Hi, I'm Sohail Ahmad.
I build robust, full-stack applications with a focus on seamless user experiences and scalable backends. Based in New York City.
Education
M.S. in Software Engineering
Western Governors University
- Concentration: Artificial Intelligence Engineering
B.S. in Computer Science
CUNY City College of New York
- Concentration: Software Engineering
- Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Software Engineering
Experience
Student Assistant / Help Desk Technician
NYS Office of Information Technology Services
- Developed a PowerShell Post-Imaging Script that automated silent installation of legacy programs, facility-specific configurations, and desktop customizations across 250+ workstations, eliminating over 50 hours of manual setup.
- Managed full incident lifecycle in ServiceNow (ITSM), triaging and resolving over 40 help desk tickets weekly for clinical and administrative staff.
Software Engineering Intern
MTA
- Built a PyQt5 desktop application for dynamic mapping of office cubicle floor plans, integrating live employee data to support workspace planning.
- Developed a PyQt5 + SQLite compatibility tracking tool to monitor software versions across multiple train fleets, replacing manual spreadsheet tracking.
Software Engineering Intern
NYC Department of Education
- Contributed to the NYC Yellow School Bus live tracking initiative in partnership with Via, supporting features that enabled parents to track student buses in real time.
- Analyzed Via dashboard ridership and route subscription data to produce adoption reports, informing outreach strategy for the school bus tracking rollout across NYC.
Featured Projects
Odys.us
Bilingual (EN/PL) full-stack clinical platform. Architected a headless CMS enabling non-technical admins to manage page content in real-time, alongside a secure patient portal gated by role-based access control.
Notesage AI
Backend architecture for full CRUD operations on AI-generated notes. Integrated Tesseract OCR and OpenAI API to process multi-modal user input and generate structured, organized notes.
Technical Skills
Web Development
Backend
Cloud & Tools
AI / ML
Let's Connect
I'm currently open for new opportunities in Software Engineering. Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, I'll try my best to get back to you!