About Me

Ali Abdukarim

Hi, I'm Ali (sher) Abdukarim, a Senior Software Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer at Box, passionate about building infrastructure and applications that scale with confidence.

With nearly a decade of experience across startups and enterprise platforms, I specialize in multi-cloud infrastructure, automation tooling, and developer experience. My journey spans across engineering disciplines—from designing high-availability systems to leading cross-cloud initiatives with GCP, AWS, Azure, and IBM Cloud.

As an SRE, I've built and maintained secure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pipelines, authored robust Terraform/Terragrunt modules, and implemented next-gen end-to-end testing frameworks tightly coupled with CI/CD workflows. I love clean abstractions, developer-first tooling, and empowering teams to ship safely and confidently.

On the dev side, I bring full stack experience using Python, Django, React, TypeScript, and Docker/Kubernetes to ship impactful software. Whether it's building a feature-rich API or polishing UI interactions—I enjoy solving real-world problems at scale.

Certified by Google Cloud, AWS, HashiCorp, Docker, and Red Hat, I continually strive to grow through learning, mentoring, and building in public.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Box • Remote, CaliforniaMay 2025 - Present

Leading infrastructure development efforts across cloud platforms, driving automation and developer productivity initiatives, and mentoring engineers to scale dev workflows across the organization.

Site Reliability Engineer III

Box Mar 2022 - May 2025

Designed IaC pipelines for multi-cloud deployments across GCP, AWS, Azure, and IBM Cloud. Created reusable Terraform modules and Terragrunt wrappers. Built pre-merge validation, E2E test visualizations, and rollout safety mechanisms.

Site Reliability Engineer II

Box Aug 2019 - Mar 2022

Supported core infrastructure engineering and tooling initiatives. Collaborated with engineering teams to improve infrastructure maturity.

DevOps Consultant

Taos Jun 2018 - Aug 2019

Delivered cloud migration projects and CI/CD automation for clients in the Bay Area.

Co-Founder

Flagman 3D Theater • Tashkent, UZAug 2011 - Aug 2014

Led early-stage innovation in immersive tech and business operations.

Skills & Technologies

PythonDjangoReact/Next.jsTypeScriptTerraform/TerragruntDocker/KubernetesGCP/AWS/AzureInfrastructure as CodeCI/CDPostgreSQLRedisGit

Certifications

🟪HashiCorp Terraform Certified Associate
☁️Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
☁️AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
🐳Docker Certified Associate
🧢Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
📱Mobile Engineer – The Iron Yard

Additional certifications from EvolveCyber, Udemy, Udacity, and Linux Academy

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