Portrait of Ali Ramazani

Ali Ramazani

Software Engineer • Systems, Data & Product

I design and ship high-performance, reliable software with crisp interfaces and resilient backends. I care deeply about correctness, scalability, performance, DX, and product clarity.

Where It Started

I wrote my first lines of code in C++ in high school using Turbo C and Code::Blocks, building simple console applications for my classmates. I read The C++ Programming Language, Fourth Edition by Bjarne Stroustrup line by line. One of my first projects was a command-line chemistry periodic table that let students search elements by name, symbol, and atomic number. Watching classmates actually use something I built was the moment programming stopped feeling like an assignment and started feeling like a craft.

Now

Currently building at Goldman Sachs.

Interested in scalable systems, thoughtful product strategy, and bringing research‑grade ideas into production.

Fluent in English and Persian; conversational Spanish.

Recently

Personal Picks

Stories of intellect, discipline, and self-invention resonate with me, whether in code or character.

Favorite Series

  • The Queen’s Gambit — a study in perseverance and self-invention. Beth Harmon transforms isolation into brilliance, teaching herself chess through visualization while navigating loss, adoption, and gender bias in 1960s America. Her journey, marked by discipline, imagination, and quiet defiance, shows how genius can bloom even in confinement.
  • Suits — celebrates self-learning and audacity. Mike’s brilliance reminds me that curiosity and persistence often outrun credentials. It is a story of talent meeting opportunity, about learning fast, adapting faster, and proving that school is not the only classroom. I also enjoyed the sharp conversations between Mike and Harvey.

Books I Recommend

  • Designing Data-Intensive Applications — Martin Kleppmann. Pragmatic foundations for reliable systems.
  • On Being Property Once Myself — Discovered in my GSTR 410 course at Berea College with Professor Shadee Malaklou. A powerful critical examination of personhood, animality, and cultural memory.
  • An Elegant Puzzle — Will Larson. Systems thinking for engineering organizations.
  • Algorithms to Live By — Christian and Griffiths. Everyday strategies grounded in computer science.

Looking for older projects? See my previous site: ali-ramazani.github.io/portfolio/