Joshua Ahmed
Bio – Joshua Ahmed | Founder & CEO, RealEngineers
Joshua Ahmed is the founder and CEO of RealEngineers, a platform that gives recruiters the ability to evaluate hardware engineers with the same clarity and confidence as technical experts — without needing an engineering degree.
A former RF Engineer at Lockheed Martin, Joshua worked on mission data and sensor fusion tools for the F-35 program. There, he saw how exceptional engineers were often overlooked — not because of skill, but because recruiters lacked tools to understand their work.
That frustration became the seed for RealEngineers — a “HackerRank for hardware engineers” that replaces artificial coding tests with real engineering proof. The platform is now evolving into a GitHub-style home for physical engineering disciplines, where engineers can showcase their real-world projects and recruiters can instantly see what great engineering looks like.
Joshua’s mission is to make technical talent visible, measurable, and transferable — starting with the 70% of engineers the internet forgot.
Session
Creating successful data products requires more than just powerful algorithms it demands a deep understanding of user needs. In this panel, founders and leaders from innovative data-driven startups share their strategies for designing user-centric data products including Python-based tools.