# Al Sary

> SWE

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alsary

Backend software developer with a wide ranging background in web development, API development, web crawling and search, reporting, data visualization using Python, Perl, PHP, JavaScript/jquery, Typescript, shell scripting, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake; AWS services (EC2, RDS, SQS, Redshift, S3); Docker, Kubernetes, Apache, Mojolicious, Nginx, node.js, Redis, Kafka, Elasticsearch, REST APIs, protbufs/IDL; Go, Java, C, C++, Prolog, Lisp

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Pilot.com
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Gopuff
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
Backend development for company's Supply Chain system. Integration with other business units (Inventory, Forecasting, Warehousing)

### Software Engineer @ Cloudbeds
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Diego, California, United States
Backend development for hospitality management platform: Perl, API integration, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes

### Software Engineer @ Lyft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
Backend development for ML platformn: microservices, APIs, Python, Flask, Postgres, Kubernetes.
Worked on migrating workflows from Lyft's Flyte platform to Airflow.

### Software Engineer @ Tobiko
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Bay Area, CA
Working on a restaurant discovery and recommendation app. Backend development in python; frontend development in React and React Native. Feature improvements, bug fixing, test coverage improvement, reporting, data mining, POS integration, AI techniques to collect and predict user preferences.

### Software Engineer @ IBM
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, CA
Mostly Perl development, web crawling, reporting, data mining, analytics, using Redis, Kafka, and Elasticsearch for data pipeline, Redshift for reporting and data analysis.

### Perl developer @ Blekko
Jan 2008 – Jan 2015
Software development for search engine startup primarily in Perl, Javascript, and jquery. Developed reporting and monitoring tools. Data visualization. Developed ad framework. Worked with Web APIs for monetization with ad and affiliate networks. Worked with data analysts to tune ad performance and improve user experience, which included running experiments, analyzing usage and traffic quality. Developed user user management system, and integration with social networking services, facebook and twitter.

### PHP Developer @ Social Concepts
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL development for social networking startup.

### Perl Developer @ LiveOps
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007
Full-stack development for mid-size startup. Developed real-time reporting system for virtual call center: Perl and MySQL backend, JavaScript/HTML for UI.

### Software Developer @ Avaya Inc.
Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 | Dublin and Milpitas, CA
Software development for call center application mostly in C++ using DB2 backend. Data mining and data analysis using shell scripting and Perl.

### Software Developer @ Quintus Corporation
Jan 1997 – Jan 2001 | Fremont, California, United States
Client-server application development in C++ for CRM product. Developed backend services for database connectors (DB2, Informix, Sybase).
Maintained legacy CRM app written in Prolog.


## Education
### B.Sc in Computer Science in Operating systems, Logic Programming, Compilers
The University of British Columbia

### M.Math in Logic Programming, Distributed Processing
University of Waterloo


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-05