Jan 2025 – Jun 2025 · 5 mos

• Optimizing API performance, scaling data pipelines for efficiency, and enhancing the overall product experience.
• Implemented the MCP (Model Context Protocol) sever and additional tooling to support AI agentic workflows.

Jun 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Designed and implemented a rule based alerting system.
• Designed a system that supports integration of multiple Workflow providers such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins etc to analyse relevant deployment metrics for repositories.
• Implemented server side caching for metrics to improve API latencies upto 80%.
• Decoupled the project data syncing pipeline and analytics services to be provider agnostics and support multiple integrations like Jira, Youtrack, Linear etc.

Oct 2022 – Jun 2023 · 8 mos

• Developed new components, services and shipped features end to end using Next.js, AWS Chalice, Python and PostgreSQL.
• Developed a payments service and integrated payments using Stripe.
• Worked on data intensive services and developed features that supports bulk data creation.
• Developed a scalable notifications service for the platform.
• Designed and developed a scalable data pipeline to sync user data from third party integrations.
• Built services to support two-way slack interactions within the platform.

Feb 2023 – Sep 2023 · 7 mos

• Mentoring and helping out new contributors with the RocketChat codebase and different repositories.
• Mentored the Notion RocketChat App project which enables a two-way communication between RocketChat and Notion. Users can link Notion Workspaces, update Notion tables, comment on Notion Docs and do much more right from RocketChat : https://github.com/RocketChat/Apps.Notion
• The GitHub App PR reminders app was not shortlisted by Google in the final evaluation process, but we decided to mentor students add new features to the existing GitHub RocketChat app and managed it like a community GSoC Project : https://github.com/RocketChat/Apps.Github22

Jun 2022 – Sep 2022 · 3 mos

• Worked on the GitHub integration for Rocket.Chat to add GitHub functionality to Rocket.Chat channels.
• Enabling Rocket.Chat users to subscribe to repository events, review and merge pull requests, search GitHub for queries and share results on Rocket.Chat channels, Open and Assign New Issues and do much more right from Rocket.Chat.
• Worked on the Rocket.Chat.Apps-engine, fuselage and fuselage-ui-kit to integrate a re-usable Code Editor Component block to the Rocket.Chat.Apps-engine ui-kit.
• Technologies Used : TypeScript, React.js, Node.js, Rocket.Chat, Rocket.Chat Apps Engine, Rocket.Chat fuselage

May 2022 – Jul 2022 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked on android application with multiple TensorFlow Lite models to collect machine learning model metrics.
• Developed a web based dashboard client for metric data visualization.
• Technologies Used : Android, Kotlin, TensorFlow, ReactJS, JavaScript.
• Received preplacement offer based on internship performance to join Samsung as Full-Time Software Engineer.

Feb 2022 – Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• Active Contributor to RC4Community, Rocket.Chat, fuselage.
• Developed various full stack components for RC4Community.
• Working on new components for RocketChat fuselage ui-kit.
• Helping new contributors with Rocket.Chat Codebase
• Maintainer for the GitHub Rocket.Chat Integration.
• My contributions to Rocket.Chat can be tracked over here : https://github.com/search?p=1&q=author%3Asamad-yar-khan+org%3ARocketChat

Jan 2022 – Jun 2022 · 5 mos

• Led Tech team in building Covid-Help platform for resource scarcity during India's second Covid-19 wave.
• Connected over 5000 people with vital resources like medicines and oxygen cylinders.
• Open-sourced the platform: https://github.com/samad-yar-khan/covid-resources-client.
• Recognized for leadership in building Covid-Help, got promoted to the role of Technical Director, where I facilitated the integration of technology across projects and led a team of 8 people.

Apr 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Revamped the Project Kitabat initiative to foster the growth of Calligraphy and empower artists nationwide.
• Collaborated seamlessly with the Tech and Design teams to enhance project websites and spearhead innovative E-commerce solutions.
• Elevated the online presence of Enactus NSUT by effectively managing social media handles, resulting in an impressive 200% surge in followers across Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

Sep 2019 – Apr 2020 · 7 mos

• Student Volunteer at Enactus NSUT
• Actively contributing to Project Urjal, focusing on empowering slums and economically weaker areas in Delhi
• Implementing sustainable Solar Power solutions to ensure permanent access to light and basic electric facilities
• Collaborating with a dedicated team to create a positive impact and foster a brighter future for the community.

Feb 2021 – Jun 2021 · 4 mos

• Got introduced to version control and Open-source.
• Learned a variety of Web Technologies through webinars.
• Developed a social media platform similar to Facebook that allowed people to post their content, befriend people and chat with other users.

Sep 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Organised E-Summit 2020 which had more than 8000+ participants from different colleges.The summit had a variety of sessions from comics such as Samay Raina and many budding Entrepreneurs.
• Lead the Graphics department to make a promotional video for the summit.

Aug 2019 – Sep 2019 · 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India