# Ali Abouzahr

> Software Engineer

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aliabouzahr

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Dispel
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Electronic Arts (EA)
Jan 2022 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Ripple Effect Studios
Jan 2021 – Present

### Sr. Software Engineer @ Blizzard Entertainment
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States

### Software Engineer, Core Services @ Blizzard Entertainment
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York

### Full Stack Engineer @ Blue Bite
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | NYC

### Software Engineer @ Pixafy
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New York City
What I did –
•	Design, develop, and maintain new functionality using PHP, MySQL and the Magento Enterprise System for our long list of clients.
•	Collaborate with management, QAs, Front-ends, and Back-ends.
•	Scope time and efforts needed for projects and necessary functionality.

What I learned –  
•	A complex CMS framework, Magento.
•	Maintaining and spinning up Linux-based servers.
•	Acquiring an advanced use of Git. 
•	Use of tickets, team work, and project-flow through scrum and Jira.

### Lead Web Developer @ Brimar Industries
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
What I did –	
•	Scoped time, delegated projects, improved the functionality and architecture for our product.
•	Developed using PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, handlebars and an in-house MVC architecture that I built on of Brimar’s website (safetysign.com) with four other back-end and front-end developers.

What I learned –  
•	Lead a team
•	The only way to get things done in a timely-manner is to be methodical, efficient and double-check everything especially that which cannot be doubted.  
•	Design and write scalable and maintainable PHP object oriented code.
•	Efficient SQL query building and optimization.
•	Git and version-control in general.

### Programmer @ CommerceByte
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
What I did –
•	Implemented, debugged, resolved errors, and added features in an already set up complex and dynamic MVC architecture ( CodeIgniter ) using PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL.
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What I learned – 
•	Most of my MVC structure in CodeIgniter.
•	Philosophy of the web and how its technologies work together 
•	Implement lots of third-party API’s
•	Work efficiently with other programmers and upper management.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Computer Science
Hunter College

### John Jay College (CUNY)


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aabouzahr

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Last updated: 2026-04-13