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ABOUT ME

// behind the code

Tariq Ahmad
Open to new opportunities in software development and AI.

I'm Tariq, a Computer Engineering graduate from Istanbul Aydin University. What started as curiosity about how things work under the hood turned into a genuine passion for building software that doesn't just function, but feels right to use.

My path hasn't been a straight line, and I think that's a strength. I've worked on Industry 4.0 research, kept networks running for a logistics company, and built web apps from scratch. Each role taught me something different, and together they shaped how I approach problems: practically, patiently, and with a healthy skepticism for "we've always done it this way."

I speak English and Dari fluently and get by in Hindi, which comes in handy more often than you'd expect. Day to day, I work with C, C++, Java, Python, and modern web frameworks, but I'm more interested in the problem in front of me than the tool I use to solve it.

My Stack

languages

JavaScript
JavaScript
TypeScript
TypeScript
Python
Python
Java
Java
C
C
C++
C++
C#
C#
PHP
PHP

frontend

React
React
React Native
React Native
Next.js
Next.js
Angular
Angular
Bootstrap
Bootstrap
Tailwind
Tailwind

backend

Node.js
Node.js
Express.js
Express.js
Django
Django
Spring Boot
Spring Boot
Firebase
Firebase

database

MySQL
MySQL
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
MongoDB

tools

Git
Git
GitHub
GitHub
Docker
Docker
AWS
AWS

My Experience

  • Research Assistant

    Industry 4.0 Research Centre

    Led research threads on using AI to make manufacturing systems smarter and more adaptive — carrying ideas from first principles through working prototypes, and keeping only what held up under testing.

    • Industry 4.0 applied research
    • Prototype-driven validation
    • Literature surveys
    10 MO
  • Research Assistant Intern

    Istanbul Aydin University

    Contributed data analysis and documentation to academic research, where I learned that good research starts with asking the right question — and that there is a real difference between code that runs and code that proves something.

    • Data analysis for academic research
    • Research documentation
    3 MO
  • Frontend Developer Intern

    Caretta Software Company

    Shipped responsive web interfaces in React and modern CSS inside a team codebase, through code reviews and shared ownership. My first exposure to professional workflow, and the reality that "it works on my machine" is never a good enough answer.

    • Responsive interfaces in React and modern CSS
    • Collaborative Git workflow with code reviews
    3 MO
  • Research Intern

    Istanbul Aydin University

    Joined computer engineering research initiatives to turn sprawling, ambiguous problems into questions small enough to actually answer — mostly through data analysis and literature review.

    • Scoping ambiguous research problems
    • Data analysis
    • Literature surveys
    4 MO
  • Network Technician

    Tawhid Almas Logistics Company

    Owned the network infrastructure keeping every department of a logistics company connected. When the network goes down in a logistics company, nothing moves, so uptime was not optional.

    • Company-wide network infrastructure
    • Uptime-critical logistics connectivity
    3 MO
  • IT Support Specialist

    Tawhid Almas Logistics Company

    Kept daily logistics operations running through frontline technical support and systems maintenance. Learned that patience and a clear explanation often matter as much as technical knowledge, especially when someone just needs their system back up.

    • Frontline support for daily operations
    • Systems maintenance and recovery
    3 MO

Certifications

Oxford International Digital Institute

Oxford Test of English - Overall Score: 8.0

November 2025

IDP Education

IELTS - Overall Band: 6.0

February 2025

Meta | Coursera

React Native

March 2025

Stanford | Coursera

Unsupervised Learning, Recommenders, Reinforcement Learning

September 2024

Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification

August 2024

Google | Coursera

Technical Support Fundamentals

December 2023

Crash Course on Python

November 2023

Introduction to Large Language Models

October 2023

Introduction to Generative AI

July 2023

Microsoft | edX

Introduction to C++

November 2020

Erasoft IT Institute

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

August 2019

Wireless Networking

August 2019

Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE)

July 2019

University of Queensland | edX

IELTS Academic Test Preparation

December 2017

SELECTED PROJECTS

Testimonials

He is one of those students whose work makes you stop and look. His Hotel Management System was not even assigned, he built it alone with C#, .NET and MySQL just because he wanted to make something real, most undergrads do not do that. He explains technical stuff clearly in English as well, and that kind of communication helps a team a lot more than people think.

Roa'a Ali

Assistant Professor

What I remember about Tariq is he kept learning after exams were over. He would come to office hours and ask about ML architectures and cloud deployment, stuff that was not even in the course. He did Stanford's machine learning certification by himself and his TensorFlow digit classifier showed he got the math behind it, not only the API calls. You do not see that depth often in undergrad work.

Wasim Raed

Senior Professor

He kept coming back to our Industry 4.0 Research Center for three terms even though he did not have to. Every term we gave him bigger tasks, at first literature reviews, then helping design experiments, then presenting results to the group. A lot of undergrads just use research for their CV. Tariq actually cared about it.

Zafer Aslan

Vice Dean

Tariq joined our Industry 4.0 Research Center in his second year, which is earlier than most students do. He just got on with the boring work, literature reviews, cleaning data, running the same experiments again. His graduation project proved what we already knew, he does not cut corners. For me he is up there with the best students I have supervised.

Alparslan Horasan

Assistant Professor

I have mentored a lot of interns and Tariq picked things up quicker than anyone. By week three he was writing React components we could actually ship and asking good questions about our design choices. He came second in our internal coding competition too, honestly that did not surprise me. Just look at his GitHub, he finishes what he starts.

Selçuk Şener

Senior Software Developer

He is one of those students whose work makes you stop and look. His Hotel Management System was not even assigned, he built it alone with C#, .NET and MySQL just because he wanted to make something real, most undergrads do not do that. He explains technical stuff clearly in English as well, and that kind of communication helps a team a lot more than people think.

Roa'a Ali

Assistant Professor

What I remember about Tariq is he kept learning after exams were over. He would come to office hours and ask about ML architectures and cloud deployment, stuff that was not even in the course. He did Stanford's machine learning certification by himself and his TensorFlow digit classifier showed he got the math behind it, not only the API calls. You do not see that depth often in undergrad work.

Wasim Raed

Senior Professor

He kept coming back to our Industry 4.0 Research Center for three terms even though he did not have to. Every term we gave him bigger tasks, at first literature reviews, then helping design experiments, then presenting results to the group. A lot of undergrads just use research for their CV. Tariq actually cared about it.

Zafer Aslan

Vice Dean

Tariq joined our Industry 4.0 Research Center in his second year, which is earlier than most students do. He just got on with the boring work, literature reviews, cleaning data, running the same experiments again. His graduation project proved what we already knew, he does not cut corners. For me he is up there with the best students I have supervised.

Alparslan Horasan

Assistant Professor

I have mentored a lot of interns and Tariq picked things up quicker than anyone. By week three he was writing React components we could actually ship and asking good questions about our design choices. He came second in our internal coding competition too, honestly that did not surprise me. Just look at his GitHub, he finishes what he starts.

Selçuk Şener

Senior Software Developer

He is one of those students whose work makes you stop and look. His Hotel Management System was not even assigned, he built it alone with C#, .NET and MySQL just because he wanted to make something real, most undergrads do not do that. He explains technical stuff clearly in English as well, and that kind of communication helps a team a lot more than people think.

Roa'a Ali

Assistant Professor

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