Summary
Hesam Gholami is a seasoned backend and embedded systems engineer with 11+ years building high-performance services and device firmware across fintech, e-commerce, and IoT. He has led R&D and switch/IPG work for banking systems, accelerated Node.js backends (sometimes by orders of magnitude), and designs embedded solutions for smart elevators and home devices at Xirac. A pragmatic polyglot, Hesam ships production systems in Rust, Node.js and C++ and has deep experience with REST APIs, high-throughput simulators and secure payment infrastructure. He founded Pure Soft early in his career, shipping a portfolio of apps with over 140k downloads, and later contributed to e-wallets, DRM/video encryption and transportation projects. Based in Tehran, he’s a committed FOSS advocate who pairs curiosity for new tech with hands-on optimization and product-minded engineering.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Computer Science, Diploma Computer Science at Khaje Nasir Toosi
Associate's degree Computer Engineering, Associate's degree Computer Engineering at Enghelab Eslami University of Tehran
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at Shahid Shamsi Poor University of Tehran
Master of Computer Applications - MCA Computer Software Engineering, Master of Computer Applications - MCA Computer Software Engineering at Iranian University
Persian, English, Arabic