Ali Cirik
Senior Software Engineer at Altana
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolAli Cirik is a Senior Software Engineer and data specialist with 10 years of experience building data platforms and analytics pipelines across startups and research institutions. He has applied Python, Spark, BigQuery and relational and NoSQL databases to turn messy data into operational insights at companies from Vitals.com to Tracer and Tenstorrent, and now contributes to global supply-chain mapping at Altana. In addition to hands-on engineering, Ali has taught programming and data analysis to MBA students at Boston College and served as adjunct faculty at Columbia, bringing a pedagogical lens to complex technical problems. His background in industrial engineering and a master’s in information systems underpins a practical, systems-thinking approach to data architecture and ML-enabled products. Colleagues describe him as someone who blends academic rigor with product-focused delivery, often surfacing subtle data-quality and compliance signals that others miss. Based in Greater Boston, he thrives at the intersection of data engineering, education, and applied AI for real-world impact.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Information Systems, Master's degree Information Systems at New Jersey Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Kultur University
English, Turkish
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Github Skills (186)
python10
datasets10
data-transformation10
etl10
automation10
mlops10
orchestration10
flask10
data-engineering10
scheduler10
sql10
elt10
pipeline10
data-visualization10
data-integration10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
aliavni/airflow
Feb 2022 - Mar 2025
Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows
Contributions:1 PR, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
monitorapacheprogrammaticallyapache-airflowairflow
aliavni/hermit
Dec 2018 - Feb 2021
A minimal & fast Hugo theme for bloggers
Contributions:10 PRs, 9 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 2 months
bloggershugohugo-theme
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