Farzad (Fred) Jalili

I started programming at sixteen, and I have been building software ever since. What has never changed is the curiosity behind it: I want to know how things work, and how they could work better.

That curiosity reaches beyond software. I follow the sciences, I take new systems apart to see where their gaps are, and I test them until I understand their limits. Research and development is not a phase of my work for me. It is part of who I am, the way I meet anything new.

My professional work spans many years, across software and cloud architecture, AI systems that work with domain data, full stack engineering, financial technology and loyalty systems, the internet of things and smart infrastructure. I like building systems that people use every day, and I like the careful work of making them reliable.

I was born in Tehran, and I now live in Canada with my family. Family comes first for me. I love technology, and I enjoy nature and art in equal measure. Outside work I am learning piano, I enjoy working with my own hands, from home installations and repairs to car work, and I spend my spare time on art, video editing and making story podcasts.