Nima Amini

• Managing a team of engineers, including hiring, onboarding, and mentoring junior developers
• Leading AI-first development practices, using generative AI tools for all code development and modifications, transitioning the team to 100% AI-assisted development
• Coordinating cross-functional teams and product development initiatives to ensure timely delivery of features and alignment with business objectives
• Building and maintaining integration platforms for the automotive industry that connect internal products and external systems, including Dealer Management Systems (DMS), OEM tools, CRMs, and third-party services
• Implementing API and file-based integrations, RPAs (Robotic Process Automation) for automations, data extraction, and data updates in external systems that don't support APIs
• Implementing data mapping, standardization, and normalization across diverse systems to streamline data flows
• Architecting and implementing solutions using Python, PHP, and Go, with event-driven architectures leveraging Kafka, SQS, Airflow, and webhooks for workflow orchestration
• Deploying and managing services on Kubernetes with continuous integration and deployment pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket Pipelines, ensuring scalability and resilience through orchestration and service architecture
• Implementing comprehensive monitoring and logging using Grafana, with data analysis and querying using AWS Athena and Google BigQuery
• Implementing automatic recovery and retry mechanisms to handle failures from external systems, APIs, and dependencies, improving system stability and reliability

• From zero to exit & re-acquisition; one of the first employees, defined and executed the technological strategy that powered the company's growth and successful exit
• Architected and developed all core back-end microservices and auxiliary/shared services/tools using PHP, Node.js, Elixir, Go, and Python, implementing REST-based APIs for synchronous operations and RabbitMQ with dedicated workers for asynchronous processing
• Built internal and external tooling and interfaces using JavaScript, React, and Vue.js
• Influenced AWS infrastructure architecture decisions and maintained infrastructure using CloudFormation, establishing robust CI/CD pipelines that enabled rapid scaling and deployment
• Participated in recruiting and mentoring every engineer/developer hired at the company, built and led a team of up to 7 developers, and established progressive training programs and mentoring frameworks that accelerated junior developer growth

• Developed web applications using PHP and various frameworks, WordPress plugins and themes, OpenCart customizations, and custom solutions
• Optimized servers, code, and application performance and maintained infrastructure
• Provided search engine optimization (SEO) services, including technical SEO audits and content optimization
• Managed web development and maintenance projects and coordinated external resources for various clients
• Built a customizable web-scraping platform and data pipeline used to provide up-to-date content for some clients

• Developed and maintained e-commerce platforms, portals & internal/partner tooling, using various PHP frameworks and jQuery/Vanilla JavaScript
• Configured and maintained servers (including zero downtime infrastructure migrations)
• Developed APIs and integrations
• Optimized performance and fine-tuned server & back-end/front-end applications
• Built scalable email delivery systems and optimized bulk newsletter delivery
• Automated manual & repetitive tasks

• Web development & design; using common open source solutions (WordPress, Joomla, Magento) and custom internal tools
• Search engine optimization; both technical and content-based
• Online marketing: SEM/DEM campaigns, content-based marketing, and retargeting
• Web hosting; server administration & maintenance
• Network design, setup, administration & training; including ISP & LAN setup, active directory configuration, generic Linux and Microsoft Windows server administration
• Custom digital electronics: circuit and PCB design, reverse engineering, firmware development, embedded programming, sensor & motor drivers, industrial automation systems, IoT and control devices (including vehicle ECU), CNC controllers, and industrial networking

• Teaching assistant for C/C++ programming courses; programming exercise lessons, homework & exam corrections
• Teaching/lab assistant for Logical Circuits course; TTL/CMOS & FPGA (VHDL & Verilog) trainers and development kits
• Teaching/lab assistant for Micro-controllers course; Atmel trainers, using CodeVisionAVR C compiler
• Internship project: reverse engineering, designing and building a closed-loop controller for a 5-degree of freedom industrial robotic arm with 6 DC motors and analog feedbacks

• Software development with FoxPro, Delphi & Visual Basic (library, accounting, inventory & appointment systems)
• Partnership with the country's #1 software distributor for nationwide distribution

Model Identification and Data Analysis / High-tech Entrepreneurship / Digital Systems / Computer Aided Manufacturing / Production Systems Control / Advanced and Multivariable Control / Dynamics of Electrical Machines and Drives / Dynamics of Mechanical Systems

Multicultural Management / Team Working for Creativity and Innovation / Managing Businesses in a Global Economy

• Focused on Digital Electronics, Control Theory, Robotics, IoT, and Industrial Automation
• Designed and implemented projects including: Fixed Telephone Line SMS Transceiver, Intelligent Building Light Control System, DTMF Based Remote Control, Vehicle ECU Reverse Engineering
• Additional coursework: Industrial Control, Linear Control Systems, Image Processing, Satellite Communication, Communication Circuits, Pulse Techniques