Ali Abdullah

I’ve been everywhere (well, in tech terms). From building mobile platforms at Shopify to tinkering with machine learning at Square and now crafting smarter financial tools at Wealthsimple, I’m like a Swiss Army knife of AI, data, and entrepreneurial ambition. I take on big problems, brew strong coffee, and occasionally dream up ideas that are borderline genius (or so my mom says).

Work sd

• Senior Software Engineer @ Wealthsimple

  June 2021 - Present

  • Introduced and led the development of Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs), enabling the reinvestment of over $100 Million and facilitating more than 600,000 automated trades monthly

  • Integrated the TL;DR newsletter in the trade app which enabled automated content management, tracking engagement metrics and push notifications for weekly releases, increasing in app engagement

  • Implemented real-time portfolio balance updates using WebSockets for pub/sub connections and optimized server load balancing to support active user traffic

  • Developed corporate accounts with role-based access control and trading functionality for clients

• Software Engineering Intern @ Square

  Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Lead development of Solid, a mutual aid platform that provides relief based on community driven causes

  • Designed and implemented the storage layer, schema definitions and the financial ledgers for the service

  • Engineered the Spotify integration supporting 10K+ artists with $1M+ in COVID-19 donations

  • Developed risk assessment and debt recovery tools for fraud assessment, account takeovers and ID checks

• Software Engineering Intern @ Ultimate Software

  May 2014 - Aug 2019

  • Designed and built a performant event driven delivery service for emails, SMS and push notifications

  • Improved testing infrastructure increasing resiliency, ensuring fault tolerance, and saving developer hours

• Mobile Engineering Intern @ Shopify

  Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Built Testify, an android plugin that generates fast, deterministic screenshots for integration tests

  • Reduced memory usage by over 10% by applying selective pruning transformations on user queries

• Data Engineering Intern @ Shopify

  Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  • Built a SQL to PySpark Job converter, saving 200+ developer hours by leading refactor initiatives

  • Used Spark, RedShift, Presto, Mode and Tableau analyzing finances, growth and customer satisfaction