Zain Ali
Software Engineer at Google
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZain Ali is a software engineer and founder based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of hands-on experience building product-focused systems and startups. Currently at Google and YouTube working on recommendation systems and video, he pairs large-company engineering with a strong entrepreneurial streak—he founded CareerLandr and runs Crimply, a web design and digital marketing agency. His internships at NBCUniversal and Discovery show a track record of shipping platform features, automating workflows, and improving streaming UX across dozens of devices. As a CS student and former blockchain researcher, he blends data-driven analysis (including large-scale SQL blockchain queries) with practical product delivery. Outside work he’s an avid learner and teacher, having improved student outcomes as a curriculum lead and continually exploring new languages and ideas to turn into disruptive products.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Rock Ridge High SchoolBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at George Mason University
Spanish, Hindi, English, Urdu
Github Skills (43)
visual-studio-code10
electron10
microsoft10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
editor10
html5-audio10
visual-studio10
video-player10
vscode10
player10
html5-video10
javascript9
dhl9
videojs9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
zainali99/bit
Nov 2022 - Mar 2025
a JavaScript library for file uploads and drag-and-drop management, featuring file previews and event-driven architecture with basic i18n.
Contributions:7 releases, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
event-emitterfile-uploadjavascript
zainali99/linkester.js
Mar 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:31 commits, 30 pushes, 4 comments in 8 months
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