Captain— Zaid Ahmad · 24Available →
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Captain.

Hooded developer at desk

Full-stack engineer taking products from first commit to production — frontend architecture, backend systems, real-time infrastructure, AI integrations. I don't wait for specs. I ship.

I competed in Hack IITK in February 2025. Didn't win — but the experience changed my trajectory. I applied to C3iHub, the organization behind the hackathon, and got in. Now I've built Hack Arena — the complete platform that runs the same competition I once sat in as a participant. Coding competitions, CTF challenges, team management, judging workflows, real-time analytics — the entire system. This year, I'm on the other side — guiding and managing it as an organizer.

Head down. Always building. Full-stack web, AI/ML, mobile, DevOps — anchored in craft.