CS & Data Science Student

Hi, I'm Taha Shah.

I build software and data systems at the intersection of engineering, computation, and research.

CS & Data Science student working on large-scale data pipelines, cloud systems, and computational modeling.

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Professional Experience

Software Development Intern

National Bioforensic Analysis Center (NBFAC)

Jan 2026 – PresentRemote
  • Building a project that uses large-scale sequence searches over public sequencing data.
  • Analyzing global distribution patterns of microbial pathogens and closely related organisms.

Research Assistant

Mount St. Mary's University

Aug 2025 – Dec 2025Emmitsburg, Maryland
  • Researched atomic interactions and molecular orbital behavior using neural network potentials.
  • Analyzed molecular simulations using matrix-based methods to evaluate energy and force behavior.
  • Compared neural network architectures and presented findings in a research poster.

Skills: Neural Networks, PyTorch

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Mount St. Mary's University

Jun 2025 – Dec 2025Emmitsburg, Maryland
  • Set up and managed multi-node Kubernetes clusters using kubeadm.
  • Deployed Dockerized services and managed pods and services.
  • Troubleshot cluster configuration, networking, and node-level issues.

Skills: Kubernetes, Hadoop, containerized systems

Software Engineering Intern

Headstarter

Jul 2024 – Aug 2024Remote
  • Built an AI-powered flashcard web application using React, JavaScript, and Firebase.
  • Integrated OpenAI API for content generation and Stripe for payments.
  • Improved frontend performance and overall user experience.

Skills: React.js, Next.js, OpenAI API, Stripe

Research and Software Tools

JavaScript
React
TypeScript
Next.js
Stripe
Node.js
Python
HTML
CSS
Tailwind CSS
MongoDB
PyTorch
Linux
Express.js
Firebase
PostgreSQL
MySQL
R
Kubernetes
Docker
Java

My Projects

Get in Touch

I'm always interested in exploring new opportunities and connecting with fellow engineers and researchers. Feel free to reach out.

Or shoot me an email at taha.sh4h@gmail.com

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