Hi, I'm
Ayham Huq
Software Engineer
Building full-stack applications and cloud infrastructure — from hackathon floors to Fortune 100 production systems.
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
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.
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.
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.
Skills
Languages
Frontend
Backend & Data
Cloud & Tools
Experience
Associate Software Consultant
CapTech Ventures· Chicago, ILJuly 2025 – Present
- Consulting for a Fortune 100 financial company to migrate a direct messaging service to AWS using Spring, Kinesis, DynamoDB, Lambda, and SQS — coordinating across 3 teams through production deployment under elevated risk
- Building improvements to an Agentic AI platform for a top sports league, significantly improving precision and recall through reranking and model-based evaluation
Software Engineer Intern
Publicis Sapient· Chicago, ILJune 2024 – August 2024
- Collaborated on an Agile client project for a Fortune 25 company, enhancing user experiences on a healthcare app with personalized predictive analytics
- Trained an AI chatbot using OpenAI embeddings + LangChain; built React Native app with Python Flask backend and Azure SQL database
- Adhered to SOLID principles, leveraged CI/CD with Vercel, and executed Jest unit testing to meet industry quality standards
Software Engineer Intern
Sallie Mae· Indianapolis, INMay 2023 – August 2023
- Innovated a system to redirect thousands of daily SNS config messages to CloudWatch and S3 via Python Lambda functions, eliminating email clutter
- Authored Ansible scripts and CloudFormation templates in YAML to automate production deployment and provision Athena + Glue + S3 resources
- Built a Python script to automate cross-account access and subscriptions for hundreds of AWS accounts while minimizing security risks
B.S. Computer Science and Engineering
The Ohio State University· Columbus, OHGraduated 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, OHOctober 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.