About

Afiz Shaik is a highly motivated software developer with over 7 years of experience in various technologies and domains. He has a proven record of turning ideas into high-quality software products. Afiz is highly skilled in Python, tools and frameworks, ReactJS, and CI/CD. He is currently working on IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog products and is building data and AI-driven apps at IBM Labs: Cloud Pak for Data, Watson Products. Afiz's current role is as a Software Developer at IBM Data and AI: Cloud Pak for Data, where he is responsible for designing and developing microservices for large-scale data analytics applications using Python Flask and Postgresql. He has also containerized applications using Docker and worked on enabling CI/CD processes using Jenkins/Travis. Afiz has collaborated with the UX team to design new user interfaces to enhance the user experience using ReactJS and Carbon. He has also mentored interns in development and testing activities. In his past roles, Afiz worked as a Software Developer at IBM StoredIQ, Stored IQ InstaScan, and WKC InstaScan, where he developed various custom connectors and improvised the OneDrive connector for StoredIQ. He also designed and developed Flask-based REST API connectors of Microsoft Suite and Google services for StoredIQ Instascan and led the UI development work for Instascan UI. Afiz also worked as a Senior Software Engineer at SPI - Software Paradigms International, where he worked on a credit card data encryption project. Afiz holds a Master's degree in Information Technology from IIIT and has completed his Bachelor's degree from JNTU. He has a valid B1 visa and has relevant experience of 12.12 years. Afiz's tech stack includes AI, Software Engineering, CI/CD, UI, Python, ReactJS, Flask, test, Docker, Jenkins, and Microservices.