Saai Arora

Background

About Saai Arora

I’m a Computer Science and Business Administration student with a passion for building reliable, scalable software at the intersection of systems engineering and product impact. I thrive in technical environments where deep engineering meets user outcomes — whether in enterprise infrastructure, startup execution, or data-driven automation. At IBM, I contributed to both product development and open source — building secure REST APIs for z/OS mainframe systems, integrating OWASP ZAP security scanning into CI/CD pipelines, and contributing to Kubernetes OSS through the JumpStart program. My work improved developer efficiency and security posture across cloud-hybrid environments serving thousands of organizations. I’m also the technical founder of Squeak, a revenue-generating language learning platform with 700+ users. I designed and deployed the full-stack architecture using Go, React, and Supabase, and built scalable backend infrastructure with AWS Lambda, SQS, and Terraform to support distributed story generation and multilingual output. Previously at AutoTrader.ca, I developed Python automation pipelines that processed vehicle records, improved dealership data accuracy by 85%, and saved 200+ annual hours through CLI tooling and image upload automation. I’m currently focused on backend systems, developer tooling, and ML-driven infrastructure — always eager to build clean, scalable solutions that solve real problems.