Arshiya Sayyed

Professional journey

Experience

Backend systems across ride-sharing, geospatial platforms, and healthcare, with a focus on APIs, reliability, and measurable impact.

2024 to presentLyft · Toronto

Software Engineer IV · Lyft

  • Redesigned the Silver app home screen with larger buttons and simpler messaging for senior riders
  • Built invite flows across internal messaging systems for new and older user types
  • Shipped a backend-driven senior discount homecard to onboard first-time senior riders
POST /api/v1/invites · homecard placement · Silver home
→ Python · TypeScript · AWS
2022 to 2024SkyWatch · Ontario

Software Engineer II · SkyWatch

  • Led enterprise org management API, the platform used by Azure, Al Jazeera, local gov (+40% sales)
  • Optimized geospatial search backend for 75% faster queries via REST API redesign
  • Stack: Python, PostgreSQL (RDS), DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, GitHub Actions CI/CD
GET /api/v2/search?q=...&bbox=...
→ 200 OK · avg response: 180ms → 45ms after optimization
Apr to Jul 2022GE Healthcare · Bangalore

Senior Software Engineer · GE Healthcare

  • Designed and implemented data pipelines in production, extending existing flows and building new ones for the business
  • Participated in Technical Design Reviews (TDRs) and architecture design reviews
device.metrics → ETL pipeline → analytics store
→ Python · AWS · pipeline design & TDR reviews
2019 to 2022GE Healthcare · Bangalore

Software Engineer · GE Healthcare

  • Wrote and deployed Python and Java services on AWS for production healthcare workloads
  • Owned system design: requirements, UML diagrams (sequence, class, deployment), and Confluence API docs
  • Extended microservices with new functionality and optimized existing workflows
  • Wrote test cases in pytest and JUnit; debugged and fixed defects across the stack
POST /api/v1/feature
→ pytest + JUnit · microservices on AWS · Python · Java
2017 to 2019GE Healthcare · Bangalore

Edison Engineer · GE Healthcare

  • Researched and delivered proof-of-concepts for teams across the organization
  • Built a metrics visualization dashboard backend in Java with Spring Boot
  • Collaborated cross-team to improve workflows; documented all work clearly
GET /api/metrics/dashboard
→ Spring Boot · Java · PoC delivery · cross-team R&D