Zaahir Ahmed Syed
Software Engineer
Bangalore,KA
Summary
Meticulous developer with 3 years of experience building high-quality software that prioritizes performance, ease of debugging, and extensibility. Proficient in C programming with a strong foundation in operating systems and networks, consistently delivering impactful and reliable solutions. Currently pursuing an online Master of Science in Computer Science at Georgia Tech.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer 2
Juniper Networks
2023.12 - Current
- Lead C/C++ developer, responsible for the feature development and sustenance of 3 core modules in the Junos Core Routing Infrastructure (named RPD Infrastructure)
- Utilized DTrace to identify bottlenecks in RPD, reducing commit time for a 300,000-line configuration file from 20 seconds to 5 seconds through targeted optimizations
- Tasked with the daily triage of 15+ bugs that are assigned to the RPD Infrastructure team and reassigned them to the right engineers
- Designed and delivered 5 customer requested features with a strong emphasis on user experience
- Facilitated effective communication among product, test and documentation teams to drive each feature request to completion
- Worked on numerous customer issues through live debug sessions, providing solutions within a two-day timeframe
Software Engineer 1
Juniper Networks
2022.07 - 2023.12
- Helped increase code coverage of all automated tests from 50% to 85% using the ATF software testing framework
- Implemented my first feature titled 'policy rib-lists', leveraging a Patricia Trie to enable users to filter routes by specifying their originating routing table (or RIB) names, earning praise from higher management
- Updated all outdated GDB macros to conform to the newer structure definitions
- Volunteered as an event manager for the RPD (Routing Protocol Division) Coder's event
Software Engineering Intern
Juniper Networks
2022.01 - 2022.07
- Developed a sophisticated Python tool that automatically scans over 500 structure definitions in the RPD codebase and generates corresponding C print functions
- This tool was used to generate dump functions for around 100+ structs to avoid manually coding them in
- These functions were integrated with Juniper's debugging CLI to help developers debug issues without having to generate a live core-dump
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
2026-07
Batchelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
PES University
2022-07
Skills
- C
- Python
- Unix/Linux/FreeBSD
- OpenMP
- MPI
- GDB
- Valgrind
- CUDA
Timeline
Software Engineer 2
Juniper Networks
2023.12 - Current
Software Engineer 1
Juniper Networks
2022.07 - 2023.12
Software Engineering Intern
Juniper Networks
2022.01 - 2022.07
Master of Science - Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Batchelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
PES University