Ali Malik
Member Of Technical Staff at OpenAI
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolAli Malik is a researcher-engineer and educator with a PhD from Stanford who builds AI systems for complex, human-centered domains and currently works on AI research and safety at OpenAI. He co-founded Stanford’s Code in Place, a massive open-access intro CS course that scaled to tens of thousands of learners and over 3,000 volunteer instructors, and has lectured widely from Stanford to international partnerships. His background spans probabilistic reasoning, large-scale production ML infrastructure (Facebook, Expanse), and applied AI internships such as at Duolingo, giving him a rare blend of theory, pedagogy, and production experience. Fluent in English, Urdu/Hindi, Mandarin, and Spanish, he often frames technical work through a multilingual, educational lens that prioritizes human learning and accessibility.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP), International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) at Deira International SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Stanford University
English, Urdu, Hindi, Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (43)
language-model10
audio10
reinforcement-learning9
pytorch9
llm9
python9
machine-learning9
natural-language-processing9
deep-learning9
nlp9
speech-recognition8
transformer8
inference8
multimodal8
transformers8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
malik-ali/Section-Solutions
Mar 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
malik-ali/malik-ali.github.io
Jul 2024 - Sep 2025
Contributions:4 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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