Hi, I'm Siraj.
I’m a software engineer and designer from Boston, MA studying at UIUC.
Currently, software engineering and product intern at a startup (YC S20).
Incoming summer intern at HubSpot, Product design for non-profits at Hack4Impact.
Formerly, Intern at AbbVie, Research at Learning and Language Lab.
Projects
StartupMatch
Developed a Single-Page Application integrating a REST API for a job board servicing startups and students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Terrain Generation
Procedural terrain generator written with C (compiled into WebAssembly) using Perlin2D noise and visualized with HTML5/JavaScript. Prototyped in Python
Git Get
A simple GitHub profile analyzer built to gain insight for users and organizations. Built with a React.JS frontend and a Go API to facilitate caching.
Messenger Data Analysis
Quantitative metrics and textual analysis for Facebook Messenger data dumps. Using natural language processing to develop understanding about conversations.
Writing
Oct 25, 2020
Drop the 'I' and When to Use Prefixes
Clearer naming conventions for a strongly typed web.
May 27, 2020
Why and How to Write Functional JavaScript with ES6
ES6 allows for integration of functional programming in existing JavaScript programs.
Jan 20, 2020
Creating a Job Board for Startups at UIUC
The process of creating a student job board focused on startups at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.