Zaman Ishtiyaq

Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 11 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led backend engineering for AI Catalyst impacting Fortune 500 brands.
Developed scalable API serving 250+ enterprise customers.
Designed flagship orchestrator enhancing market risk metrics.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer with expertise in SaaS and Fintech industries.

Contact

zaman.ishtiyaq@atlan.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)BackendSoftware InfrastructureSoftware DevelopmentSoftware DesignJava

Other Skills

Adobe PhotoshopAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Analytical SkillsApache KafkaCC++Code ReviewCommunicationComputer ScienceData AnalysisData EngineeringData MigrationData ModelingData Structures

About

🚀 Senior Software Engineer | AI & Search | Scalable Backend Systems | Cloud (GCP, AWS) | Driving Enterprise Impact

Experience

6 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Brightedge

Senior Software Developer

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Remote

AI Catalyst
Lead Backend Engineer for BrightEdge AI Catalyst — flagship command center delivering unified visibility across AI‑powered search engines,
used daily by 50+ organizations including Fortune 500 brands.
Developed unified brand presence and sentiment tracking across Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, etc.
Implemented “optimize once, rank everywhere” functionality for consistent optimization across AI platforms.
Delivered real‑time analytics, recommendations, and audience intelligence (persona, intent, journey insights) to drive AI strategies.
Search Volume API
Owner of the BrightEdge Search Volume API — a Dockerized service deployed on GCP, serving 250+ enterprise customers.
Delivers both Google search volume insights and proprietary BrightEdge Volume data via a scalable, production‑grade API.
Handles average 200K+ requests daily, including mission‑critical, on‑demand SV queries from customers and internal pipelines.
Search Volume VIP
Owner of Search Volume(SV) module, reducing time to display SV on the platform from over 1 week to <48 hours with 99% availability.
Led backend development of BrightEdge Search Volume (BE SV), delivering proprietary search volume insights platform‑wide.
Enabled seamless integration of BE SV across pipelines, APIs, and customer applications.
Core developer in the VIP team, responsible for resolving high‑priority customer issues.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Large Language Models (LLM)PythonSoftware DesignDjangoFastAPI+5

Goldman sachs

3 roles

Senior Software Developer

Promoted

Jan 2021 – Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Central Orchestration for Metrics (COMET) 2021-Present
Core developer on the flagship orchestrator for market risk metrics,
Designed and developed key features of the orchestrator and handled extensive end-to-end testing, including chaos testing of the framework.
Played a major role in the development of user interactions with the orchestration manifest, making it more intuitive and user-friendly.
Built the integration of an event-driven market risk pricing system with the manifest, using a Kafka pipeline for seamless data flow.
Worked closely with the team to ensure a successful go-live of the orchestrator, including troubleshooting and resolving any issues post go-live.
Developed monitoring tools for the orchestrator using Prometheus and Grafana, providing real-time insights into performance and enabling proactive issue resolution.
Mentored new team members and helped them get onboarded on the system, conducted thorough reviews of pull requests and technical specifications, and actively participated in discussions regarding technology and product enhancements.