About

Hashir Khan is a highly experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer at Samsung Research America with over 14 years of relevant experience. He is currently responsible for architecting and developing Samsung Pay, one of the most popular mobile payment platforms worldwide. Hashir is part of the Personalized and Contextual Services team, which is involved in incubating new and advanced features for Samsung Pay. In his previous role as Staff Software Engineer - II at Samsung, Hashir was one of the main architects of the Samsung Pay Framework, which is used in the US and other global markets. He was involved in the design, development, and enhancement of the framework, its integration with various card networks, and its deployment in the US. He also managed a team of client engineers to enhance Samsung Pay with the addition of the Deals & Offers VAS and the Samsung Rewards Card Program. Hashir collaborated with various Card Networks and Issuer teams for Samsung Pay Integration on new and advanced features. He also co-ordinated with Product/Program Management teams both in the US and globally for various feature enhancements. As a Technical Lead of the Universal Mobile Device Management Client (Samsung KNOX 2.0), Hashir led a team of engineers who enhanced the client for BYOD Use Cases, improved the Policy Management Engine to support JavaScript, introduced the Bulk Enrollment feature for quick enrollment of Corporate Liable Devices, and extended and evolved the client to support My KNOX. Hashir has a Master of Science degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical and Electronics from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. He also attended Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore. Hashir's technical skills include Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Research Scientist, Mobile, Integration, Android, and Javascript.