Aqueel Miqdad

Aqueel Miqdad is a Staff Software Engineer at Twitter (now known as X) based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here's a brief overview of his professional background:

Career at Twitter

Aqueel has been with Twitter since 2017, progressing through several roles:

• Started as a Software Engineer Intern in 2017
• Became a Software Engineer in 2018
• Promoted to Senior Software Engineer in 2020
• Currently serves as a Staff Software Engineer since May 2023

In his current role, he is responsible for building large-scale distributed computing platforms (Core Services) and tooling for Twitter engineers to develop products.1

Previous Experience

Before joining Twitter full-time, Aqueel:

• Interned at Goldman Sachs as a Summer Technology Analyst in 2017
• Founded GoGo Starters, a consulting company specializing in technology product launches, in 2014
• Worked as a freelance Web Designer & Developer from 2012 to 20141

Education

Aqueel holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he graduated with a 3.72 GPA. During his time there, he was active in various roles and organizations, including being a Resident Advisor and Internal Secretary for IEEE IIT.1

Skills and Achievements

Aqueel has demonstrated expertise in:

• Solving challenging problems
• Building high-scale distributed computing platforms
• Leading technical teams
• Full-stack web development

He has also received several honors, including:

• Chicago Division Winner (Top 3 in Midwest) in the IEEEXtreme Worldwide Coding Competition
• Grand Prize Winner at HackIllinois 2017
• Facebook Global Hackathon Finalist1

Aqueel is multilingual, with proficiency in Hindi, Arabic, Malayalam, and English.1