About

Sayed Afif is a skilled software engineer with a passion for web development, chatbot development, and product management. He graduated with a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Florida in May 2021 and has since been working as a Software Engineer at Proofpoint. Sayed is a multifaceted individual who is not only a software developer but also a student, mentor, and storyteller. He is always eager to learn new things and share his knowledge with others. To get to know him better, one can talk to FifiBot, his personal virtual assistant, which can be found at https://bot.sayedafif.com. Sayed has experience working as a Software Developer Intern at Citrix, where he designed and developed a Citrix Workspace Microapp and a functioning chatbot using Microsoft Bot Framework for the Technical Marketing Team. He also served as the Technical Lead at the Software Engineering Club, where he assisted the team in conducting technical events and developing Clubfinity, a club event listing app to be launched by the student government. Sayed's education history includes a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Odisha University of Technology and Research (formerly College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar) and a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Florida. Sayed's technical skills include Web Development, Software Development, Chatbot Development, Product Management, Responsive Design, DialogFlow, ASP .NET, Front End Development, C#, jQuery, Microsoft Bot Framework, NLP, REST API, and Git. He has 2.95 years of relevant experience and is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Proofpoint. To get in touch with him, one can drop him a line at sayedafif@gmail.com.