship)
01.2019 - 04.2020

Job overview

  • Appreciate and engage the small developer community throughout the year by organizing and driving various developer events.
  • Introduce the first Developer Certification program, credentialing developers' abilities to solve business problems through Freshworks Apps.

Udacity
Delhi

Student Experience Intern
09.2018 - 12.2018

Job overview

  • Take end-to-end ownership of the Google India Scholars Community program and coordinate its activities.
  • Devise scalable strategies for program events and use data metrics to achieve a 50% graduation rate.
  • Support 1000 scholars across 4 different tracks, including Android Developer Nanodegree, Android Basics Nanodegree, Front End Developer, and Mobile Web Specialist Nanodegree Programs.
  • Conduct AMA sessions and assist students with program-related queries, and encourage collaborative projects using Github Classroom.

Google
Remote

Lead, Developer Student Club
08.2017 - 12.2018

Job overview

  • Establish a developer community on campus.
  • Teach students how to create impactful Android apps.
  • Conduct workshops and build a productive network.
  • Develop solutions for low-level organizations such as retailer shops and small-scale markets.
  • Represent one of 185 leads across 185 colleges, spanning 90+ cities and 21 states, and encompassing various majors ranging from CS, IT, Electrical, Electronics, and more.
  • Trained over 550 students in getting started with Android Studio and building basic apps.

Microsoft
Remote

Student Partner
08.2017 - 12.2018

Job overview

  • Attend the Microsoft Student Partner Summit at BITS, Pilani, to collaborate with some of the finest minds in India and bring back the enthusiasm to the campus.
  • Lead, Microsoft Student Club at University.
  • Organize meetups, events, and hackathons while focusing on utilizing Azure and Office products to achieve fantastic outcomes.

LinkedIn
Remote

Campus Editor
02.2018 - 12.2018

Job overview

  • Encourage and empower campus writers to promote and engage with the LinkedIn community by creating content
  • Conduct workshops to help students level up their personal brand.

Dell
Chennai

Campus Ambassador
10.2017 - 06.2018

Job overview

  • The Dell Campassador Program is a brand awareness campaign aimed at colleges and universities. The program involves crafting a year-long extracurricular program that engages students in various activities.
  • As a Campassador, my responsibilities include completing monthly marketing and engagement tasks and organizing events that promote Dell's brand awareness.
  • All India Rank #4

Cognizant
Chennai

Lead, Student Club
03.2018 - 12.2018

Job overview

  • Manage a team of 26 students on campus.
  • Collaborate with Cognizant to work on monthly industry targets and build innovative mobile and web projects with guidance from mentors.
  • Facilitate technical debates and discussions moderated by Cognizant.

Education

Sathyabama University
Chennai

Bachelor of Engineering from Computer Science
06.2015 - 06.2019

University Overview

Grade: 85%


Activities and societies:

  • Selected for a Project Presentation for Business Incubator Cell at Research and Development Centre, Sathyabama University, Chennai
  • Conducted successful penetration testing of lab systems at Sathyabama University with proper permissions

I am remembered by:

  • Students for infrequent class attendance
  • Staff for active participation in club activities
  • Classmates for founding a business focused on student training programs
  • Friends for building a cool team together

Skills

Asynchronous Work Style

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Timeline

Senior Developer Advocate
Freshworks
04.2021 - Current
Developer Advocate
Freshworks
04.2020 - 03.2021
Developer Evangelist (Internship)
Freshworks
01.2019 - 04.2020
Student Experience Intern
Udacity
09.2018 - 12.2018
Lead, Student Club
Cognizant
03.2018 - 12.2018
Campus Editor
LinkedIn
02.2018 - 12.2018
Campus Ambassador
Dell
10.2017 - 06.2018
Lead, Developer Student Club
Google
08.2017 - 12.2018
Student Partner
Microsoft
08.2017 - 12.2018
Sathyabama University
Bachelor of Engineering from Computer Science
06.2015 - 06.2019

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