Hi, I'm Ali
Developer, autodidact, and creator of AI-Assisted Learning Solutions for my fellow motivated self-learners.
About Me
Who I am
I'm a Software Engineer who has successfully delivered mission-critical SSO and user authentication APIs at enterprise scale with a great team, achieving key codebase and directory migrations in a record 11 months. My technical stack includes Node.js/TypeScript and Python, complemented by extensive AWS Cloud and DevOps experience, including Terraform for infrastructure and TeamCity for CI/CD.
I'm driven by a passion for learning and identify as a life-long academic who loves education. Leveraging insights from my experimental psychology background and professional academic research experience, I'm currently advancing my skills in AI and machine learning to build a passion project, 'The Pocket Professor': an agentic AI-powered learning assistant designed to create personalized learning guides for my fellow autodidacts, blending technical expertise with pedagogical insights to enhance self-taught learning journeys.
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My Experience
Education
University of Texas San Antonio • 2018
Experimental Psychology
Focus in behavior research, experimental design and stats analysis using ANOVA I/II, factor analysis.
Independent Study: "Cross Cultural Stressors of Adolescents In A Bi-Cultural Environment
Coding Dojo • 2021
Full Stack Development Bootcamp
Project Driven intense learning sprints that helped launch my career in technology
Web Stack (HTML, CSS, JS), Python, MERN, Java
Professional Experience
Security Specialist
Accenture • 2024-2025
Continued all G.E. SSO Services and beyond, now taking time for further professional development.
Software Engineering Specialist
The General Electric Company (G.E.) • 2021-2024
Part of a full SDLC team, helped deliver and maintain 14 mission-critical user auth and management APIs in 11 months as part of a stack migration from Java to Node.js/Typescript while simultaneously migrating to a new Identity provider and directory (PingID, PingDirectory).
Technology Apprentice
MAXX Potential • 2021-2022
Accelerated career development program providing technical support across VA/NC region and beyond. Gained hands-on experience with enterprise software development, leading to successful placement to G.E. Assignment.
Researcher III - Animal Attendant
Lab Animal Resources Center at UTSA • 2013-2015
Assisting Principal Investigator with animal husbandry duties and research tasks.
Skills
Certifications
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Amazon • 2023
Scaled Agile Scrum Master
SAFe® Enterprise • 2023
Full Stack Web Development
Coding Dojo • 2021
Adaptive Learning
The Pocket Professor
My AI tutor app serves as a mock graduate-level college instructor, creating customized learning plans to provide users with a personalized syllabus on any subject they wish to learn!
My background in experimental psychology made me deeply skeptical of popular neuromyths like "learning styles." That's why I'm combining peer-reviewed seminal research and meta-analysis with natural language processing to build an engine based on proven learning mechanics—like Active Recall and Spaced Repetition—to make your learning experience more efficient and most importantly: effective.
I designed the app to appeal to my fellow autodidacts on their self-teaching learning journey, breaking down their learning path with week-by-week lessons based on their skill level on the subject (novice, intermediate, expert), and their time committment.
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My Projects
Active Recall Flashcard Generator
A web app that uses the Gemini API to automatically generate question/answer flashcards from any block of text, helping users study more effectively.
Job Skill Analyzer
A tool that uses AI to extract the key technical skills from a job description, giving career-switchers a clear list of what they need to learn.
Portfolio Project Idea Generator
Helps aspiring developers break out of "tutorial hell" by generating unique and achievable project ideas based on their chosen tech stack.
Get In Touch
Contact Information
your.email@example.com