Amir Pourmand is a software engineer and iOS developer with eight years of hands-on experience building production-grade mobile apps, cloud-integrated systems, and satellite software as a member of UMD’s THEIA 6U CubeSat team. He pairs clean architecture and intuitive Swift/SwiftUI design with practical backend skills in Python, AWS, and Firebase to deliver scalable, user-focused products. As founder of Amir.Codes and an active contributor to open-source projects like the popular al-folio Jekyll theme—where he improved front-end UX and added Docker-based DevOps support—he blends product sensibility with deployment pragmatism. His background also includes frontline operational roles at Apple and life-saving EMT work, reflecting an uncommon mix of technical rigor, customer empathy, and crisis-tested composure.
8 years of coding experience
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Winston Churchill High School
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at University of Maryland
A beautiful, simple, clean, and responsive Jekyll theme for academics
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:22 reviews, 4 commits, 70 PRs in 28 days
Contributions summary:Amir primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the project, including UI enhancements like adding a Stack Overflow link and implementing a "target blank" plugin. They also focused on improving website performance by optimizing load times through modifications to JavaScript loading and analytics integration. Additionally, the user demonstrated DevOps skills by adding Docker support and addressing Windows compatibility issues via Docker Compose, simplifying the development environment.
Contributions:3 PRs, 43 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 3 months
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Amir Pourmand - Software Team Member THEIA 6U CubeSat