Ali Sabil
Partner at Boldwark
Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
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Top SchoolAli Sabil is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with 19 years of experience building scalable, real-time systems and founding multiple startups, currently serving as Partner at Boldwark and CEO of KOPERA. He combines deep hands-on expertise in Erlang/OTP, distributed systems, and WebSocket-based real-time architectures with product-driven leadership from his time as CTO and founder of Soundrop and show.co. His technical breadth spans backend engineering (including contributions to cross-distro package management in PackageKit), high-performance C systems, and full-stack JavaScript/mobile apps, reflecting an ability to move between low-level optimization and product-facing features. Based in Stavanger, Norway, he has a track record of hiring and growing engineering teams, turning research-grade implementations into production services, and shipping scalable platforms for large shared-audience experiences. An inquisitive, autonomous lifelong learner, he pairs entrepreneurial instincts with practical engineering discipline to drive both strategy and execution.
19 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering common curriculum, Engineering common curriculum at INSA RennesIndian Institute of Technology BombayMaster’s Degree Computer Science Information Technology, Master’s Degree Computer Science Information Technology at INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
English, French, Arabic, Norwegian
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Github Skills (13)
backend10
back-end-development10
python10
apt9
yum9
c117
c177
dbus6
mongoose6
access-token6
nodejs6
javascript6
facebook6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
PackageKit/PackageKit
Oct 2007 - Oct 2007
A D-BUS abstraction layer that allows the user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro, cross-architecture API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 5 days
Contributions summary:Ali contributed to the `packagekit/packagekit` repository by adding support for retrieving package descriptions and implementing group-based searching functionality. They modified the backend code for both apt and yum package managers. Their work included changes in the `pk-backend-apt.c`, `aptBackend.py` and `yumBackend.py` files, demonstrating their ability to work on multiple backends and add features to existing package management systems.
secureapid-buslinuxbus
emesene/papyon
Dec 2006 - Oct 2008
Contributions:316 commits in 1 year 10 months
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