Pedram Valiani
Software Engineer at BBC
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolPedram Valiani is a software engineer based in Edinburgh with five years’ experience delivering scalable full‑stack JavaScript systems at the BBC, contributing to high‑traffic, multilingual World Service sites and the open‑source Simorgh web app. He combines an MEng in Electrical Engineering and a background in data‑centre and power systems design with hands‑on web engineering, bringing a systems-thinking approach to reliability, accessibility and CI/CD on AWS. At the BBC he led a legacy React migration, improved accessibility (notably “skip to content” behavior) across large audiences, and helps maintain daily continuous deployment pipelines. An avid technologist and audio producer, he blends professional audio production experience with aspirations in AI/ML, making him comfortable at the intersection of real‑time systems, UX and backend infrastructure.
5 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng), Electrical Engineering with Renewable Energy, 2:1, Master of Engineering (MEng), Electrical Engineering with Renewable Energy, 2:1 at The University of EdinburghInstitut Français d'Ecosse
English, Persian, French
Github Skills (10)
accessibility10
uid10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
typescript-types10
css9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bbc/simorgh
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
The BBC's Open Source Web Application. Contributions welcome! Used on some of our biggest websites, e.g.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:386 reviews, 452 commits, 121 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Pedram primarily focused on improving the accessibility of the BBC Simorgh web application. Their contributions involved fixing issues related to the "Skip to content" links, including adjusting their z-index and making them more accessible for Burmese users. The user also worked on unit tests, particularly snapshot tests, and performed general code improvements for several UI components. The user appears to have been involved in addressing user experience issues.
isomorphic-javascriptreactbiggestsingle-page-applicationjavascript
pvaliani/parcels
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:75 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
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