Amirali Sharifian
Senior MTS, Advanced Technology at Cerebras Systems
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area Canada
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Top SchoolAmirali Sharifian is a Senior MTS in Advanced Technology with 11 years of experience designing programming languages and compiler stacks for AI processors. He has built and maintained custom LLVM backends for multiple AI and wireless accelerators, including sole ownership of Untether AI’s compiler backend and ongoing work at Cerebras Systems. His background blends academic research—developing µIR for HLS and FPGA accelerators during a PhD—with practical compiler engineering and EDA scheduling improvements in industry. Based in Greater Vancouver, he brings deep expertise in low-level compilation, architecture-aware analysis passes, and turning high-level programs into efficient hardware implementations. An under-the-radar strength is his ability to move between research prototypes and production-ready compiler toolchains, making him effective at shipping complex, hardware-specific software.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering at Isfahan University of TechnologyMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
Github Skills (48)
hardware-designs9
placement9
soc9
agile8
xilinx8
risc8
asic8
microchip8
risc-v8
zynq8
computer-engineering8
rocket8
chisel8
electrical-engineering8
lattice8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
amsharifian/amsharifian.github.io
Aug 2017 - Oct 2020
Contributions:50 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 2 months
sfu-arch/chainsaw
Oct 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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