Afra Abnar

Afra Abnar has worked in the software development field since 2011. Afra began as a Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant at the University of Alberta in 2011. In 2013, they took on an additional role as a Software Engineering Intern at Google. Afra then worked as a Software Developer at the University of Alberta from 2014 to 2017, before transitioning to a Software Developer role at SAP from 2017 to 2023. Most recently, they have been working as a Senior Software Developer at Tigera since 2023. Prior to their software development career, Afra was a Newsletter Editor at the Science and Arts Foundation from 2005.

Afra Abnar obtained a Diploma from Fazanegan HighSchool in Mathematics and Physics in 2005. Afra then attended Sharif University of Technology, receiving an MS in Computer Engineering in 2009, followed by an MS in Computing Science from the University of Alberta in 2013.