Uzair Ashraf

Background

About Uzair Ashraf

I am a software engineer based in Southern California. I've had a passion for programming from the very beginning. I attended Fullerton College for three years to study web development and after learning the fundamentals of the web, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, I used my new found skills to maintain my father's company's PHP code base used by 500 small businesses. Fast forward a couple years later I pursued a business in the automotive industry. Using my skills in web development I created a website to sell auto parts around the globe. After four years of developing problem solving skills, business management skills, and of course my web development skills I came to a crossroads: Whether to expand my business, or chase the old dream of becoming a real software engineer. I then decided to close down the business, invest every penny into myself, and went straight into the Accelerated Full-Stack Web Development Program at LearningFuze. That is where I participated in my first two team hackathons, learned the true value of communication and documentation, built a real full stack web application, and truly discovered what I had been missing out on all these years. After the program I was offered a position on the team as an instructor to teach the fundamentals, along with developing in house applications with the team. I couldn't pass up the offer of being able to make a difference in the world and being able to work along side closely with the senior developers at LearningFuze. Two years later, 23 personal projects, several code base rewrites, several books read, and hundreds of students taught, I left LearningFuze for a position as a Software Engineer at Wildfire Systems. At Wildfire I have the pleasure of working with people from companies like mp3.com, gopro, and ebay! I assembled my own dream team and now lead a team of 10 engineers, building applications for companies like Microsoft, Acorns, and the Royal Bank of Canada. I have been working with the WIldfire Systems team for two years now and have had so much fun along the way. I was promoted to Senior Software Engineer in Q1 of 2022 and have been spending a lot of my time helping the growth of my fellow team members. As of Q3 2023, I have left Wildfire Systems Inc, and am now employed as a Web Engineer at VRChat Inc.