About Nadir
/ Software Engineer & AI Researcher
Based in NYC
Experience
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1/2026 – PresentResearch Intern (AI / Mechanistic Interpretability)
- Applied Sparse Autoencoders (SAEs) to analyze transformer activations and extracted interpretable feature directions.
- Investigated feature stability, sparsity, and representation structure in large language models.
- Built internal analysis and visualization tools to evaluate feature convergence and interpretability metrics.
Domino Media
2/2024 – 2/2025Web Developer
- Developed and launched 7+ custom websites for restaurants and local businesses using PHP-based custom themes.
- Implemented SEO optimization strategies and performance improvements to enhance search visibility and site speed.
- Designed internal tools and managed deployments to streamline workflows and ensure reliable client delivery.
Education & Certifications
Farmingdale State College
B.S. Computer Science Exp. May 2026
Nassau Community College
A.S. Computer Science Dec 2023
Certifications
- React & TypeScript The Practical Guide 2025
- Learning GitHub and IntelliJ IDEA 2025
Toolkit & Skills
TypeScript
Python
Java
C
JavaScript
PHP
SQL
Research Practices: Data pipelines, Agile/Scrum, CI/CD, Unit testing, Dataset cleaning/manipulation.
Featured Work
View All ProjectsBandit Animation
2026-01A Visual Animation tool that lets you animate your static SVG and export as React Component
OpenHand
2025-10An Open Source real-time ASL Learning Tool that Designed to teach you sign language in Fun way!