About

Hafiz Fahad Sheikh is a highly skilled and experienced Staff Software Engineer at Intel Corporation with over 8 years of relevant experience in the field. He is an expert in software design and delivery, from spec-generation to solution-architecture to deployment and validation. Fahad is known for his ability to cover steep learning curves with high velocity and can swiftly settle into new technologies and problem domains. He excels at customer-orientation, handling abstract specs, meeting tight deadlines, and streamlining software support and planning. Fahad is a recipient of multiple Divisional/Dept Recognition awards for delivering software solutions critical for projects execution. In his current role as a Staff Software Engineer at Intel, Fahad is responsible for onboarding, mentoring, and coaching developers and helping them deliver the needed features and support requests. He creates the product development plans in consultation with lead-developers, runs daily-standups and weekly-planning meetings for each product, and engages with customers for feature specifications, feature intercepts, and common roadblocks/major issues. Fahad also engages with cross-product teams to define interfaces, dependencies, and bottlenecks. Fahad's past experience includes working as a Graduate Technical Intern at Intel, where he was part of the team that develops and supports tools for CAD development processes. He was responsible for adding features according to new requirements, optimizing the existing features to enhance performance and efficiency of support tools used during design data validations. Fahad has also worked as a Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant at the University of Texas at Arlington. Fahad holds a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas, an M.Sc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, and a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Communications from the University of Engineering and Technology. His tech stack includes Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, and Research Scientist. Fahad is a valuable asset to any organization looking for a highly skilled and experienced Staff Software Engineer.