Irfan Habib

Irfan Habib, Ph.D has a range of work experience in the field of software engineering and technology development. Irfan has worked as a Principal Backend Engineer at Gizmo since 2023. Prior to this, they held various roles at GoCardless from 2018 to 2023, including Tech Lead and Senior Software Development Engineer, where they played a key role in developing data infrastructure and machine learning applications. From 2017 to 2018, they worked as a Senior Software Engineer at SUSE, contributing to the development of the Stratos Cloud Foundry Console. Earlier in their career, they worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, focusing on cloud and big data projects. Irfan also held a position as a Software Engineer at XAD Communications, where they specialized in building and managing large scale database systems. Irfan began their career as a PhD student at the University of the West of England, conducting research on multi-objective optimization for scientific workflows in Grid computing environments. Irfan also had a brief stint as an Openlab Student at CERN, where they developed OSFarm, a tool for generating virtual machines.

Irfan Habib, Ph.D., received their Bachelor of Engineering degree in Software Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in 2007. Irfan then went on to earn their Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of the West of England in 2011.