$ whoami
ishaq ahmed shaik
mle / swe · tempe, az
ms cs @ asu, graduating may 2026
$ looking_for
full-time roles, start jun 2026
primary mle / ml infra / ai research eng
also open backend / infra / distributed systems swe
us (remote or on-site) · us work authorized
$ links
resume [ml.pdf] [backend.pdf]
email ishaq.sde@gmail.com
github sonuishaq67
linkedin ishaq-sde
$ cat recent.md
[2026-04] won villagehacks 2026 @ asu
with benjamin aspinall. built agent debate: an ai research orchestrator that generates opposing reports on a question and runs a podcast-style debate via elevenlabs, using the thinkⁿ beliefs api to map claim confidence onto voice.
$ experience
[2025--] asu, graduate student assistant
deployed a python rag whatsapp assistant to 5k+ users on aws lambda + sqs; cut query error rate 30% → 1%.
[23-24] extreme networks, software engineer
java + kafka + grpc on flagship networking hardware. 99.99% state recovery across 100k+ devices, 25% inter-service latency drop.
[2023] nbyula, swe intern
python services + docker on aws cloudfront + redis. cut image load 84% (2.5s → 400ms) and raised chat dau 32%.
[2022] loadshare networks, sde intern
dockerized java spring boot microservices — 75% faster deploys.
$ things_i_built_for_fun
chess transformer on lichess
500m-param transformer trained on 10b tokens on 4xh100s. serves live games at 0.3s move latency via onnx on ec2. challenge it on lichess.
→ github.com/sonuishaq67/chess
pong, but the agent learns it
double-dqn reinforcement learner that hits 100% win rate on 10k games. 91% training speedup from parallel async vector envs + torch.compile.
distributed social media backend
go service mesh on kubernetes hpa, 50k+ req/min sustained under load, grpc end-to-end.