Ali Ghassemi
Software Engineer at LinkedIn
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAli Ghassemi is a software engineer with 12 years of experience building web and mobile infrastructure, currently focused on LinkedIn's web stack in San Francisco. He previously led and managed technical efforts on Google's high-profile AMP open-source project, contributing front-end improvements to core components and documentation that power fast mobile experiences across the web. His background spans cross-platform frameworks and offline-first systems from work on Vanadium and Syncbase to UI contributions in the Flutter engine, reflecting a blend of systems thinking and polished front-end craftsmanship. A Waterloo alumnus with early enterprise experience at D2L and 3M, he thrives at the intersection of developer-facing platforms and performant user experiences — often improving component behavior and responsiveness in ways users don't notice until things feel faster.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Waterloo
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Github Skills (21)
javascript10
flutter-apps10
ampl10
ui-components10
component-development10
css10
responsive-design10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
accelerated-mobile-pages10
html10
amp-html10
flutter-game10
dart10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ampproject/amphtml
Jul 2016 - Jul 2019
The AMP web component framework.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:29 releases, 350 commits, 1213 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Ali primarily contributed to the development of UI components within the AMP framework, specifically focusing on enhancements for the `<amp-iframe>` component. The contributions included the addition of new attributes like `referrerpolicy`, as well as improvements in responsiveness, and resolving issues regarding component behavior. They also worked on improving the styling and behavior of UI components to match the PWA specifications.
web-componentscomponent-frameworkframeworkwebcomponentsweb-component
ampproject/amp-by-example
Sep 2016 - Sep 2018
DEPRECATED: AMP by Example has been merged into amp.dev
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:33 commits, 26 PRs, 7 branches in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Ali primarily contributed to the front-end development of AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) components. Their commits focused on implementing and updating example pages for various AMP components, including `amp-video`, `amp-fx-parallax`, and `amp-social-share`. They also worked on integrating and testing advanced features such as click-to-play overlays and scrollbound animations. The contributions enhanced the examples and documentation for AMP development.
mergedgulp-plugindevagnosticamp
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