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Last updated: July 2026

Ahmad Ali

Backend and data engineer building production systems for financial operations, payroll, and analytics, supported by graduate training in bioinformatics and applied bioengineering.

Experience

Owner

Mar 2026 – Present

Zaffira — Lansdale, PA

  • Operate an independent software practice focused on restaurant data, financial controls, payroll automation, and review operations
  • Built a multi-tenant Python and FastAPI review-operations platform with PostgreSQL, Alembic, Stripe, OAuth, durable jobs, and safety-gated AI workflows
  • Own product requirements, architecture, implementation, deployment design, documentation, and release evidence across Python and TypeScript systems

Data Analyst & Software Engineer

Oct 2021 – Present

IMAX Management / Keke's Breakfast Cafe — FL

  • Built and deployed a TypeScript and Next.js financial operations platform covering about 4 million records across four locations
  • Integrated Restaurant365, PAR, and DeliverSense through scheduled ETL pipelines on AWS
  • Identified up to $40,000 in discrepancies through data-quality analysis and reconciliation, enabling correction in time
  • Automated biweekly payroll preparation with a Python PAR-to-ADP pipeline, saving 2 to 4 hours per cycle
  • Built Power BI dashboards and financial models for sales, labor, food cost, catering, and operational anomaly analysis

Research Technician & Data Analyst

Oct 2020 – Oct 2021

Metabolic Imaging Core — Massachusetts

  • Developed Objective-C and Python analysis tools for CT and MRI image processing, including automated segmentation of shoulder and lumbar spine structures
  • Implemented Linux-based computational models for organ and tissue MRS spectroscopy correction
  • Performed MRI and CT imaging procedures on liver, spine, femur, marrow, and muscle for clinical research studies

Research Associate

Jun 2019 – Feb 2020

Temple University, Engineering Department — Philadelphia, PA

  • Tested electroblowing target materials to optimize nanofiber generation parameters for skin regeneration scaffolds
  • Improved nanofiber healing materials by enhancing density and structural thickness through iterative material testing

Publications

Bunnell KM, Thaweethai T, Buckless C, Shinnick DJ, Torriani M, Foulkes AS, Bredella MA. "Body composition predictors of outcome in patients with COVID-19." International Journal of Obesity 45, 2238–2243 (2021).

Bloomer SA, Brown KE, Kregel KC. "Renal Iron Accumulation and Oxidative Injury With Aging: Effects of Treatment With an Iron Chelator." The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 75(4), 680–684 (2020).

Technical Skills

Languages

Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, R, SQL, Bash, C++, Objective-C, Java, Power BI DAX

Web & Backend

Node.js, Next.js, FastAPI, Flask, Express, Drizzle ORM, REST APIs

Data & Analytics

PostgreSQL, SQLite, pandas, NumPy, ETL, reconciliation, data-quality validation, Power BI

Bioinformatics

Bioconductor, DESeq2, edgeR, limma, WGCNA, Biopython, SAMtools, BWA, BLAST, IGV, Cytoscape

Infrastructure

AWS Lambda, ECS Fargate, RDS, S3, DynamoDB, EventBridge, CloudFront, Docker, Nginx, CI/CD

Education

MS, Applied Bioengineering

Johns Hopkins University. In progress, expected August 2026. GPA: 4.0.

MS, Bioinformatics

Brandeis University, March 2024. GPA: 4.0.

BS, Genetics and Developmental Biology

Pennsylvania State University, December 2019. GPA: 3.95.