Hi, I'm

Ayham Huq

Software Engineer

Building full-stack applications and cloud infrastructure — from hackathon floors to Fortune 100 production systems.

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About

I'm a software engineer based in Chicago, recently graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering (3.95 GPA). I currently work as an Associate Software Consultant at CapTech Ventures, where I've shipped production software for Fortune 100 financial clients and built Agentic AI platforms for professional sports organizations.

I'm drawn to the full spectrum of the stack — designing clean React frontends, building reliable Node.js and Python backends, and setting up the cloud infrastructure that makes it all run in production. When something interests me, I build it: I self-host several of my own projects on a Hetzner server using Docker and Caddy, and I hold AWS certifications in Solutions Architecture and AI Practitioner.

Outside of work, I competed in three consecutive HackOHI/O hackathons at OSU — taking 2nd place in 2024 — and I enjoy building tools that solve real problems for people I know, like a family goal tracker and a Bangla language learning app.

Quick Facts

Location
Chicago, IL
Education
B.S. CSE — Ohio State, 3.95 GPA
Current Role
Associate Software Consultant @ CapTech
AWS Certs
Solutions Architect + AI Practitioner
GitHub
github.com/AyhamHuq

Projects

Goals screenshot

Family Goal Tracker

Goals

A full-stack goal tracking app for small, trusted groups. Features monthly goal-setting with multi-unit logging (e.g. track Quran pages or juz interchangeably), real-time pacing indicators, a shared group dashboard, and a full month history — all deployed on my own Hetzner server via Docker.

ReactTypeScriptNode.jsExpressPostgreSQLDockerMaterial UIReact QueryZod
Live DemoSource Code
SongQuiz screenshot

Discord Music Guessing Game

SongQuiz

A Discord bot that hosts a Spotify-powered music quiz. Provide any playlist link, and the bot plays 10-second audio clips in your voice channel — players type guesses for points. Features a combo-scoring system, slash commands, and a persistent SQLite leaderboard that tracks all-time stats across games.

TypeScriptNode.jsdiscord.jsSpotify APIDeezer APIFFmpegSQLiteDocker
Invite BotSource Code
BanglaProcessor screenshot

Bangla Reading Assistant

BanglaProcessor

A local web app for accelerating Bangla vocabulary acquisition. Paste any Prothom Alo article — rare words are automatically underlined. Click any word for a Gemini-powered contextual translation, then add it to an Anki deck with full context (POS, root, example sentence). Export as .apkg or push directly via AnkiConnect.

PythonFastAPIJavaScriptGemini APIAnkiZipf Frequency
Live DemoSource Code

Skills

Languages

TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Java
C/C++
SQL

Frontend

React
Next.js
Material UI
Tailwind CSS
Vite
React Native

Backend & Data

Node.js
Express
FastAPI
Spring
PostgreSQL
SQLite

Cloud & Tools

AWS
Docker
Linux
Git
Ansible
LangChain

Experience

Associate Software Consultant

CapTech Ventures· Chicago, IL

July 2025 – Present

  • Consulted for a client team from a Fortune 100 financial company to migrate a direct messaging service to AWS and maestro using various Spring APIs, Kinesis, DynamoDB, Lambda, and SQS
  • Operated across 3 teams to seamlessly incorporate changes and coordinated production deployment during a period of elevated risk
  • Reported to a top sports league to make improvements to an Agentic AI platform fullstack
  • Drastically improved precision and recall of the model with reranking and model-based evaluation

Software Engineer Intern

Publicis Sapient· Chicago, IL

June 2024 – August 2024

  • Collaborated on an Agile-focused client project for a Fortune 25 company to enhance user experiences on a healthcare app by using personalized predictive healthcare analytics
  • Trained an AI model and chat bot using an OpenAI embeddings model with LangChain
  • Hosted React Native app on an emulator with a Python Flask and Azure SQL database backend
  • Adhered to SOLID principles, leveraged CI/CD using Vercel, and executed Jest unit testing to ensure code quality meets industry standards

Software Engineer Intern

Sallie Mae· Indianapolis, IN

May 2023 – August 2023

  • Employed scaled Agile framework with Azure DevOps and Git to complete projects across 7 sprints
  • Innovated a system to redirect thousands of daily config SNS messages across to CloudWatch Logs and S3 using Lambda functions written in Python AWS SDK to reduce email clutter for users
  • Wrote an Ansible script and a Cloud Formation template in YAML to automate code deployment in production as well as deploy resources such as Athena SQL queries with Glue and S3
  • Built a Python script to automate cross account access and subscriptions for hundreds of current AWS accounts while simultaneously minimizing security risks

B.S. Computer Science and Engineering

The Ohio State University· Columbus, OH

Graduated May 2025

  • Cumulative GPA: 3.95

AWS Certifications

Amazon Web Services
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • AWS Certified AI Practitioner – Associate

HackOHI/O 2024 — 2nd Place

AEP Challenge· Columbus, OH

October 2024

  • Won 2nd place out of 17 teams in a 24-hour hackathon with 800+ participants
  • Trained an AI safety classification model using FAISS with preprocessing including lemmatization and stopword removal on 20,000+ rows of user responses
  • Integrated a cross-platform app enabling real-time feedback on safety reports in the field

Contact

I'm always open to interesting conversations, new opportunities, or just talking shop. Feel free to reach out through any of the channels below.

GitHub

github.com/AyhamHuq

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/ayham-huq

Email

[email protected]