# Khurram Ali

> Software Developer | Full Stack | React, TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and More

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

https://www.khurramali.site

Hello! I’m Khurram (pronounced "curr-rahm") 👋, a full-stack developer with a flair for poetry and a Hack Reactor alum. 

Prior to software development, I worked with students from all different backgrounds and with diverse educational support needs. While working with these students,I learned about the power of supporting diverse learners, which drives my commitment to building modern web applications that users love.

I'm proficient in React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, and CSS/Tailwind, and I'm currently exploring Storybook, PostgreSQL, and OpenAI. Even while pursuing coding, I keep my connection to education alive through my YouTube channel (youtube.com/@giraffereactor) where I share knowledge and support my community. 

When I’m not coding, you might find me wrapped up in mathematics, music, or crafting poetry 📚🎶. Let's connect if you share my enthusiasm for making a difference through code!

## Work Experience
### Associate Full Stack Engineer @ Dispel
Jan 2025 – Present

### Content Creator @ YouTube
Jan 2023 – Present
- Create long-form tutorials on modern web technologies like Next.js, React, and Auth.js, with videos reaching 
up to 25,000+ views. 
- Build and showcase full-stack projects, teaching API design, auth, and deployment practices.

### Full Stack Developer @ Gridiron Survivor
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Participate in a 20+ hr/week Gridiron Survivor apprenticeship simulating a real dev job with Agile sprints, code reviews, Kanban, unit testing, and client deliverables.

### Reliability & Production Engineer @ Morgan Stanley
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States
- Automate operational tasks with Python and TypeScript scripts, improving team efficiency. 
- Support large-scale distributed systems through incident response, RCA, and system monitoring. 
- Leverage Linux, shell scripting, and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) reducing mean time to 
detection (MTTD) and mean time to resolution (MTTR) for incidents.

### Full Stack Developer @ Personal Projects
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025

### Temperament @ Personal Projects
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Temperament: An AI Journaling App! 📝✨

Some of the standout features crafted with Google Gemini and LangChain:
- Summarizes each journal entry to capture key insights quickly.
- Identifies the subject and temperament of each journal record for enhanced personal understanding.
- Detects negative sentiments and associates them with personalized color codes for intuitive emotional tracking.
- Enables semantic search across all journal entries, allowing users to seamlessly query their past reflections and notes.
 - Visualizes the evolution of user temperament over time using interactive charts, integrated effectively with Tremor technology for dynamic data presentation.

### Project Management @ Personal Projects
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Project Management Application

- Built on the scalable NestJS framework for a well-structured and maintainable TypeScript backend.
- Employs TypeORM as the ORM for efficient and type-safe interaction with a PostgreSQL database.
- Implements robust user authentication and session management using Passport.js.
- Utilizes the blazing-fast Vite.js build system for a streamlined development experience.
- Leverages React Router to enable seamless navigation within the application.
- Constructs a visually appealing and accessible user interface with the Chakra UI component library.
- Employs Redux for predictable and centralized state management.
- Auto generated Swagger API documentation for all API endpoints and schemas.

### GableURL @ Personal Projects
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
URL Shortner, built with Next.js, MongoDB, Chakra-ui, and Mongoose ODM

- reCAPTCHA validation
- 14 day expiration for each link
- shareable QR Code
- shareable Social Links
- auto redirect to original URL

### Personal Blog @ Personal Projects
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Full-stack blog with static site generation, full-text search, Cloudinary image handling, and category tagging.

- Optimized blog search functionality using MongoDB text search, post tags, and dynamic metadata generation, enabling intuitive content discovery for users.
- Implemented secure authentication with next-auth for administrative control over content editing.
- Extended blog functionality by incorporating TipTap editor, enabling markdown-based content for richer formatting.

### My Anime Store @ Personal Projects
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Full-stack ecommerce platform with Stripe transactions, semantic search using MongoDB Vector Search and OpenAI.

Key Features:
- Effortless profile creation with secure authentication powered by Clerk.com.
- Seamless addition to your collection and personalized recommendations using advanced searches.
- Easy cart management and secure transactions with integrated Stripe checkout.
- Immerse yourself in a sleek interface designed with shadcn/ui components and Tailwind CSS.
- Optimize data retrieval and management with Prisma's Object-Relational Mapping (ORM).
- Next.js ensures fast and dynamic page rendering through Static Site Generation (SSG) and Server-Side Rendering (SSR).

### Stick-It! Notes @ Personal Projects
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Full-stack app that turns your digital canvas into a creative corkboard. Easily capture thoughts ideas and reminders with charming sticky notes. Customize colors fonts and sizes and simplify your digital note-taking.

Key Features:
- Landing Page: Utilizes 3D models with threejs for an engaging introduction.
- Authentication: Seamless sign-in through local accounts or Google OAuth.
- Enhanced Security: Robust row-level security using PostgreSQL and Supabase.
- Customizable User Themes: Tailor your experience with saved user themes.
- Real-time Updates: Stay engaged with live post updates for dynamic interaction.
- Personal Profiles: Create and showcase personality and interests.
- User-Friendly Profile Management: Easily update username and avatar.
- Mobile-Responsive Design: Ensures a smooth experience on various devices.
- Expressive Posts: Create colorful, personalized posts with privacy controls.

### Vinyl Theatre @ Personal Projects
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Multi-page, full-stack application for creating music profiles.

- Optimized user sessions using JSON web tokens, state management, and cookies to enhance security and user experience.
- Implemented CSS pseudo-classes and toast notifications to improve user engagement and satisfaction.
- Implemented responsive design for devices with a minimum width of 320px using CSS media queries.

### Elier Api @ Personal Projects
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Back-end API enabling CRUD operations for thousands of products and metadata.

- Successfully optimized PostgreSQL queries to achieve sub-50ms data retrieval time.
- Implemented Redis for efficient client-side caching of repeated requests.
- Successfully scaled the system to handle 1000 requests per second using two t2.micro EC2 instances and an AWS Application load balancer.
- Conducted load tests using loader.io and Artillery.io to optimize system performance.

### Liquid Death @ Personal Projects
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Single-page front-end app for an eCommerce product information page.

- Created interactive widgets such as dynamic search and image carousels using CSS and Tailwind.
- Improved user experience by optimizing API data fetching with Axios and React hooks, resulting in faster load times and reduced resource consumption.
- Ensured responsive design by implementing media query breakpoints, flex layouts, and flexible units.

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ City University of New York-Herbert H. Lehman College
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States

### Non-Teaching Adjunct @ Brooklyn College
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Brooklyn, New York, United States


## Education
### Hack Reactor
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### Master's degree in Secondary Education and Teaching
Lehman College
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Mathematics
Brooklyn College
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/khurram-ali1
- Website: https://khurramali.site/

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Last updated: 2026-04-01