Aiza Usman — Software Engineer
Software engineer with 6 years of expertise in building scalable systems, consumer facing products, cloud-native architectures, and Gen AI/ML applications. I continue to deliver 8+ figure revenue impact for high-performance, user-centric products for consumers, sellers, and internal operations. Key highlights of my work include architecting and deploying microservice architectures, distributed systems, and high-availability platforms serving millions of users. - At Namshi, I rewrote the catalog management system that powered the entire e-commerce business, scaling to tens of thousands in QPS, cutting latency by 30%+, and enabling revenue increase by 40%. - At Noon.com, I architected the central product catalog indexing pipeline that reduced processing time by 97%. Beyond execution, I’m also very passionate about mentorship and engineering leadership, having onboarded & led many ICs and built high-retention teams. I have also undertaken empowerment initiatives during my time in the industry to further the mission of women representation in STEM. My expertise spans Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, and C/C++, with experience across AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, FastAPI, Node.js, and Redis. I specialize in search, discovery, and recommendation systems, ETL pipelines, and performance optimization at scale. In AI/ML, my focus includes Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, and generative AI research.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer with extensive experience in E-commerce and Government Technology.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 5 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Microservices
- Python
- Search Optimization
- Data Processing
- Product Development
- Full Stack Development
- Nlp Research
- Machine Learning
- Backend Development
- Data Science
Career Highlights
- Delivered 8+ figure revenue impact through scalable systems.
- Architected microservice architectures serving millions of users.
- Passionate mentor fostering high-retention engineering teams.
Work Experience
Anthropic
Member of Technical Staff (4 mos)
Namshi.com
Senior Software Engineer (11 mos)
noon
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 7 mos)
PwC
Software Engineer (1 yr 6 mos)
Computational Approaches to Modeling Language Lab
NLP Researcher (11 mos)
IQVIA
Software Engineering Intern (2 mos)
Labocine
Backend Engineer (11 mos)
Center for High Energy Physics (CHEP)
Research Assistant (2 mos)
Education
Master of Software Engineering (MSE Professional) at Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Science - BS at New York University Abu Dhabi
