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M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence (GPA 17/20) completed alongside full-time work. Thesis: Transformer BTC forecasting — 42% lower MSE vs LSTM, grade 18.75/19; follow-on research on gold-price features. About six years in backend, including 4.5 years on IraniCard Core; NestJS AI gateway in production. Founder of Ostadam (live) and ExportAI (pre-launch).
◈ About
I spent about six years on backend — mostly PHP/Laravel in fintech — then finished an M.Sc. in AI while working full-time (GPA 17/20). Core research: Transformer time-series for BTC (42% MSE improvement vs LSTM, thesis grade 18.75/19) and a follow-on study on gold-price cross-asset features. In production I built a NestJS AI messaging gateway. I launched Ostadam (Django + teacher-grounded AI agent) and I'm building ExportAI (ML + LLM for export market selection, pre-launch). I've also taught applied AI for import and export.
Focus areas
ML & Time Series
Transformers, PyTorch, time-series forecasting — BTC thesis with 42% MSE improvement vs LSTM, grade 18.75/19.
Production Backend
Laravel, NestJS, event-driven architecture, MongoDB — 4.5 years on IraniCard Core (fintech/crypto).
LLM Integration
NestJS AI gateway in fintech; Ostadam teacher-grounded agent (live); ExportAI LLM insights on trade data (pre-launch).
Research & Teaching
M.Sc. thesis + gold-price extension; taught applied AI for import/export; interested in deeper research (Ph.D. track).
❝ Kind Words
LinkedIn recommendations and comments from my farewell post after 4.5 years on IraniCard's Core team.
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"Working alongside Negar on our Laravel team has been an incredibly professional and rewarding experience. What I admire most is her disciplined approach and commitment to clean, high-quality code — she navigates complex challenges with patience and precision. Any team would be fortunate to have her expertise."
Majid Atar
Backend Developer · IraniCard · LinkedIn recommendation
"She consistently delivered high-quality, well-structured code. Strong Laravel architecture, clean coding, performance awareness. Takes ownership, communicates clearly, solution-focused — a reliable backend developer and a valuable asset to any engineering team."
Navid Saeidi
Backend Developer · IraniCard · LinkedIn recommendation
"Some people you can hand work to with complete peace of mind and trust the outcome. You are definitely one of them — and your place won't be easy to fill."
Mojtaba Rajabzadeh
CPO · IraniCard · LinkedIn comment
"Strong product sense and deep technical ability. Your attention to detail, how you collaborate, and your skill in deliverables always stood out. Truly lucky are those who work with you."
Behnood Oboodiyyat
Product Designer · IraniCard · LinkedIn comment
"Even in a short time, working with you was one of my most valuable experiences — influential professionally and through your positive energy and character. You will shine wherever you are."
Shekoufe Pourkan
Product Manager · IraniCard · LinkedIn comment
"Highly responsible and detail-oriented. You can hand your work to her with complete confidence."
Mohammad Taheri
.NET Developer · hooraman · LinkedIn comment
"Working with you on the IraniCard team has been an incredibly valuable experience for me and the rest of the team. I hope you succeed in every stage of life ahead."
Fateme Ebadi
Front-end Developer · IraniCard · LinkedIn comment
"Your responsibility, patience, and professional ethics have always been admirable. I'm sure any team will benefit from working with you."
Soudabeh Mohammadhashemi
Product Owner · IraniCard · LinkedIn comment
"Friendship and working with you meant a lot to me. I hope you succeed wherever you are."
Fatemeh Zahra Tavousi
DevOps · IraniCard · LinkedIn comment
"Working with you was very valuable to me. I wish you success and happiness wherever you are."
Fateme Shamohammadi
Mobile Developer · IraniCard · LinkedIn comment
⎔ Resume
Research highlights
Transformer BTC Forecasting · 42% MSE ↓ vs LSTM
Multivariate time-series Transformer for Bitcoin price prediction. Thesis grade 18.75/19; program GPA 17/20. Follow-on work: gold-price cross-asset features to improve forecast accuracy.
Experience
Founder — Ostadam · live · ostadam.com
Django education platform for schools: courses, assignments, exams, org/teacher/learner roles. Teacher-grounded AI agent for between-session Q&A and feedback. Full ownership of architecture and AI integration. ostadam.com
Founder — ExportAI · pre-launch
ML + LLM product for Iranian exporters: HS-code trade data, destination ranking, product×country analysis. FastAPI backend, Next.js frontend, trained models on customs data. MVP local; public launch pending.
Instructor — Applied AI for Import & Export
Taught practitioners how to apply AI/ML to trade data, market selection, and real export/import workflows.
Backend Developer & AI Integration · IraniCard
NestJS AI messaging gateway; order/user events into internal AI services. Core team — API stability for fintech/crypto. Event-driven Bus Chain, automated reconciliation, MongoDB tuning. Scrum facilitator 2+ years.
Full-stack Developer · hooraman
Internship → team member: Laravel, Vue.js. MVPs for online learning, podcast platform, Avabox.
Freelance · Backend / API
REST APIs and MVPs for startups.
Education
M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence · Islamic Azad University, Isfahan
GPA 17/20 · completed while working full-time. Thesis: Transformer time-series for BTC — 42% MSE ↓ vs LSTM · grade 18.75/19. Extension: gold-price impact on BTC forecast accuracy.
B.Sc. Computer Engineering · Sheikh Baha'i University
GPA 15.5/20.
Skills
⊞ Projects
ML Research
Production AI
Product · Live
Product · Pre-launch
✉ Contact
Open to AI/ML engineer roles — remote or hybrid. Email or LinkedIn is best.
Location
Isfahan & Tehran, Iran
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