Nima Akbarzadeh is a Senior Software Engineer based in Vienna with eight years of experience building production-ready systems and shipping open-source tools. He blends backend, DevOps and full-stack skills—evidenced by projects like a one-key OpenConnect/ocserv Docker installer and a multi-source proxy scraper with multi-threading and API support. Nima has moved between research-driven roles and fast-paced startups, including a Y Combinator stint at Model ML and AI engineering at HerzensApp, bringing both product focus and research rigor. A maintainer and publisher of practical automation scripts, he favors pragmatic, repeatable deployments and user-focused developer tooling. He’s completing a Master’s in AI while continuing to contribute code that emphasizes reliability and easy operational onboarding.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence, Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence at Qazvin Islamic Azad University
scrape proxies from more than 5 different sources and check which ones are still alive
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:1 release, 6 reviews, 46 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Nima contributed to the development of a proxy scraper and checker tool. Their work involved implementing proxy scraping from various sources and integrating proxy testing functionalities. The user worked on both backend components for proxy acquisition and frontend elements (although minimal evidence of frontend development is shown) for checking the validity of the scraped proxies. The user also added multi-threading and API integration for better scraping capabilities.
[Script and Docker 🐳] OpenConnect (Cisco AnyConnect) VPN Server (OCServ) script one key easy configurator and installer
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
Contributions:40 commits, 1 PR, 33 pushes in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Nima primarily focused on creating a one-key installer and configurator for an OpenConnect VPN server using the ocserv software. Their contributions include writing a shell script (`ocserv-install.sh`) to automate the installation, configuration, and management of the VPN server. The changes involved modifying configuration files, adding user management options, and integrating Docker for deployment. They also added features such as showing and managing users, lock, unlock, and delete users, and Docker integration.
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