Summary
Yaser Alkayale is a software engineer and founder-focused product leader based in the San Francisco Bay Area with nine years of experience building scalable systems. As Co-Founder of CivCore, he is shaping a next-generation social platform to help SMBs create value through online presence. He previously led software engineering as a Tech Lead at Instagram and built data-oriented solutions at Microsoft Azure Data, blending hands-on coding with systems-level thinking. His entrepreneurial track includes Espial Vision and leadership roles in startups and innovation communities from Dalhousie University to Stanford's University Innovation Fellows network. He describes himself with the GitHub motto, "I take code and make it faster," reflecting a pragmatic, performance-focused engineering mindset. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science with first-class honours, specialising in AI and Data Science, from Dalhousie University, complementing a history of turning ambitious ideas into impactful products.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, first class honours, specializing in AI & Data Science, Bachelor of Computer Science, first class honours, specializing in AI & Data Science at Dalhousie University
English, Arabic