Muhammad Saqib Ilyas has a Bachelors degree in Computer Systems Engineering from N.E.D. University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, USA, and a PhD in Computer Engineering from LUMS. His research interests lie in computer networks. 

Previously, he has taught at N.E.D. University, Namal University (formerly Namal College), FAST NUCES. He was also at educative.io for five years, where he helped pioneer content quality standards and scale the team.