Kian Malakooti — Software Engineer & Full-Stack Developer

[01]status: shipping code

Software Engineer @ Roblox

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Kian MalakootiFull StackDesign-awareSan Francisco2026

[02] — About

Santa Clara University grad in Computer Science & Engineering. I've spent my career building production software across startups and big tech, and I'm currently a Software Engineer at Roblox, previously Meta.

Passionate about code. Constantly curious. Always exploring the intersection of code, design, and human experience — one shipped feature at a time.

[03] — Experience

Where I've shipped.

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[04] — Education

Santa Clara UniversityB.S. Computer Science & Engineering2019—2023

[05] — Stack

The tools
I reach for.

Languages

Python

Typescript

Javascript

Golang

Hack

Swift/UI

HTML

CSS

Frameworks & Tools

React

Next.js

Solid.js

GraphQL

Vue

RESTful API

Express

TailwindCSS

Git

Agile

XCode

Photoshop

Lightroom

Figma

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[06] — Selected Work

Things I've built.

Beta

May 2026 - PresentView case ↗

Oryn

Oryn is an iOS morning-briefing app that presents your day as a single scrollable card feed — a "personal newspaper" aggregating weather, financial/market data, bank balances (Plaid), news, email summaries (Gmail), health metrics (HealthKit), and AI-generated briefing text (Anthropic).

React NativeExpo SDK 54AnthropicGmailHealthKitPlaid

New

September 2025 - PresentView case ↗

Parpics

Parpics is a platform for creating and sharing pictures with your clients with an easy proofing system and client delivery workflow.

ReactTypescriptNext.jsTailwindCSSNeonDB

Deprecated

September 2024 - January 2025View case ↗

PairUp

Developed PairUp, a full stack MERN application that utilizes React.js and Typescript on the front end to create clean, versatile, and reusable components. Integrated a Node.js backend that connects to an embedded MongoDB database to perform semantic search using vector indexes.

React.jsTypescriptMongoDBApolloGraphQLTailwindCSS

New

Updated May 2026View case ↗

Creative Portfolio

Shot on both Sony and Canon. Go check it out!

Next.jsTypescriptTailwindCSS

Hackathon

Hack for Humanity 2023 FinalistView case ↗

STPR.AI

Collaborated with a team to architect and deploy a website leveraging OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 API and Python, aimed at generating tailored step-by-step guidance for elderly users navigating technological challenges. Designed the frontend using HTML/CSS/JavaScript, and developed the backend with Node.js.

JavascriptNode.jsOpenAI