taah.dev

hey! i'm

TAAHA SAYED

a full-stack developer

I am a Computer Science graduate from the University of California, Riverside. I work across full-stack development, cloud systems, and automation, and dabble in game development and networking projects.

CONCEPTS

  • C#
  • C++
  • Java
  • Kotlin
  • Rust
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Lua
  • HTML
  • Sockets
  • Full-Stack
  • Backend
  • Frontend
  • System Design
  • Gameplay Programming
  • Agile Methodologies
  • DevOps
  • RESTful APIs
  • Databases
  • Networking
  • Packets
  • Data Analysis
  • Git

PROJECTS

  • OurSearch

    • React.JS
    • Java
    • Spring Boot
    • Docker
    • Firebase
    • JSON

    A platform to conceptualize a multiplayer mode of playing LeetCode using Docker containers for code execution, authentication through Firebase, and Spring Boot for frontend to backend communication.

  • Top Down Game

    • Arduino
    • C++

    An embedded systems project using custom-drawn sprites to create a pixelated top-down game using C++ without Arduino library.

  • Crewmate

    • Netty
    • Kotlin
    • UDP Sockets
    • JSON

    A networking project that implemented Among Us's matchmaking server that communicates between the server and client using packets, also featuring plug-in support and custom API.

EXPERIENCES

  • Amazon

    • Software Development Engineer
    • Python
    • DynamoDB
    • AWS Lambda
    • OpenSearch
    • Boto3
    • LLM
    • RESTful APIs
    • Flask
    • Jinja2

    Migrated 24,000+ DynamoDB records to a new schema, improved frontend latency with direct data retrieval, and built a validation framework combining LLM-based and deterministic evaluators. Previously developed dataset filtering workflows and enhanced an internal Flask + Jinja2 dashboard during my internship, improving product recommendations by 19%.

  • Cutie/CitrusHack

    • Lead Software Engineer
    • Full-Stack
    • Automation
    • QR Codes
    • Events Calendar

    Led development and deployment of an automation platform supporting student participation in hackathon events, including an events calendar and QR-code-based check-in workflow.

  • University of California, Riverside

    • Research Software Developer
    • Next.JS
    • OAuth2
    • TailwindCSS
    • MongoDB
    • GCP
    • Terraform
    • Python

    Built a full-stack Next.JS portal for researchers managing NSF grant plans, with a TailwindCSS interface, Google OAuth2 authentication, MongoDB storage, and automated GCP instance provisioning. Earlier work included Python tooling to filter Terraform and OpenToFu virtual machines using regular expressions.