Ali Kia
Principal Software Engineer at smava
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolAli Kia is a Principal Software Engineer based in Berlin with 11 years of experience designing and shipping enterprise web applications and microservices, primarily in Java and Spring. He has led architecture transitions from monoliths to microservices, driven event-storming design sessions, and built production-grade systems at scale while also maintaining infra components like Solr, Tomcat, and proxy services. His career spans hands-on roles from core banking and ERP systems to test frameworks for mobile apps and integrations with tools like JIRA, reflecting both backend depth and operational ownership. With a Master's in Artificial Intelligence, he blends formal AI training with practical systems engineering, which informs his analytical approach to problem-solving and system design. He seeks ambitious companies that will challenge him and allow continuous growth, and is notable for pairing technical leadership with low-level operational experience.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Civil Engineering, Bachelor's degree Civil Engineering at Islamic Azad UniversityMaster’s Degree Artificial Intelligence, Master’s Degree Artificial Intelligence at Shahid Beheshti University
Persian, English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (39)
selenium-grid10
ios10
webdriver10
selenium10
testng10
testing10
windows10
java-client10
java10
automation10
driver10
android10
appium10
macos10
selenium-java10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
alizelzele/SeLion
Mar 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:73 pushes, 27 branches in 2 years
test-automationtestingautomationjavatesting-tools
alizelzele/java-client
Sep 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:11 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
wireappium-testsappiumandroidlanguage-java
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