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Sameer Ali

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I'm a London-based full-stack software engineer specialising in building web applications and automation tools.

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About Me

Hello! My name is Sameer, and I currently work as a full-stack software developer at Third Financial. I've always had a passion for Computer Science and software development. During my youth, I enjoyed experimenting with code and creating practical applications, often hacking together solutions that were useful to me. This hands-on experience taught me a great deal and set the foundation for my career

Before completing my Computer Science degree from Middlesex University, I've also worked at a boutique consultancy company as an apprentice to further learn my craft and help the company create their internal software product. During my time there, I learned a great deal about professional software development, infrastructure and bringing it all together through DevOps and Agile methodologies.

Here are some of the technologies I work with:

  • C#
  • React
  • JavaScript & NodeJS
  • SQL Databases
  • NoSQL Databases
  • And cool new stuff...

Experience in the real world

Junior Software Developer @ Third Financial
Sept 2023 - Present
  • Responsible for using React to contribute to web application development.
  • Using Hasura to manage backend data and use it for the frontend.
  • Using industry best practices to perform unit and integration testing.
Web Developer Intern @ Friends of Mill Hill Park
Jun 2022 - Nov 2022
  • Responsible for creating a website from the ground up for the Friends of Mill Hill Park community.
  • Responsible for integrating membership and payment systems onto the website to automate the paid membership system for the community.
  • Integrated several services such as Eventbrite and Stripe for an automated ticketing system on the website.
  • Worked directly with the Chair of the community to gather requirements and producing a robust website with all the features.
  • Website is live at: https://friendsofmillhillpark.org.
Internship provided through university.
Software Engineer (Apprentice) @ Silxo
March 2018 - Jan 2020
  • Responsible for developing Silxo’s software products from the ground up, mainly contributing to backend development (C#) and DevOps process as well as frontend occasionally (Angular)
  • Streamlined and automated majority of DevOps process with CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps.
  • Responsible for producing technical documentation for internal use.
  • Assisted in conducting code reviews and consultation processes for clients.
IT Support Assistant @ Imperial College London
July 2016 - Aug 2016
  • Shadowed IT, department supervisor
  • Helped with imaging and troubleshooting computers
  • Worked on health checking computers in the university
This role was a part of school work experience.
Software Engineer @ Freelancer
July 2018 - Present
  • Worked on Python automation projects for client including scraping and data extraction.
  • Worked on website and application development projects.

Projects I've worked on

Connect 4 Game
As part of the university project, I created connect 4 game using Racket programming language. Although optional, I implemented GUI for this game.
Jan 2021 - March 2021
Traffic Light Simulation
As part of the university project, the group designed a graphical traffic light simulation in Racket programming language.
March 2020 - April 2020
Media Manager App
As part of my apprentice, I decided to make a media management app for my final project. The app is developed as a desktop application in Electron.
March 2019 - March 2019
Words I Know
This project is based on https://github.com/open-source-ideas/open-source-ideas/issues/204 pitched by @xenotropic. The idea is simple, enter as many english words as you can.
Nov 2019 - Nov 2019
Pollr App
Pollr is a simple and modern way to create polls and collect data of your interest. I created this as personal project my free time to solve an issue I was facing in finding a simple anonymous poll taking app.
Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
Finance Management System
Financr provides a platform to manage all the finances from a single place. I developed this app for personal use and I'm still using it to this day. I've slowed down feature development on this project as it's fulfiling my needs right now, however, I'm always looking to add more features as they are needed.
Feb 2020 - Present
Movie/TV Show Management
I developed a trello plugin which uses the Trello API and connects with the board. The plugin is intended to update movies/TV show information once it is entered by the user. The plugin uses multiple sources and APIs to gather useful information about a movie or TV show.
May 2020 - June 2020
Personal Website
I've developed a personal website to showcase my portfolio and skills, similar to a CV. The website is hosted on https://sameerali.dev
March 2021 - Present

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