Summary
Qaiss Alokozai is a Senior Software Engineer based in Boston with nine years of professional experience building backend systems and leading engineering teams across financial services and startups. He progressed from backend engineer roles to lead software engineer at DTCC and now contributes as a senior engineer at Trivelta, bringing practical expertise in delivering robust, production-grade software. His background uniquely blends advanced computer science training (MS) with earlier degrees in history, economics, and business, which informs a broad, systems-oriented perspective on problem solving. Known for pairing curiosity and creativity with disciplined engineering, he thrives on turning imaginative ideas into maintainable code. Outside core development, Qaiss has experience mentoring university projects and a non-software early career in development programs, reflecting strong communication and programmatic thinking.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at North Carolina State University
Pre-requisite Computer Science, Pre-requisite Computer Science at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Bachelor's degree Business Administration and Management General, Bachelor's degree Business Administration and Management General at Kardan University
English, Pashto, Persian, Urdu, Hindi