I was born with a name meaning 'the best' in Persian 🇮🇷, yet my path has been one of conquering perfectionism, embracing continuous growth, and cherishing lifelong learning.
My career exploration across robotics, psychology, human resources 👥, customer service 💁🏻♀️, and sales 📈 has equipped me with a unique blend of analytical thinking ⚙️, leadership 🧭, and interpersonal communication skills 💬. These transferable skillsets, honed through academic, fast-paced customer-facing, and collaborative teamwork settings, prepared me to effectively understand user needs and translate them into successful technical solutions.
From deploying rescue robots 🤖 to contributing to mental health research 🧠, and even developing the Procket 🚀, a productivity planning app for procrastinators, my passion for problem-solving 🧩 and helping others ⛑️ has been the driving force behind my career. Leveraging my skills in the tech world driven by aspiring to blend psychology and tech in meaningful ways💡.
Fueled by my drive for using technology to make a positive impact 🏁, I embarked on a self-directed journey into software development👩🏻💻. Through a combination of online resources, immersive individual projects, collaborative teamwork projects, and hackathons at a bootcamp👩🏻🎓, I developed my programming skills and solidified my understanding of core coding practices, design principles, and development processes. This hands-on learning experience equipped me to write clean, efficient code and deliver functional projects🏆 within tight deadlines⏳, making me a valuable asset to any software development team🥇.
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pronouns: "she" | "her",
features: [Quick Learner, Diligent, Detail-Oriented, Organized, Strategic Thinker, Synergistic, Problem-Solver, Empathetic],
hobbies: [Singing, Guitar Strumming, Puzzle-Solving, Competitive Sports, Exploring Places & Flavors, Devouring Stories - Books, Movies]
}A well-rounded background, driven by a passion for continuous learning and a drive to tackle new challenges 🥊, positions me as a highly motivated developer eager to contribute to user-centered software solutions. I'm open to opportunities in British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦 or Remotely 🌎. I'm eager to discuss how my qualifications can contribute to your project's success 🎯. Let's connect!
Learning new things gives my life meaning, whether through feedback from others or self-studying. Feel free to reach out to me; I'd love to hear from you and grow alongside you.
- GradDip, Software Engineering @ BrainStation (Jan 2024 - Apr 2024)
- BSc, Psychology @ Bu-Ali Sina University (Sep 2017 - Apr 2021)
- Dip, Experimental Science @ National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (Sep 2012 - Jan 2016)
- Google AI Essentials - Coursera
- 100 Days of Code: The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp - Udemy
- Crash Course on Python - Grow with Google on Coursera
- Python for Non-Programmers - LinkedIn
- The 7th brain & cognition school - Brain & Cognition Clinic (Bacogc)
- The spring school on Artificial intelligence, philosophy, ethics & society - Sharif University of Technology
- Consulted HR/I-O Psychology insights to optimize high-volume requests, fostering collaboration and personalized client relations, boosting satisfaction and sales.
- Founded a customer-centric atmosphere with organized displays, resolved upset customers' issues, and ensured precision in online support, improving overall service quality.
- Led end-to-end recruitment processes, optimizing personnel actions and fostering a positive work environment by leveraging I-O Psychology.
- Managed HR operations, streamlining administrative tasks, maintaining office organization, and drafting documents using Microsoft Office.
- Achieved increased sales and brand awareness through enhanced social media communication with clients.
- Consulted and welcomed customers with a positive first impression, offering personalized plans with product suggestions and special promotions by analyzing their financial goals and preferences to foster long-term client relationships while implementing pandemic safety protocols thereby preventing a decrease in sales and achieving company targets.
- Led the successful transition to online sales during the COVID-19 pandemic by adeptly guiding customers, offering multilingual support(English and Persian) across various channels, and promptly addressing inquiries and feedback to prioritize customer satisfaction and significantly increase e-commerce sales.
Volunteer Assistant Psychologist @ Mahak - International Society for Children with Cancer (Apr 2019 - Apr 2021)
- Provided guided psychological services with tailored interventions for children and families, demonstrating empathetic communication in high-pressure situations.
- Led a team in integrating robotics and programming C++ expertise to develop simulators and create intelligent robots for navigating intricate mazes and avoiding obstacles.
- Won 1st Place and 3rd Place in the Junior Robotic Competitions.
- Developed a responsive single-page application productivity planning tool for procrastinators in just 3 weeks, leveraging strong UI/UX design skills and modern tech stacks like React.js, Node.js, Express.js, Knex.js, and MySQL.
- Integrated gamified visual rewards, such as rocket launches and collections, upon task completion, enhancing user experience and boosting engagement and motivation.
- Presented user-friendly task management features allowing easy creation, deletion, and postponement of tasks with built-in validation, empowering users to take control of their time and boosting productivity through intuitive design and data-driven insights.
- Launched evidence-based analytics using Google Charts, empowering users to identify and address procrastination patterns of habits, ultimately optimizing their workflow and making informed decisions about their productivity.
- Constructed a clean and scalable codebase with DRY principles, ensuring maintainability and adaptability as user needs evolve.
- Currently implementing robust user authentication to enhance security and safeguard user data.
- Scrum Lead development of a responsive collaborative warehouse inventory management web app for a Fortune 500 client leveraging React front-end and robust Express back-end development with a 90% grade that significantly enhanced efficiency by streamlining warehouse operations through seamless inventory addition, editing, and multi-location tracking.
- Coordinated pair programming and PRs code reviews to resolve merge conflicts, enhance debugging, respect diverse methods, and reduce unnecessary rewrites. Managed task planning using Jira Scrum boards and facilitated daily stand-up meetings to ensure team alignment and progress tracking. Collaborated as an Agile team with diverse team members under a tight 3-day deadline utilizing effective written and verbal communication, Figma interface, Jira, and Git Flow to estimate projects and enhance team coding proficiency, upholding rigorous standards and ultimately contributing to the timely delivery of a scalable solution.
- Constructed a feature-rich, interactive, and responsive video streaming prototype, boasting granular playback control (play/pause, scrub bar, fullscreen, volume) and a dynamic sidebar featuring upcoming videos with smooth transitions between content and removing the currently playing one ensuring optimal engaging viewing experiences, facilitating user interaction with smooth transitions between content. Implemented a user-generated comments section, fostering community engagement and interaction through a comments section.
- Leveraged React's best practices (create-react-app, functional components, react-router-dom) and strong front-end design skills (SASS, Flexbox) to construct a visually captivating, user-centric, and dynamic UI that seamlessly responds to user interactions and API data. Established a connection between the front-end application and a mock API for initial data, then constructed a robust REST API from scratch to handle video data retrieval, creation, and user-liking functionalities. Implemented a like button, facilitating server-side and client-side updates to video likes, and integrated custom poster image uploads during video upload, enhancing personalization of content and showcasing proficiency in user interaction and data manipulation.
- Developed a responsive multi-page e-commerce website for a rising Music Band, utilizing UI/UX and modern web development best practices: mobile-first approach perfectly aligns with the provided mockups and style guides, Sass for streamlined CSS pre-processing, BEM for consistent class naming conventions, Flexbox for flexible layout control, and JavaScript for interactive elements to ensure an optimal user experience for the band's fans.
- Enhanced user engagement and fostered deeper fan relationships with interactive features, such as a dynamic comments section powered by real-time API calls, allowing fans to leave messages and connect with the band directly. Also, a live show listings page fetching data from a server-side API automatically updates with the latest show information, keeping fans informed about upcoming performances and increasing concert attendance by design.
- Streamlined development workflow and API integration facilitated the seamless retrieval of live data using Axios for both the comments section and show listings page, demonstrating proficiency in working with external APIs to elevate website functionality and enrich users' experience by providing dynamic and up-to-date content.
- Developed a responsive, multi-page travel website for a travel agency leveraging HTML and CSS and component-based architecture to showcase popular destinations.
- Translated design mockups into a user-friendly, functional multi-page website with clear intuitive navigation for seamless user flow while an engaging hero section with interactive dynamic destination cards enhanced user exploration.
- Constructed a responsive, user-friendly, multi-page website for a new local coffee shop launch leveraging HTML, CSS, BEM, Box Model principles, and contemporary web development best practices to ensure optimal display across various devices with a clean, maintainable code structure promoting future modifications.
- Implemented a comprehensive user-centric navigation system linking key website sections (separate Landing Page and Menu section) and external social media platforms to enhance user experience and promote brand awareness. The visually captivating landing page showcases the company with a hero image, a navigation bar, and a targeted discount offer as a clear call to action to attract customers. The informative menu section provides detailed product representation through a comprehensive Menu showcasing coffee drinks, pastries, and detailed descriptions fostering customer engagement.
- Conceptualized and co-developed a web-based trivia game within a 24-hour Hackathon alongside 3 teammates employing agile development methodologies to manage project flow, resolve bugs efficiently using VsCode Live Share, and ensure a cohesive final product.
- Designed a visually appealing user interface using modern HTML and SCSS frameworks to facilitate user identification of Pokemon based on visual clues or partial descriptions, fostering a fun and engaging competitive environment.
- Spearheaded the integration of an external Pokemon API, establishing a robust data retrieval system to dynamically generate game questions, track player progress and ensure a vast pool of Pokémon for players to encounter, enhancing the game's replayability and long-term appeal.