Haris Ahmed

ECE @ Rutgers · Software Engineer

StackJavaPythonTypeScriptC#C/C++ReactNext.jsNode.jsSQL/NoSQLKubernetes

// Experience

Software Engineer Intern

Bank of AmericaBank of America|June 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Shortened Salesforce deployment cycles, saving 20 person-hours per week in deployment time, via Apex class and unit test optimizations using SQL and Java.
  • Cut engineer onboarding time on large codebases by building an internal architecture visualization tool that maps class dependencies across Java, Python, and C, using Python (Flask), REST APIs, and React.
  • Protected Bank of America from significant regulatory liability by identifying and patching 3 high-severity security vulnerabilities, maintaining SEC compliance.

Software Engineer Intern

CognizantCognizant|June 2024 – Aug 2024
  • Modernized data processing infrastructure for healthcare insurance clients, supporting millions of patient records, by building distributed applications in TypeScript, C#, SQL, RabbitMQ, and Kubernetes.
  • Surfaced actionable insights across millions of patient records for insurance decision-makers by building analytics dashboards in C#, Python, React, and Microsoft Power BI.
  • Cut manual reporting time for healthcare analysts across millions of patient records by designing optimized SQL data pipelines for efficient large-scale dataset retrieval.

Computer Engineering Research Assistant

Research
Rutgers UniversityRutgers University|May 2023 – Sep 2023
  • Reduced physical testing costs for autonomous underwater vehicle research by building a high-fidelity simulation environment in Unreal Engine 4, enabling virtual trials under Professor Dario Pompili.
  • Improved autonomous navigation accuracy for underwater vehicles in dynamic current conditions by implementing disturbance observer-based model predictive control trajectory algorithms in C++.
  • Ensured simulation fidelity to real-world underwater drone behavior by collaborating with researchers and engineers to define and validate test environment requirements and specifications.

Software Engineer Intern

NJ DOE
Islamic Society of Central JerseyIslamic Society of Central Jersey|June 2023 – Aug 2023
  • Improved user experience for thousands of community members by rebuilding two outdated websites (iscj.org and sanad.iscj.org) using React.js, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Enabled real-time data sync and secure authentication for thousands of community users by integrating Firebase Cloud Functions, real-time database, and backend services into the web applications.
  • Eliminated payment errors and manual workarounds for non-technical staff by building and documenting a secure payment portal, removing the need for manual financial processing.

// Projects

Dispatch

AI incident response

Won NYC Datadog AI Agents Hackathon. Built agents to monitor production logs, respond to incidents, and text real-time alerts.

Subscription Tracker

RESTful subscription API

Robust RESTful API for managing personal subscriptions, exploring large-scale architecture, security best practices, and modern backend patterns.

Ozric

Web3 blockchain app

Web 3.0 application that makes transactions on the Ethereum blockchain. Includes smart contracts, built with React.js.

Fitsy

workout companion

Workout app using the Edamam nutrition API with Firebase. Includes run, lift, and swim workout guides.

AquaBot

Discord manga bot

Discord bot built with discord.py that uses pytmangadex to access MangaDex and return manga info via user commands.

// Achievements & Leadership