# Arash Zolfaghari

> Principal Software Engineer at Gen

Location: Los Gatos, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/arashzolfaghari

As a Principal Software Engineer, my passion lies in adopting a user-centric approach to product development, constantly striving to create innovative and intuitive solutions across various industries. With extensive experience in front-end and back-end services, I've contributed to numerous projects, while working closely with cross-functional teams such as mobile, QA, and backend development. I am a firm believer in lifelong learning and mentoring, committed to honing my skills and sharing my expertise to help others grow.

I have a keen interest in machine learning and artificial intelligence, actively exploring and implementing intelligent solutions with the potential to revolutionize the software industry and enhance user experience. Combining strong interpersonal skills, extensive programming knowledge, and an analytical mindset, I ensure the delivery of innovative solutions tailored to meet the ever-evolving demands of the software industry. My passion for machine learning and AI positions me to tackle new challenges at the intersection of technology, design, and innovation.

## Work Experience
### Principle software engineer @ Gen™
Jan 2022 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Principal Software Engineer @ Norton LifeLock
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, CA

### Principal Software Engineer @ Symantec
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View, California

### Senior Software Engineer (Aquired by Symantec) @ LifeLock
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Mountain View, California

### UI Software Engineer (Aquired by Lifelock) @ BitYota Inc
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Los Altos,CA

### Full Stack Developer @ Stealth Educational Startup
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto, CA
Responsibilities
Architected and developed the MVP of a responsive web based personalized educational platform which included tools to help build course material as well as analytics for understanding student interactions. As part of the platform course material built interactive challenges to gauge and encourage algorithmic thinking of the students.

Technology Stack
(MEAN Stack) MongoDB, Express.JS, Angular.JS, Node.JS, Ruby on Rails, Firebase,Twitter Bootstrap, CSS3, Github, Yeoman, TDD, Famo.us, REST, Grunt, Bower, Karma, Jasmine, E2E

### Founder @ Omnivisioneers Multimedia Consulting @ Omnivisioneers Multimedia
Jan 1998 – Jan 2014 | San Jose, CA

### Senior Developer /  Analyst @ North Coast Medical
Jan 2001 – Jan 2013 | Gilroy, CA
+ Responsibilities as a Business Analyst included multiple critical roles including decision development, design, implementation, testing,optimization and support of more than three hundred custom IBM Cognos BI platform based reports to support internal user's business analysis and operational needs.

+ Lead engineer on the migration and installation of Cognos BI reports, cubes and models through different versions of the product (verions 5->6->7->8.41) The upgrades also included shifting of backend database engines from Informix to Oracle 

+ Priority management through collaborating with different business units such as marketing, finance, operations and Information systems teams

+ Training team members to use Cognos 8.4 tools and advising on best practices.

+ Worked heavily with Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, Event Studio, as well as Framework Manager to build business process models for data mining and analysis.

+ Various capacities as a senior developer including project management, architecture, development, testing various critical web based projects across the organization

### UI Developer @Phoenix Pop Productions @ Phoenix Pop Productions
Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Intern @IBM Cottle SSD Campus @ IBM
Jan 1997 – Jan 1997

### Test Engineer Intern @Intel Santa Clara @ Intel
Jan 1996 – Jan 1996


## Education
### Masters in Enterprise Software Engineering
San José State University

### BS in Electrical / Computer Engineering
University of California, Davis


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/arashz
- Portfolio: http://www.arashz.com
- Portfolio: http://instacanv.as/arash

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Last updated: 2026-04-12