Malik (Mike) A. is a Java Developer at Nationwide Financial since 2022, responsible for overhauling the CI/CD pipeline infrastructure, implementing security automation, and collaborating across departments to enhance internal applications. Malik serves as the Taro Paper Lead for Taro (YC S22) and contributes to Medium by writing articles about experiences in technology and software development. Previous roles include mentoring software engineering students at Chegg Inc., leading software engineering facilitation at Southern New Hampshire University, and facilitating full-stack software engineering at Kenzie Academy. Malik holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Southern New Hampshire University, a Technical Certificate in Full-Stack Web Development from Kenzie Academy, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from The Ohio State University.