# Haroon (Aaron) Dean

> i run events

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/haroon

i run events. people love them. 

i used to be a software engineer, but i've left that. please don't hit me up about no full stack this or that. go ask claude code. 

i bring ppl together. i get paid to do that. i do it well.

if u wana run events at Alif, u hit me up at haroon [at] alif.build

if u wana run events for your company, u hit me up at haroon [at] native.works

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Twin Health
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Remote

### Software Engineer @ Health Catalyst
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Able Health
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
Acquired by Health Catalyst

### Software Engineer @ Rapbits
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
- Joined as a collaborator to build the web platform. You can try it out at:
https://rapbits.com
- Built the frontend using React + Redux and scaled to hundreds of users
- Refactored backend functions to handle chatbot replies and background processing for
the 600+ songs on the platform 
Bonus: Shared my favorite track (https://rapbits.com/s/260) over 200 times!

### Software Engineering Consultant @ RedDoor
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Brought onboard to build the first iteration of the platform and set-up the architecture
- Used Vue.js to build custom dashboard to allow internal employees interact with
customers, send documents, and manage customer pipelines
- Built a feature that fetches and stores a user’s credit report to assess with 90%+
accuracy their credibility for a mortgage

### Software Engineer @ Alcatraz AI
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Joined an early stage 8-person team to build the first version of their web platform
using React + Redux.
- Shipped the core dashboards and toolings that allow security guards to monitor logs
from Alcatraz devices. 
- Set-up CI builds to allow automation of 10+ processes including automated testing
and staging.


## Education
### Comparative Literature in Humanities/Humanistic Studies
University of California, Berkeley


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-20