# Aly Thobani

> Software Engineer

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

Not looking for work at the moment, but thanks for checking out my profile; happy to connect for/in the future!

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Full-stack software engineer, effective altruist, avid meditator.

Favorite personal project, a flexible habit tracking app: https://github.com/alythobani/stay-habby/

Favorite TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diuv3XZQXyc

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Airtable
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
Fullstack software engineer on the Low Code Creation (Automations) team
- Developed a draggable, resizable dialog for viewing/editing table data within the Automations tab; features included an in-header table/view switcher, size-responsive rendering of Timeline views, and functionality for adding/editing table fields within the dialog
- Developed frontend features enabling the running of Automation actions on lists of values
- Implemented a designer's UI rehaul of the Automations properties panel during a 2-day HackDay event

### Full Stack Engineer @ Open
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Developed and improved features on the company's web application (Vue.js, CSS, Firebase)
- Created an interactive webpage for displaying shelves of recorded classes (https://o-p-e-n.com/all)
- Developed a fullscreen randomized background visualizer for displaying behind audio content
- Implemented a custom minimalist audio player for use on slower mobile devices

### Software Engineer @ Colaberry
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Sole developer in the implementation of a large biogeochemical model for predicting nitrogen levels in soil over time
- Designed and implemented a customized class system for storing data within the model
- Created a program to aid in the autotranslation of thousands of Clojure functions into equivalent Python

### Software Engineer @ The University of British Columbia
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Vancouver, Canada Area
- Developed a web app through which students could learn to read and write C code
- Features included: exportable grades tables, reorderable lists of lessons and questions, secure running of student-written C code, etc.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Coho Data
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Vancouver, Canada
- Worked on the DevOps team to create new developer tools and internal web apps for engineers
- Created a web app to visualize and blacklist storage clusters, and delivered a presentation on its usage

### Research Assistant @ UBC Centre for Brain Health
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Vancouver, Canada
- Worked with UBC's MRI Research Lab on examining a new technique for imaging myelin in the brain, generating data to test the technique, and analyzing the data
- Co-authored a paper that was presented at the 2017 ISMRM conference

### Research Assistant @ The University of British Columbia
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
- Worked with a UBC Glaciology professor to test out the accuracy of a new model for water flow within distributed subglacial drainage systems

### Teaching Assistant @ The University of British Columbia
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Vancouver, Canada
- Led tutorials, office hours, and labs for hundreds of students in computer science and math courses
- Courses TA’d: CPSC 221 (Data Structures and Algorithms), CPSC 213 (Introduction to Computer Systems), CPSC 121 (Models of Computation), CPSC 110 (Computation, Programs, and Programming), MATH 100 and 101 (Differential and Integral Calculus)

### SAT/SSAT Tutor @ Ivy Global
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Vancouver, Canada
- Private tutor for students preparing for all sections of the SAT and SSAT examinations
- Helped a student raise their score from the 8th percentile to the 70th percentile over the course of four months


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Combined Major in Mathematics and Computer Science (Minor in Philosophy)
The University of British Columbia


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29