About

Arshad AQ is a Senior Software Engineer (SDE II) at AppViewX with over 3 years of relevant experience in the field of computer science. He is a self-motivated learner who is passionate about automation and always looking for new opportunities to explore. Arshad is known for his persistent attitude and attention to detail, which enables him to recognize small intricacies in the problem posed that others often miss out on. He always aims for perfection and thinks twice (and does his research) before stepping into anything that matters to him. Arshad's current area of expertise is in backend development, and he has experience working with technologies such as Java (Spring), Node.js, Kubernetes, Istio, Kafka, MongoDB, and Prometheus. He is also well-versed in data structures and algorithms (DSA). Arshad has worked with AppViewX as a Software Engineer I and II, where he identified improvements in the existing AWS KMS integration design, prevented a potential security breach, and reduced customer-reported defects by taking complete ownership of a critical service. He has also worked on improving application downtime, customer support team's efficiency, and overall application latency. Arshad has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from VIT and completed his CBSE Grade 12 from Unity Public School. He is a perfectionist, hard worker, critical thinker, and evaluator. Arshad has a keen interest in cricket, playing and following its proceedings. He has a diverse tech stack that includes software engineering, Kubernetes, Javascript, MongoDB, Spring, backend, Java, Kafka, NodeJS, ML, AWS, research scientist, integration, C, and Flask.