Taq Karim
Senior Engineering Manager, Peloton
Taq Karim is currently Senior Engineering Manager at Peloton, where he works leads teams that build, operate and scale services empowering members to have increasingly innovative workout experiences. Previously he was Principal Software Engineer at Oracle, where he worked on Moat - a third party attribution service for programmatic advertisements. Prior to Oracle, Taq was Tech Lead on the demand side (DSP) team at Placeexchange, a programmatic advertising exchange platform for out of home media.
He also moonlights as a lecturer; currently he is an Adjunct Professor at Baruch College where he teaches a graduate level course on technologies for managing Big Data. In the past, he has led workshops and courses on a wide variety of topics (frontend/backend) in institutions such as Coalition 4 Queens (now Pursuit), The Startup Institute, NYCDA, OneMonth, The King's College and Columbia Splash. In his spare time, Taq is usually thinking about math, building software, working on hardware hacks for home automation or hanging out with his cat, Layla Karim.
In recognition of his exemplary service in the classroom, Taq has been selected as a member of General Assembly's Distinguished Faculty program. Taq serves as a member of the GA Python Product Advisory Board.
He also moonlights as a lecturer; currently he is an Adjunct Professor at Baruch College where he teaches a graduate level course on technologies for managing Big Data. In the past, he has led workshops and courses on a wide variety of topics (frontend/backend) in institutions such as Coalition 4 Queens (now Pursuit), The Startup Institute, NYCDA, OneMonth, The King's College and Columbia Splash. In his spare time, Taq is usually thinking about math, building software, working on hardware hacks for home automation or hanging out with his cat, Layla Karim.
In recognition of his exemplary service in the classroom, Taq has been selected as a member of General Assembly's Distinguished Faculty program. Taq serves as a member of the GA Python Product Advisory Board.
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