Kazi Niaz Ahmed — Software Engineer

01 — About

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. 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.

6+Years building

15+Products Built

3.91Undergrad GPA

03 — Experience

Where I've worked.

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

Software Engineer I

Current

Jul 2023 — Present

T Temple University · IT Systems Philadelphia, PA

Developing a full-scale CRM system using PHP, JavaScript and SQL that integrated with the university's central registration platform. Built RESTful API endpoints using Flask to automate grade transfer workflows. Designed a custom transript generator using C# and .NET. Developed an end-to-end monitoring stack with Cron health-checks and automated alerts.

25% Faster incident response, post-Grafana

10+ hours saved in transcript customization

0 Manual touch-points in grade transfer

PHPFlaskC#GrafanaMaven

Programmer / Analyst

Jan 2020 — Jul 2023

T Temple University · Continuing Education Systems Philadelphia, PA

Authored 30+ complex SQL queries and built reporting dashboards to conduct cross-platform data analyses. Built 10+ Power Automate workflows spanning time-off request approvals, trigger-based email automations, and batch ingestion of data into Excel and SharePoint. Enhanced the university’s website accessibility and branding by implementing WCAG-compliant front-end updates. Resolved 100+ software support tickets per quarter across the Continuing Education registration system.

100+ Ticket resolution per quarter

30+ SQL query analyses across departments

SQLPower AppsJavaScriptBootstrap

Enterprise Architecture Intern

Jun 2019 — Aug 2019

A 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

05 — Projects

Things I've built on the side.

Independent projects I have worked on. Each one started as a problem I was actually trying to solve.

Chat with PDF

A RAG-powered application that turns any PDF into a conversational knowledge base with grounded answers, page citations, and a one-click demo.

Next.jsPostgreSQLLangChain

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Change Management System

A full-stack change management platform featuring risk-scored approval routing, conflict-aware change scheduling, role-based access, and an append-only audit trail.

FastAPINext.jsPostgreSQL

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