Shahid Ahmad
Growth at Elicit
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShahid Ahmad is a New York–based growth professional and software engineer with ten years of experience spanning research, product, and engineering. Currently leading growth at Elicit, he combines hands-on front-end development—including contributions to Our World in Data’s popular owid-grapher data-visualization platform—with research-informed product strategy. He previously conducted impact-focused research at GiveWell and co-founded Jasmine.ai as Head of Product, bringing startup leadership to evidence-driven workflows. His background ranges from algorithm engineering for robotic exoskeletons to internships at Snowflake, demonstrating technical depth across algorithms, data, and UI. He holds a dual degree in Computer Science and Philosophy from the University of Michigan and is actively seeking roles in computational social science, progress studies, startups, and other impact-driven projects.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Philosophy, GPA 3.7, ACT 35, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Philosophy, GPA 3.7, ACT 35 at University of Michigan
Github Skills (13)
typescript10
typescript310
typescripts10
typescript210
react10
typescript-types10
data-visualization9
javascript9
data-visualisation9
javascripts9
data-visualizations9
css8
html8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
owid/owid-grapher
Mar 2020 - Feb 2021
A platform for creating interactive data visualizations
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:34 reviews, 221 commits, 103 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Shahid primarily focused on front-end development, with changes centered around data visualization and user interface enhancements. They refactored code related to data display and downloads, separated and optimized functions, and implemented improvements to the user interface for better data presentation and accessibility. The user also contributed to the styling of the visualization elements by matching the chart color schemes.
graph-analysisreactmemgraphgraphsvisualizations
shaahmad/shyp
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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