Arham Ahmed is a senior software engineer based in Sunnyvale, California, with 11 years of experience building high-performance, cloud-native systems. He currently works at LinkedIn after impactful roles on Azure IoT at Microsoft and earlier engineering stints at Amazon, Google, and Shopify, focusing on scalable infrastructure and production reliability. His work blends algorithmic thinking and systems engineering—examples include an 8x speedup for video ad allocation via a custom genetic-algorithm SAT solver, a 350% improvement in mobile CI build times, and a 13% boost in Blob Storage write throughput. He holds a B.A.Sc. in Computer Engineering from University of Waterloo and a Master of Computer Science from UIUC (4.0 GPA), bringing strong academic rigor to practical engineering. Arham is known for shipping efficient, telemetry-driven solutions that lower operational cost and accelerate deployment.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Science, Computer Science, 4.0 GPA, Master of Computer Science, Computer Science, 4.0 GPA at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Milliken Mills High School
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Engineering, 3.7 GPA, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Engineering, 3.7 GPA at University of Waterloo
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