Atique ul Hussain Zaidi
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Atique ul Hussain Zaidi, is currently an Associate Data Engineer at DataMount and a recent Software Engineering graduate of COMSATS University, Lahore. He has worked on on healthcare metadata pipelines (Collibra, BigQuery, Azure) and a Big Four tax-rule engine built in PySpark / Polars on Databricks, and has shipped products including GesturePresent (#17 on ProductHunt) and COMSATS Plus, used by 7,500+ students.

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Education

  • BS Software Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore (2022–2026) — CGPA: 3.5
  • A Levels, Private (2020–2021) — A*, A, B

Skills

  • Programming: JavaScript, Python, Java, C, React, Next.js, PySpark
  • Databases: Supabase, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Prisma, BigQuery, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)
  • Tools/Platforms: N8N, CrewAI, Figma, Bubble, Cloudinary, Clerk, Stripe, Manifest V3, Azure Databricks, Collibra, Polars, Spark Declarative Pipelines
  • Relevant Coursework: Machine Learning, Operating Systems, Information Security, Data Structures & Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks

Experience

  • Associate Data Engineer, DataMount (2026–present)
    • • Built PHI-compliant healthcare metadata enablement pipelines in Collibra, ingesting metadata from BigQuery and Azure sources and maintaining end-to-end lineage across stewardship-modeled data communities
    • • Propagated ingested metadata and lineage across environments (sandbox, dev, test, stage, prod)
    • • Consulted to a Big Four professional services client (via SunnyData) on a bespoke tax rule calculation PDP engine, mapping federal and state tax line data, resolving rule dependencies, and transforming business rules into PySpark for execution on Azure Databricks
    • • Evolved the engine's architecture from a medallion design (raw volumes to bronze/silver/gold tables) on Spark Declarative Pipelines, to a monolithic Spark engine, to a Polars-based in-memory processing engine for significant performance gains
    • • Implemented multithreading, operator support, storage compression, and temporary staging to prevent partial writes
    • • Interviewed, onboarded, and mentored engineering interns, delivering data engineering roadmap sessions and best-practice training
  • Product Engineering Intern, Mudship (2025-07–2025-09)
    • • Launched a production marketplace platform used by real customers
    • • Built a multi-user collaborative study app
    • • Developed three Bubble extensions for internal tooling
  • AI Intern, CVision (2025-05–2025-06)
    • • Built multi-agent research pipelines using CrewAI and OpenAI
    • • Automated autonomous information generation and synthesis
  • Accommodations, Roundtables & Vendors Manager, Future Fest (2023-01–2025-01)
    • • Coordinated 50+ high-profile roundtables with international speakers
    • • Managed logistics for multinational guests and partners
  • Account Executive, Motive Inc. (2022-05)
    • • Drove B2B sales of telematics products to U.S. and Canadian trucking companies
    • • Cultivated key client relationships across North American markets
  • Competitive Programming - 4th Place, Technoverse 2025 (2025)
    • • Placed 4th among 15+ teams
    • • Solved algorithmic problems under timed competitive conditions

Projects

  • AI-Based Lipreader - Final Year Project (2026) — Visual Speech Recognition (VSR) system using a dual-stream architecture combining Transformers and CNN to interpret lip movements in video.
  • GesturePresent - Gesture-based Slides Controller (2026) — Windows application for controlling presentation slides via hand gestures. Ranked #17 worldwide on ProductHunt and gained traction on itch.io and Gumroad.
  • COMSATS Plus - Campus Utility App (2025) — Full-stack campus utility app serving 7,500+ students with real-time room availability, GPA tools, and a visual memory map of the campus.
    • • 7,500+ active users
    • • DDoS protection via firewall rules and rate limiting
    • • Abuse prevention with cron jobs and Gemini AI integration
    • • Optimized Vercel edge caching for response time
  • Pawsy - Pet Sitter Platform (2025) — Full-stack platform built for the Swiss market featuring real-time bookings, messaging, reviews, Stripe payments, donation tracking, and Google Places integration.
  • Group Selecta - Multilingual Product Catalogue Migration (2025) — Migrated 4,000+ products across 30+ categories for a Spanish machinery conglomerate into a multilingual digital catalogue using data extraction scripts and AI-powered parsing.
  • Uniserve App - Community Donation Platform (2025) — Donation platform for Canadian communities where users request and redeem in-site currency as gift cards, with full payment and authentication integration.
  • Chrome Extensions - TabX Manager & L.ai (2025) — Two browser extensions: TabX Manager - an on-demand tab group manager for efficient browsing; L.ai - a Gemini-powered tool that generates contextual LinkedIn comments directly from page content.
  • iPhone 4 Restoration Case Study - Legacy Firmware Recovery & Data Preservation (2026) — Restored a disabled-state iPhone 4 without data loss by reconstructing a period-accurate 2012 software environment, using Windows 7 and era-appropriate versions of RedSn0w, the Gecko Toolkit, and 3uTools to load a custom IPSW, reverse the disabled state, and recover the device passcode directly from the chip.
    • • Recovered full device access and passcode with zero data loss
    • • Documented the process and findings in a published Medium article
  • Salam Award Workshop Submission - Speculative Fiction Short Story (2026) — Authored and submitted an original science fiction/fantasy short story to the Salam Award Workshop.
  • LFX Mentorship Application - Open Source Mentorship Program (2026) — Researched and shortlisted candidate open-source projects, then submitted applications to two Headlamp projects and one TUF project under the LFX Mentorship program. Decision pending.

Gallery

COMSATS Plus App Dashboard
COMSATS Plus Home page (Web view).
COMSATS Plus Mobile View
COMSATS Plus responsive mobile view showing the Yaadein (anonymized memory map) feature.
Pawsy Pet Sitter Platform Web homepage
Pawsy platform homepage providing pet sitting services across Switzerland.
Pawsy Pet Sitter Platform Interface
Pawsy's responsive view.
Uniserve App Main View
Uniserve Platform home page.
Uniserve Mobile View
Uniserve's home view showing requests overlayed on map.
GesturePresent Presentation Controller
GesturePresent overlay mapping hand tracking to presentation slide control.

References

  1. Personal portfolio and biography. hussaynzaidi.vercel.app. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  2. LinkedIn profile. linkedin.com/in/atiqueulhussainzaidi. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  3. Product Hunt profile. producthunt.com/@hussaynzaidi. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  4. COMSATS Plus project site. comsatsplus.com. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  5. Pawsy platform. pawsy.ch. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  6. Uniserve App platform. uniserveapp.com. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  7. GesturePresent project page. gesturepresent.vercel.app. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  8. GitHub profile and repositories. github.com/hussaynzaidi. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  9. Medium profile. medium.com/atiqueulhussainz. Retrieved 1 September 2026.

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