Hi there!

I'm Shahir Ahmed

I'm a software engineer in New York, working on my Master's in Computer Science at NYU.

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About me

I studied computer science and math at Dickinson College, and now I'm doing my Master's at NYU.

Most recently I worked at Sarva, a startup that helps neighborhood grocery shops manage their inventory. I built the voice assistant that lets shop owners update their stock just by talking to it in their own language.

Before that, I was a software engineer intern on FarmData2, a research project at Dickinson College backed by the National Science Foundation and PASA Sustainable Agriculture. We built open source software that vegetable farms use to log their daily work and keep records for organic certification.

I also contribute to Mermaid.js, an open source tool GitHub and Microsoft use to turn text into flowcharts and diagrams, and I'm ranked 25th out of more than 600 contributors.

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My recent projects

GrabPic interface

GrabPic

After a wedding or conference, share one link and every guest takes a selfie to see only the photos they're in.

PaperPulse interface

PaperPulse

Start each morning with the new research papers that matter to your work, and ask questions about any of them.

Queue Up interface

Queue Up

Meet people who listen to the same music you do, matched from your Spotify history, and start chatting right away.

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Always happy to talk about a role, a project, or something you're stuck on.