> Nima Pourjafar

I'm an Engineer, Student, and Hacker

I study Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.

In the past, I've...

• Worked as the youngest intern @ Figma where I led infrastructure for Figma Make and Figma Sites
• Developed cutting-edge fast model inference infrastructure at CentML (later acquired by Nvidia)
• Open sourced tools for training state-of-the-art multi-modal models
• Trained, optimized, and productionized one of the first video diffusion models— reaching 100+ million people in 2 months @ WOMBO.ai as an intern
• Collaborated with top blockchain experts, managing $600M+ transaction volume @ Conflux
• Funded by Tyler Cowen and Thiel Foundation via. Emergent Ventures
• Founded rock-climbing products for over 10k+ athletes in 15 different countries @ Send Story
• Played Super Smash Bros competitively for over 5 years [I main Marth!]

I'm interested in high-performance systems, machine learning, programming languages, and creating great organizations.