Ayub Farah

My name is Ayub Farah. I'm currently pursuing a B.S. in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science at The University of Houston. I have an interest in Computer Science and Mathematics, especially number theory and algebra. I have experience with a variety of programming languages like Python, Ruby, TypeScript, Kotlin, and Go, as well as popular frameworks like React, Express.js, Flask, Ruby on Rails, NumPy, pandas, etc.

Cisco Meraki, Software Engineering Intern

May - August 2025 | San Francisco, CA

• Built a frontend interface for filtering and searching firewall rules in the Cisco Meraki Dashboard using TypeScript and Redux.
• Implemented backend API routes in Ruby on Rails to support advanced rule filtering and search queries.
• Integrated OpenAI ChatGPT API to enable natural language-driven rule searches, allowing users to auto-generate and populate form fields from plain-text descriptions.

Amazon Web Services, Software Development Engineering Intern

May - August 2024 | Santa Clara, CA

• Streamlined user membership deletion management as part of the latest release of AWS Clean Rooms ML.
• Created AWS Lambda handlers, tests, modules, and proxies (with Dagger) in Kotlin.
• Designed and deployed cloud infrastructure with AWS CDK in TypeScript, and wrote unit and integration tests.
• Integrated resources across teams using a relay built with AWS DDB Streams, AWS SQS, and AWS SNS.

Amazon Web Services, Software Development Engineering Intern

June - August 2023 | Santa Clara, CA

• Developed a resource viewer application utilizing AWS Lambda & DynamoDB, enhancing accessibility and efficiency for the engineering team's resource management.
• Implemented role-based access control using AWS IAM, ensuring secure and streamlined access for team members within the resource viewer application.
• Enhanced the team's ticket management application with React and Python, integrating crucial edit functionalities to streamline the ticketing process and improve team productivity.

• Turms: An instant messaging service using the WebSocket API written in Go, TypeScript.
• Wink: Full-stack social media webapp written in TypeScript.

• Languages: Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Kotlin, Go, PostgreSQL, R
• Frameworks: React, Flask, Express, Ruby on Rails, Redux
• Libraries: pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Dagger, JUnit, Jest, Rspec