Schezeen Fazulbhoy
About
I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Adobe
, where I work on scalability, infrastructure, and building out the backend for inbound experiences on Adobe Journey Optimizer. My work lies at the intersection of distributed systems, backend development, and AI.
I hold an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech
. My favourite thing about being in this field is the community, the constant upward learning curve, and bringing ideas to reality.
Previously at: Major League Hacking (G-Research, Meta), Nomura.
Builds
Projects
SPOT
2020 – Present
An extension to add a song spotted in a YouTube video, a tweet, or just some text on a page, straight to your Spotify playlists.
SPOT lives right in your browser, so you never have to switch tabs to save it.
Adobe Journey Optimizer
2024 – Present
Adobe's enterprise platform for orchestrating personalized customer journeys across code based experience, web, mobile, and more.
I build the inbound delivery systems that receive real-time customer actions and route them into these journeys.
Momentum
Mar 2026
An AI-powered personal accountability agent that automatically creates a complete Notion workspace to track goals with daily coaching via Telegram.
Hackathons
Competing & Winning
MLH Notion MCP
MLH · March 2026
3rd Place
Prize: $500
Momentum is an AI accountability app that tracks your Notion vision board.
Georgia Tech - Hacklytics 2023
Data Science GT · 2023
Winner
Track: Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
Built Axis Care, winner of the Best Use of MongoDB Atlas award.
EY Hackpions 4.0
EY · May 2022
1st Place
SIDE — Simplified Intelligent Data Sourcing, the winning entry at EY Hackpions 4.0.
Microsoft x FOSSASIA Cloud Skills Challenge
FOSSASIA · 2022
3rd Place
Incentivized e-learning, covering the entire breadth of Microsoft Azure Cloud fundamentals.
Nomura FIC Ideathon
Nomura · September 2021
Special Mention
Special Mention prize for "Henka" (へんか, Japanese for 'change') — a digital product and strategy for building financially aware habits among younger generations.
EY Hackpions 1.0
EY · January 2021
1st Place
Winner — built "Intelli-intent," an NLP-powered search engine that files documents by intent instead of title.
EY Hackpions 2.0
EY · June 2021
1st Place
Winner — built "IVI," an automated visual-identity checker for EY brand guideline compliance.
Mozilla Campus Club - Savishkar
NMIMS MPSTME · March 2019
1st Place
1st place for Augmenta11y, an AR reading aid that helps people with dyslexia read real-world signage and print.
Kakushin Nomura
Nomura · 2018
Finalist
Finalist in Nomura's Information Technology Division Coding Contest, "KakushIN 2018," organized by Nomura Services India Private Limited.
Android Design Contest
NMIMS · April 2017
3rd Place
WordCross — an interactive word-based game built using Android Studio.
Community
Judging & Mentoring
Smart India Hackathon (SPIT)
2022Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Research
Publications
Schezeen Fazulbhoy
Software Engineer 3, Adobe
Publications
Improving accessibility for dyslexic impairments using augmented reality
2019Improving Visual and Cognitive Accessibility Using Augmented Reality Techniques
Authors: Tushar Gupta, Mudita Sisodia, Schezeen Fazulbhoy, Mitali Raju, Supriya Agrawal
Presented At
IET Mumbai Local Network · NMIMS MPSTME
ACM · Bangalore Exhibition Centre, Bangalore
Writing
Articles
Getting Started with WebXR Development for the Oculus Browser
A hands-on guide to building WebXR experiences for the Oculus browser, from the MLH × Meta fellowship.
MediumBuilding an API using Flask and MongoDB — Bucket List Application
A step-by-step walkthrough of building a REST API with Flask and MongoDB.
MediumCoverage
In the press
Experience
Where I've worked
Software Engineer 3
- —Led end-to-end development of low-latency, Kotlin-based distributed systems using Redis and Kubernetes for Adobe Journey Optimizer, ensuring 99.9% availability across inbound channels (web, in-app, message feed, code-based experiences)
- —Developed scalable, sub-30ms latency RESTful APIs for high-throughput, personalized experiences at the edge
Software Engineer Intern
- —Developed a data-driven frictionless funnel for Acrobat Web transforming anonymous users in the web-trial cohort into paid users, with a 25% projected increase in revenue through Acrobat Web subscriptions
- —Built workflows for the 'Acrobat Edit' and 'Acrobat Web Anonymous Viewer' verbs to run A/B tests
Software Engineer
- —Engineered highly scalable web-applications in a distributed microservice architecture to support core Front Office functionalities
- —Enabled NLP-based trade filtering and analysis for predefined KRIs using TensorFlow, NumPy and Pandas
- —Built an end-to-end deployment framework using Python and Ansible Playbooks, streamlining pipelines for 80% of applications and reducing time-to-production by 50% — recognized with Nomura's STAR Quarterly Award (Jan–Mar 2020)
- —Received a second Nomura STAR Quarterly Award (Oct–Dec 2020) for taking an idea from ideation to implementation within an agile, short-turnaround timeline
Open-Source Fellow
- —Implemented AR/VR powered 6-DoF gesture-based hand-interaction samples for the Oculus browser
- —Enhanced UI/UX, user accessibility and internal interactions for the open-source WebXR repository
Education
Where I've studied
Master of Science, Computer Science
GPA 4.0 / 4.0
- —Graduate Teaching Assistant — Design & Analysis of Algorithms (Spring '23)
- —Graduate Teaching Assistant — Intro. to Software Engineering (Fall '23)
B.Tech, Computer Engineering
- —Published research on Augmented Reality for dyslexia accessibility (ICCCI 2019, Springer) and built AUGMENTALLY, an AR app for dyslexic learners, featured on YourStory and HistoryTV18
- —Interned as a Software Engineer at Physiz, a Data Science Intern at Tasklance, and a Full-Stack Developer at Zcyphher Studios
Involvement
Community
Google's Women Techmakers
Ambassador · 2022 – PresentAmbassador for Google's Women Techmakers program, which champions visibility, community, and resources for women in tech — co-organized International Women's Day (#IWD) events.
LedBy
Fellow · 2022 – PresentFellow at LedBy Foundation, India's first leadership incubator for Indian Muslim women, developing emerging leaders through mentorship and professional growth.