Pouya Magham
Senior Software Engineer, Payments And Cross Border at Shopify
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPouya Magham is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building high-performance front-end systems and leading engineering teams across startups and large consumer platforms. Currently at Shopify, he previously drove product and hiring initiatives at Browse AI and led front-end chapters at Divar and Cafe Bazaar, impacting millions of users through performance, security, and deployment improvements. He combines hands-on engineering—optimizing build times, FCP, and bundle sizes—with leadership practices like career-path design and structured interviewing. Pouya has co-founded web3 projects, taught React courses with open-sourced materials, and earned recognition in security research for XSS discoveries credited by Apple. Comfortable across React, TypeScript, Vite, and micro front-end architectures, he brings a pragmatic focus on measurable user-facing outcomes and developer experience. Based in Vancouver, he pairs a creator’s drive with a track record of turning ambitious product ideas into reliable, scalable interfaces.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Imam Khomeini International UniversityMaster's degree, Engineering Management, Master's degree, Engineering Management at University of Colorado Boulder
English, Persian
Github Skills (85)
schema10
javascript10
async10
rest10
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gregorian-calendar10
typescript10
dev-server10
prototypes10
vue10
fetch10
svelte10
hmr10
asynchronous10
libreoffice10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
pmzi/pmzi.dev
Feb 2021 - Feb 2026
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
HackaIran/hackairan.com
Jan 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:121 commits, 74 pushes, 4 branches in 6 months
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