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Passionate Sr Full Stack Rails Engineer

I am a seasoned software engineer and architect with 25+ years of experience in the industry. I have a passion for software design and am driven by my love of technology. Over the course of my career, I have honed my skills in both frontend and backend development and have worked with a variety of technologies and platforms, including Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, NodeJS, Postgres, MySQL, and more. My expertise in agile software development and DevOps has resulted in a proven track record of delivering successful projects. I am an advocate for Test Driven Development (TDD), the Minimal Viable Product (MVP) approach, and pair programming. These practices have not only helped me build high-quality software solutions, but have also served as a means of mentoring and leading teams. I have also made significant contributions to cost-saving measures, such as reducing AWS spend by 60% through optimization, autoscaling, and scaling services only when required. I have also helped improve code quality through unit testing, peer reviews, and implementing CI/CD pipelines. In my roles, I have worked closely with clients, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver scalable software solutions. My experience in iterative and full lifecycle development for Internet, commercial, distributed, and n-tier solutions has allowed me to play a vital role in the completion and launch of many successful projects. Overall, I am a highly motivated and skilled software engineer and architect, with a passion for great software design and a proven track record of delivering successful projects.

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Staff Engineer to Co-Founder: Deep rails experience that comes with empathy and humor.

Seasoned code wrangler with over a decade in Ruby on Rails and a past life as a social worker and policy researcher. I've got a knack for translating geek speak for humans and wrangling stakeholder needs into delighted users and maintainable code. Somehow, most days, I still like my IDE. Looking to land in a place where code meets impact. Full stack developer that has spent over a decade in the Ruby/Rails ecosystem. I lean ops -> backend, but I can get in there and wrangle JS components and CSS if need be. I often wear at least a little bit of a product manager hat, have been a team lead on large projects, and I even try to remember to write documentation and technical briefs. I'm longwinded in slack, shy in person, didactic and friendly in code reviews, and occasionally down a rabbithole. Loves: Wrangling weird bugs and annoying APIs, refactoring, clear code (for the humans) and good tests (for the robots), figuring out the best places to deliver maximum impact and shipping quickly, teaching myself new things, compassionate communication and collaboration with multiple stockholders, making weird things happen in the CI pipeline Special superpowers: T-shaped generalist that still geeks out on learning new things, sniffing out something that isn't a problem yet but definitely will be (and I don't mean premature optimization), care a lot about readable code. Worked as a social worker for a decade, there's more soft skills than people might think in getting software out the door. Not so loves: JS in general, jerks, arrogance, watching junior developers not get the support they need and thinking it is their fault, refreshing staging for an hour wondering why my debugger isn't getting hit. -- Have worked in startups at all stages of their life cycle as both an introverted grumpy solo developer and team leader, helped make product decisions, mentored other developers, deleted prod a few times, etc. I chafe a bit at schedules, but occasionally I'll figure out a big that would have been a big problem in the future at 3am and just fix it. Love fixing those things. I can meeting during normal human hours though. -- Open to short and long term contracts and FTE for the right fit. Prefer chill flat organizations where everyone likes and respects each other and just gets stuff done. I've shipped features faster at those organizations than any that were focused on relentless hustle. -- Tell me why you believe in your tech and I'll tell you about one of my weird side projects like a Led Zeppelin button or a confessional that floats in the air. -- Have PhD level statistics classes buried in my brain somewhere, know my way around python and some data analysis, have built ETL pipelines - if it has to be done, I'll try to figure out a way to get it done. And the longer you hang around this world, you realize the most important programming language is being able to talk to people in kind and useful ways. -- Senior enough to know that sometimes it's the code you don't write that solves the problem ;) Junior enough to still get excited every time I make LEDs blink with magic words.

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Software development expert with 20+ years of experience, including team management.

Built and designed several Rails applications since 2008. Some example clients where I've contributed to their commercial platform: BraveWriter - A homeschool grammar and English literature classroom forum with annual sales of > $1M. Built an integrated ecommerce support for processing semester registration. https://bravewriter.com Anddit - A non-profit portal for connecting people in need underwritten by a biopharmaceutical company. Original site design and architecture. https://anddit.com/ Spoonflower - The original print-on-demand for fabric enterprise. Trained (refactoring, TDD) and consulted for the engineering team, as well as migrated the original Rails infrastructure through several versions. https://www.spoonflower.com/ RedHat - contributed as a member of the Katello plugin (https://theforeman.org/plugins/katello/), a Rails engine for Foreman server management application as a Senior Software Developer at RedHat. This included both active development as an individual contributor, but also reviewing and managing contributions from the open source community. I recently built a JIRA plugin for schedule forecasting Kanban teams, written of course in Rails! This plugin does simple date estimations to help teams realize the velocity of their Kanban board. https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1232566/issue-forecast?hosting=cloud&tab=overview I've had experience as both an individual contributor as as a team manager/lead.

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Backend Engineer ( Ruby on Rails )

An accomplished Software Engineer, I hold a degree from FAST-National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, one of Pakistan's esteemed institutions. With a strong foundation in Ruby on Rails, I have accumulated 3.5 years of experience in the field. Currently, I serve as a back-end engineer at elGrocer, a highly successful Dubai-based startup that was acquired by Etisalat. Known for my energy and ambition, I approach tasks with maturity and responsibility. I consistently apply my programming, written communication, and management skills, always striving to stay abreast of evolving global trends. I am deeply committed to completing projects to the best of my abilities, ensuring that no task is left unfinished. By giving my all to every endeavour, I aim to minimise any potential regrets. Throughout my career, I have gained expertise in a variety of areas. This includes working on prominent dashboards like active_admin and Avohq, as well as developing and debugging APIs. I have implemented robust API security measures using tools such as doorkeeper and have extensive experience in API whitelisting. Moreover, I have successfully utilized Kafka for event streaming, facilitating the ingestion of consumer data into MongoDB for logging purposes. My proficiency extends to writing comprehensive specifications with RSpec and handling background tasks using Rake, Sidekiq, and Resque. Additionally, I have implemented OAuth2 setups and integrated our application with QuickBooks for seamless finance management. Lastly, I have adeptly worked with multiple databases in Rails versions 7.0.1, as well as 5 and 6. I am driven by a passion for excellence and continually seek to enhance my skills and knowledge. By leveraging my diverse experience and technical acumen, I am confident in my ability to make meaningful contributions to future projects.

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