Summary
Mehdi Varandi is a software engineer with eight years of experience and a track record of progressing from intern roles to Software Engineer II at Spotify while completing an MSc in Advanced Computing at King's College London. He builds user-facing and backend systems across large tech environments, having interned at Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Visa and contributed to AI-focused teams at QuantumBlack. Passionate about widening access to CS, he designed curriculum and led education initiatives for Code First Girls and university outreach programs that reached tens of thousands of learners. Recognised as TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year 2019, he combines strong academic foundations in Computer Science and Physics with practical mobile and web engineering experience. Comfortable translating research or ML prototypes into production, he brings both hands-on coding and an educator’s mindset to make complex systems understandable and usable. Based in London, he quietly blends mission-driven teaching with high-impact engineering at scale.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BSc with Industrial Placement Computer Science, BSc with Industrial Placement Computer Science at Newcastle University
MSc Advanced Computing, MSc Advanced Computing at King's College London
Loreto Sixth Form College
Persian, English