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Hello, I'm
Zaman Ishtiyaq
Senior Software Engineer • AI Developer
Full-stack developer passionate about building scalable systems and delivering impactful solutions. Experienced in AI development, working with AI-powered search engines and machine learning platforms.
Based in Srinagar · Remote friendly
Experience & Education
A journey through my professional growth
BrightEdge
Remote
May 2025→Present
3 Projects
May 2025 - Present
- Lead Backend Engineer for BrightEdge AI Catalyst — flagship command center delivering unified visibility across AI-powered search engines, used daily by 50+ organizations including Fortune 500 brands
- Developed unified brand presence and sentiment tracking across Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, etc.
- Implemented "optimize once, rank everywhere" functionality for consistent optimization across AI platforms
- Delivered real-time analytics, recommendations, and audience intelligence (persona, intent, journey insights) to drive AI strategies
work
BrightEdge Search Volume API
Senior Software Engineer • Owner
BrightEdge•Remote
Jan 2025 - May 2025
- Owner of the BrightEdge Search Volume API — a Dockerized service deployed on GCP, serving 250+ enterprise customers
- Delivers both Google search volume insights and proprietary BrightEdge Volume data via a scalable, production-grade API
- Handles average 200K+ requests daily, including mission-critical, on-demand SV queries from customers and internal pipelines
work
BrightEdge Search Volume (BE SV)
Software Engineer III • Owner
BrightEdge•Remote
Nov 2023 - Dec 2024
- Owner of Search Volume(SV) module, reducing time to display SV on the platform from over 1 week to <48 hours with 99% availability
- Led backend development of BrightEdge Search Volume (BE SV), delivering proprietary search volume insights platform-wide
- Enabled seamless integration of BE SV across pipelines, APIs, and customer applications
- Core developer in the VIP team, responsible for resolving high-priority customer issues
Goldman Sachs
Bengaluru, India
Jan 2022→Oct 2023
3 Projectswork
Central Orchestrator for Market Risk Metrics
Software Engineer II • Core Developer
Goldman Sachs•Bengaluru, India
Jan 2022 - Oct 2023
- Core Developer on the flagship Central Orchestrator for Market Risk Metrics (COMET), delivering 30+ critical features
- Built event-driven integration with market risk pricing via Kafka, ensuring seamless and reliable data flow
- Integrated Prometheus and Grafana, cutting detection time to <1 hour and automating mitigations
- Reduced deliverable onboarding from weeks to 1 day, achieving 80% faster issue resolution
work
LIBOR Regulatory Reporting
Software Engineer • Subject Matter Expert
Goldman Sachs•Bengaluru, India
Jun 2019 - Dec 2021
- Delivered regulatory reports for the LIBOR transition, cutting reporting time from 1 month to 1 week
- Optimized pipeline workflows, reducing operational risk by 70%
- Developed MrAgg — distributed framework for aggregating risk metrics, and onboarded 5 deliverables — integration time reduced to 24 hours
- Acted as Subject Matter Expert for LIBOR reporting, advising team members and stakeholders
work
Market Risk Data Reporting System
Software Developer Intern
Goldman Sachs•Bengaluru, India
May 2018 - Jun 2018
- Developed a query layer on Vert.x framework for reporting market risk data
- Integrated new layer with web clients and abstracted datastore, boosting flexibility and UX
education
B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar•Bhubaneswar, India
May 2015 - Jun 2019
- CGPA: 8.97/10
- Top 0.05% in JEE Main and JEE Advanced (2015)
- Gold Prize, Business Plan Presentation — Center for Entrepreneurship, IIT Bhubaneswar (2016)
Featured Projects
Timeline of Builds
A timeline of projects I've built and deployed
Technologies I Work With
A curated stack of modern tools powering shipping speed and reliability
OpenAI API
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
React
Next.js
GCP
AWS
Kafka
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Docker
Redis
Git
GitLab
Jenkins
Prometheus
Grafana
Django
Flask
FastAPI
ClickHouse
BigQuery
SQLite
JIRA
Clerk
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