Saad Siddiqui Email & Phone Number

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Remote-First, Us

- One of 2 engineers on the newly formed Tokenization and Treasury team, owning the design and implementation of digital asset management platforms used for the creation and management of regulated stable digital currencies (Stablecoins) and digital assets (Cryptocurrencies).- Instrumental in expanding the team from 2 to 10 engineers through onboarding and mentorship, while also leading significant design and code review initiatives.- Designed and deployed a blockchain and token-agnostic liquidity management system across Paxos’ digital wallets, which enabled onboarding of new blockchains, tokens, and wallets within seconds, while minimizing transaction fees paid by Paxos.- Dramatically reduced blockchains, tokens, and bank integration times from over 2 months to less than 1 hour, directly benefiting all subsequent launches.- Served as one of four key engineers driving the launch of USDP on Solana, an SPL token valued at approximately $250M. Collaborated with the Solana Foundation to introduce the first mass-market stablecoin using the Token-2022 standard.- Served as part of a small group of key engineers driving the launch of PayPal's PYUSD, a US-dollar-backed stablecoin, on both Ethereum and Solana, with a combined market cap of over $850M. Collaborated closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a seamless launch.- Organized and led a team to develop Hot Minting Stablecoin Faucets at a company hackathon, which was awarded first place by company executives and brought to market as a Paxos product within 4 months.

Redmond, Washington, Us

I actively designed and implemented additions to, as well as maintained, features of Microsoft’s Invoicing systems in C#, which enabled Microsoft to process billions of dollars each quarter.I redesigned and implemented the End-to-End testing suite used for Regression and Scale testing.I worked an on-call schedule to mitigate live-site-scenarios and maintain high service reliability when problems arose, while working with teams upstream and downstream to meet financial regulation requirements.

Blacksburg, Va, Us

I actively engaged with students in the Honors Residential Commons Living Learning Community to encourage community and student development, foster a safe and welcoming living environment, and aid with administrative tasks

Seattle, Wa, Us

Designed and developed a backend system to integrate a workflow application with Amazon’s monitoring systems, effectively decreasing error notification time by over 90%.Developed a front-end application for product data collection and manipulation for machine learning research.

Boston, Ma, Us

I was fortunate to be selected as a participant in HBS' Peek Weekend. During this weekend, I attended classes taught by HBS professors, learned about Harvard Business School's MBA programs, and networked with the school's professors and students.

Blacksburg, Va, Us

I worked on a team in the Virginia Tech Smart Infrastructure Laboratory to aid in the application of a project involving detecting, locating, and tracking persons through the use of vibration data on a staircase. I was responsible for designing and implementing the system architecture to allow for proper data acquisition and interpretation as well as for ensuring proper system response to external stimuli. Technologies I utilized included a Raspberry Pi, LED lights, LabJack's open source software, and Python.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

As a full-stack software developer, I worked to add capabilities to an internal site with several thousand users within the fraud department of the bank and saw six projects to completionTechnologies I utilized: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Java, and SQLAs a business analyst, I acted as an intermediary between the technical and non-technical members of the firm. I met with business leads to obtain program requirements, which I then refined and communicated to the development team and documented for future development

Blacksburg, Va, Us

I held office hours to tutor over 60 students in introductory Business Analytics topics related to Microsoft Excel, the use of functions and macros, and programming within Visual Basic. (BIT 3424). Topics covered included loops, data analysis and report generation, excel sheet manipulation, and SQL-command integration. I also graded homework assignments, answered student questions, and guided teams of students as they developed semester-long decision-making programs in teams for Virginia Tech's annual BIT Showcase.

Bethesda, Us

I spent my summer co-authoring the publishing and attached research report for the CPSC on electrocutions in the United States.Developed reusable Visual Basic programs to sort, compile, and analyze large unique sets of data within Microsoft Excel - effectively optimizing the process and saving the division several days of manual reviewPerformed data support tasks requiring different steps, processes, and procedures, allowing for the quicker completion of reportsAssisted with quality control tasks, including reviewing injury reports for incomplete or inconsistent dataCleaned and coded data fields based on narrative descriptions and associated documents to enable analysis of hazard patterns and other variablesAssisted staff members on individual projects

Seattle, Washington, Us

Among the top account-openers in the regionWorked seasonally full-time as a Men's Clothing Sales RepresentativeResponsible for sales, returns, merchandise organization, and customer relations

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science, Business Information Technology

Presidential Global Scholars Study Abroad Program, Undergraduate Researcher And Student

Computer Science And Accounting

Advanced Diploma, Business