Faraaz Ahmed is a highly skilled software engineer with extensive experience in data engineering and software development. Currently serving as a Software Engineer III at Walmart since July 2021, Faraaz has successfully designed and optimized real-time data pipelines using Spark structured streaming, improving data processing latency by 20%. Previously, as a Data Engineering Intern at Govzilla, Faraaz developed a data ingestion script and implemented a full-text search algorithm. Faraaz also gained valuable experience at Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions as an Associate Software Engineer, where web applications for warehouse management were designed and improved response times by 30%. Faraaz holds a Master of Science in Software Engineering from San Jose State University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology from B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology.