Summary
Ali Sartawi is a multidisciplinary product technologist and startup leader with five years of hands-on experience evolving from graphic design and UX into frontend and full-stack engineering. As a founding engineer and current Chief Design Officer at Open (YC W24), he blends visual craft with production-grade TypeScript, Next.js, GraphQL and Python skills to ship user-centric products. He has led frontend revamps and UX for fintech and gamified-learning startups, and helped integrate crypto and fiat reward systems at Eggheads. Comfortable in both design and code, Ali often bridges product and engineering to accelerate early-stage growth while owning end-to-end delivery. Trained in advanced full-stack JavaScript and Three.js, he brings a curious maker’s mindset—equally likely to prototype complex UI interactions as optimize backend services. Based in Amman, Jordan, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a portfolio-driven creative background that still informs his technical decisions.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Three.js Journey (WebGL), Three.js Journey (WebGL) at Bruno Simon
Design Rules: Principles + Practices for UI Design, Design Rules: Principles + Practices for UI Design at Joe Natoli
Bachelor's degree, Islamic Studies, Bachelor's degree, Islamic Studies at University of Jordan
Certificate, Advanced Software Development in Full-Stack Javascript, Certificate, Advanced Software Development in Full-Stack Javascript at Code Fellows
Bachelor's degree, Science of Prophetic Narrations, Bachelor's degree, Science of Prophetic Narrations at Islamic University of Madinah
Arabic, English