k. Kazi Niaz
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Open to new opportunities · Philadelphia, PA

Hi, I'm Kazi. I build thoughtful
software.

I'm a software engineer at Temple University finishing my M.S. in Computer Science. I like turning messy operational problems into quiet, reliable systems — CRMs, reconciliation tools, monitoring dashboards, the occasional AR experiment.

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01 — About
Kazi Niaz Ahmed

A developer who came in through the back door.

I started in business school — a double major in MIS and Finance — and along the way kept finding myself building the thing instead of writing about it. By the time I graduated, I'd cleaned 60+ data files for a research nonprofit, prototyped a credit risk system at a bank in Dhaka, and competed in (and won) the AIS National Data Analytics Challenge.

Today I work as a Software Engineer at Temple University, where I get to build the kind of internal tools that quietly run a campus — a custom CRM in PHP, Flask APIs that move grades between systems without a single human in the loop, Java apps for account reconciliation, and Grafana dashboards that cut our incident response time by 25%.

I'm finishing my M.S. in Computer Science at Temple in December 2026, and I'm open to talking about full-time engineering roles starting then.

5+Years building
25%Faster incidents
3.91Undergrad GPA
02 — Stack

Tools I reach for.

Software

PythonPHPC# JavaReact.jsNode.js Flask

Web

JavaScriptBootstrap jQueryHTML/CSS

Data

SQLR Power BITableauStata

Platform & Other

KubernetesMaven GrafanaPower Apps KotlinThree.js
03 — Experience

Where I've worked.

A mix of higher-ed engineering, enterprise architecture, and analyst stints — each one taught me something different about how systems actually break in the real world.

Software Engineer I

Current
Jul 2023 — Present
Temple University · CE Systems IT Philadelphia, PA

Leading the buildout of a custom CRM in PHP & JavaScript that integrates with the university's central registration system. On the side, shipping Flask APIs that fully automate grade transfers, a Java-based account reconciliation app, and standing up Grafana so we can actually see what's going on.

25% Faster incident response, post-Grafana
3+ Java apps on a Maven CI/CD pipeline
0 Manual touch-points in grade transfer
PHPFlaskJavaGrafanaMaven

Programmer / Analyst

Jan 2020 — Jul 2023
Temple University · Continuing Education Systems Philadelphia, PA

Wrote 30+ complex SQL queries for cross-platform analyses that informed how departments planned their marketing. Built a transcript generator on Power Apps + Power Automate + SQL that cut turnaround by 40%, and chipped away at day-to-day tickets across Temple's CE registration system.

40% Faster transcript generation
30+ SQL analyses across departments
SQLPower AppsJavaScriptBootstrap

Enterprise Architecture Intern

Jun 2019 — Aug 2019
AmerisourceBergen (now Cencora) Chesterbrook, PA

Analyzed 10+ datasets in Power BI to surface the company's core competencies and built an interactive PowerApps tool that helped managers decide which internal apps to keep — and which to retire.

Power BIPower Apps

Business Analyst Intern

Jun 2018 — Aug 2018
Southeast Bank Limited Dhaka, Bangladesh

Assessed the bank's existing Credit Risk Grading system, interviewed managers for non-functional requirements, and prototyped the proposed upgrade in Justinmind.

RequirementsJustinmind

Research Intern

Jan 2018 — May 2018
Research for Action Philadelphia, PA

Cleaned and reshaped 60+ Pennsylvania school data files in Stata for the PACER project, and wrote reusable code templates across six data categories — cutting data cleaning time by roughly half.

50% Faster data cleaning via templates
StataData cleaning
04 — Education

Where I learned.

Two degrees at Temple — one finishing this December, one a slightly meandering route in.

In progress · Dec 2026

M.S., Computer Science

Temple University · College of Science and Technology · Philadelphia, PA

Dec '26Graduation
Full-timeTrack
Focus areas
Systems Distributed Algorithms
Conferred · Dec 2019

B.B.A., MIS & Finance

Temple University · Fox School of Business · Philadelphia, PA

3.91GPA
7×Dean's List
4×Pres. Scholar
Honors & awards
🏆 1st · AIS Nat'l Data Analytics 🥈 2nd · Target Case Competition Riddell Endowed Scholarship Presidential Scholar Award
05 — Projects

Things I've built on the side.

Independent projects, mostly tools I wanted to exist. Each one started as a problem I was actually trying to solve.

Student Tracking System

AI-backed student data tracking + centralized messaging that any small institution or department can adopt. Designed for the kind of place that's still on spreadsheets.

JavaScriptPHPSQL
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Augmentlee

A collection of APIs and plug-ins for e-commerce sites to drop in web-AR — letting shoppers view real 3-D models of products through their phone camera. No app install.

Three.jsNode.jsWebAR
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$ 248.50 CHARGE

Hishab

Inventory + point-of-sale built mobile-first, for small businesses that don't want — or need — a desktop terminal. Aimed at corner shops and family stores.

PHPJavaScriptSQL
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06 — Writing

Notes from the workbench.

Occasional posts on what I'm building, what I'm learning, and the small engineering decisions that turn out to matter more than I expected.

Mar 18, 20268 min read

Building a CRM at scale, on a higher-ed budget

What I learned shipping a custom CRM at Temple — when off-the-shelf isn't a fit, and the surprisingly small set of features that 80% of users actually touch.

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Jan 22, 20266 min read

Notes on Three.js for e-commerce

Building web-AR for shopping turns out to be 10% rendering and 90% file format wrangling. A field report from Augmentlee — what works, what doesn't, what I'd do over.

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Nov 04, 20255 min read

From business school to engineering

I didn't start with a CS degree, and for a while I thought that mattered. A quiet reflection on a non-traditional path — and the things it turned out to be unexpectedly good for.

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07 — Contact

Let's talk.

Looking for a full-time engineering role starting December 2026. Open to chat about engineering, internships, AR, higher-ed tech — or anything you're building.

Email
kazi.niaz@temple.edu
GitHub
github.com/KaziAhmed100
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/YOUR-LINKEDIN-USERNAME
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