Nizar Alrifai
Member Of Technical Staff at Factory
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNizar Alrifai is a software engineer and University of Waterloo Computer Engineering senior with eight years of hands-on experience across startups and major tech companies, now based in San Francisco. He has shipped production systems spanning AI agents at Scale AI, decarbonization tooling at Watershed, core integrations at Extend, and build/release infrastructure at Riot Games. Comfortable across backend, DevOps, and full-stack roles, he has a track record of improving reliability, integrations, and developer workflows. Nizar pairs academic rigor with practical impact—early projects include modernizing a public science center website and co-founding a community coding tutor program. He’s actively building a broad portfolio (see his site) and is driven by opportunities that combine technical challenges with community impact. Currently seeking Fall 2023 roles and open to positions that scale systems or sustainability-focused engineering.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Vincent Massey Secondary SchoolHonors Computer Engineering , Computer Engineering, Honors Computer Engineering , Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
Arabic, English
Github Skills (3)
rpg5
react3
youtube1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Saber74/Saber74.github.io
Aug 2019 - Feb 2024
Personal Website
Contributions:6 PRs, 181 pushes, 8 branches in 4 years 6 months
react
Saber74/Science-City-Website
Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:233 pushes, 3 branches in 6 months
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