Ali Daniali
@alidaniali
Applied AI Engineer at Relay Spatial building real-time sign-language interpretation on NVIDIA GPU edge hardware.
PortugalWhat I'm looking for
At Relay Spatial, I’m architecting real-time AI sign-language interpretation for broadcasters, combining speech recognition, translation, and an animated 3D signer on NVIDIA GPU edge hardware. I built the edge inference node with NVIDIA Triton, an API gateway, and SRT audio ingest.
I also built ashti.ai, a live AI platform with paying users, using RAG, multi-model routing, and a cost-aware evaluation harness. At Google, I built AuraTranslator, which translates speech on device using the Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, with no cloud connection.
Earlier, I architected mobile edge deployments supporting US Army digital transformation at Taqtile and directed the rollout of T-Mobile’s 5G Immersive Puck. I’m at my best embedded with customers or teams, taking ambiguous problems from discovery through production; my work includes fully air-gapped deployments and 17 US patents.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Trusted Tester, Android XR (Project Aura)
Jun 2026 - Present (5 months)
Selected after winning the Google XR Hackathon. Built AuraTranslator, real-time speech translation entirely on device using Whisper on Qualcomm Hexagon NPU and Opus-MT on CPU.
Founder and Lead AI Architect
Relay Spatial
Jan 2026 - Present (10 months)
Architecting real-time AI sign-language interpretation for broadcasters, including speech recognition, translation, and animated 3D signer on NVIDIA GPU edge hardware. Built edge inference node with Docker Compose, NVIDIA Triton, and SRT audio ingest.
Software Engineer (Contract)
Barr Group
Jun 2026 - Oct 2026 (4 months)
Embedded in client's engineering workflow, deployed Claude Code as a team coding agent, and built CI workflows and test harnesses for CRM and case-tracking platform.
Network Engineer and Senior Developer
MATSUKO
May 2025 - Mar 2026 (10 months)
Architected and validated IMS data channel solutions for real-time holographic communication over hybrid satellite and terrestrial 6G networks.
AI Solutions Architect
The Right Prompt
Dec 2024 - May 2025 (5 months)
Delivered generative AI solutions for business clients from discovery through delivery, designed AI and data governance frameworks aligned to NIST, ISO 27001, and GDPR, and led security risk assessments.
Director, Technical and Spatial Solutions
Taqtile
Jun 2024 - Nov 2024 (5 months)
Technical lead for customer deployments supporting US Army digital transformation. Architected redundant mobile edge compute server and deployed containerized platforms in air-gapped environments.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
HRVSTS, Inc.
Apr 2021 - Feb 2024 (2 years 10 months)
Technical founder. Built and operated a SaaS platform matching supply and demand for 120+ farms, owning customers, product, cloud infrastructure, and deployment. Built f.AR.M, an award-winning AR app for indoor farmers.
Technical authority for T-Mobile's immersive technology and adviser to executive leadership. Directed architecture and rollout of the 5G Immersive Puck, a distributed edge service supporting 500,000 units for enterprise XR training.
Led 7 direct reports and 22 distributed engineers running enterprise Microsoft production systems, owning availability, incident response, and change management. Delivered 26+ Office 365 and SharePoint Online projects as ScrumMaster and Product Owner.
Built an all-employee video ingestion and delivery system, award-winning SharePoint Online intranets, and campus-wide digital signage.
Executive Director of Technology and Development
TransACT Communications
Jan 2002 - Dec 2008 (6 years 11 months)
Ran the company's colocation data center.
Practice Manager
ZettaWorks
Jan 2001 - Dec 2002 (1 year 11 months)
Led an enterprise integration consulting practice.
Founder and Principal Engineer
Internet Cyber Creations
Jan 1996 - Dec 1999 (3 years 11 months)
Founded and led a company as principal engineer.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Lamar University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Science
Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Science from Lamar University.
Harvard Business School Online
Leading with Finance, Finance
Completed the Leading with Finance program at Harvard Business School Online.
Scrum Alliance
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) from Scrum Alliance.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Kubernetes
Docker Compose
GitHub Actions
Next.js
React
JavaScript
Python
C#
Kotlin
Swift
C++
PyTorch
FastAPI
Grafana
Prometheus
Stripe
Vercel
TypeScript
Git
Docker
CUDA
SQL
LangChain
Ollama
Playwright
Pinecone
Cursor
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server
Vitest
ONNX Runtime
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Claude Code
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
AWS
Claude
REST APIs
Azure
Availability
Location
PortugalAuthorized to work in
Website
daniali.euSalary expectations
Social media
Interested in hiring Ali?
You can contact Ali and 90k+ other talented remote workers on Himalayas.
Message AliGet matched with your dream remote job
Sign up now and join over 250,000+ remote workers who receive personalized job alerts, curated job matches, and more for free!
