The Long Version
15 years. 3 countries. Zero production outages I couldn't fix.
I got into programming because I wanted to build things that mattered. Fifteen years later, that's still what gets me out of bed—shipping something real that people actually depend on.
The Path Here
Tehran to London. Solo engineer building everything from scratch to leading teams of 50+. Trading systems where a bug means real money lost. Telecom infrastructure that can't go down. Investment platforms managing institutional capital.
The problems I'm proudest of solving weren't the technically flashy ones. They were the messy, ambiguous situations—where the hardest part was figuring out what to build, not how to build it.
How I Think About Work
I've watched too many projects fail because someone chose a stack they wanted to learn instead of what the problem needed. Simple beats clever, every time. If a junior dev can't understand the code, we've over-engineered it.
My test for any architecture decision: will this be annoying to maintain in two years? If yes, we're doing it wrong.
What Gets Me Excited
Hard problems with real stakes. Teams that ship weekly, not quarterly. Companies where engineers are trusted to make decisions. If you're building something ambitious and need someone who's navigated these waters before—let's talk.
Recognition
Milestones that validated the work.
UK Global Talent Visa (2020)
Endorsed as Exceptional Talent in Software Development by Tech Nation. Had to convince a panel I wasn't making it all up.
Summa Cum Laude & Best Thesis (2016)
Graduated with highest honors from Iran University of Science and Technology. My thesis won Best Original Thesis that year—still my proudest academic moment.
Merit Scholarships
Got lucky with scholarships for both degrees. My parents were relieved.
Technical Expertise
Production-tested skills—not just technologies I've read about.
Architecture & Systems Design
The stuff I spend most of my time thinking about
Cloud & Infrastructure
Keeping things running without waking up at 3 AM
Backend & Data Engineering
Where I've spent most of my career
AI & Modern Development
New stuff I've been picking up
Leadership & Strategy
The people side of the job
Domain Expertise
Industries where I've done real work
A note on this list: Every skill here has survived production. Some I know deeply, others I've used enough to be dangerous. I'm upfront about what I don't know—there's too much out there to fake expertise.
Career Timeline
The complete journey—every role that shaped how I think about software.
Mofid Securities
Senior Vice President of Software Development
Running engineering for a major financial services firm. The usual: keeping systems up, shipping features, growing the team, and occasionally firefighting.
Dchange
Senior Software Development Consultant
Helping companies figure out why their deployments take 3 hours and their tests never pass. Architecture reviews, team coaching, the unglamorous stuff that matters.
Redington
Senior Vice President of Software Development
Ran engineering for investment management platforms. Learned more about compliance regulations than I ever wanted to, but the systems never went down.
Spreadex
Senior Software Developer
High-frequency trading systems where a few milliseconds meant real money. This is where I learned that "fast enough" is never actually fast enough.
Geeks Ltd
Senior Software Developer
Consulting gig where I saw every kind of codebase—the good, the bad, and the "how is this still running?" Taught me to adapt quickly.
EGSDigital (Ertebat Gostar)
Lead Software Engineer
My first real leadership role. 8 engineers, telecom infrastructure, millions of users. Made every mistake a new lead makes, learned from all of them.
SabaCell
Senior Software Developer
Network management systems for a telecom provider. Lots of monitoring dashboards and 3 AM pages when something went wrong.
IPPSoft
Software Engineer → Senior Developer
Where it all started. Four years, junior to senior. Wrote a lot of bad code, then learned to write better code.
Education
The formal credentials.
Iran University of Science and Technology
2013 - 2016Master's Degree, Summa Cum Laude in Computer Software Engineering
Best Original Thesis of the Year
Guilan University
2008 - 2013Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
Full academic scholarship recipient
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