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Usama A.

Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

Lahore, Pakistan

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About Me

Usama is a Senior RoR Engineer with 9+ years of experience building user-friendly and optimized websites and creating new features, modules, and APIs for clients. He develops websites producing clean and maintainable code using modern technologies and tools like Ruby on Rails, HTML/CSS, React.js, Vue.js, Heroku, and AWS. Usama is a quick learner who follows engineering best practices on projects.

Ruby on Rails 9 years PostgreSQL 8 years RSpec 6 years Sidekiq 6 years Full Stack Development 8 years JavaScript 8 years jQuery 6 years HTML 5 years Redis 5 years CSS 5 years Stripe 5 years AWS 4 years Capybara 4 years Heroku 4 years Cucumber 3 years Continuous Delivery (CD) 3 years Continuous Integration (CI) 3 years Ruby Scripting 3 years Typescript

Work history

UpStack

Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

2021 - Present (3 years)

Remote

Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.
Participating in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.
Ensuring that features are being delivered efficiently and on time.

Ruby on Rails Full Stack Development JavaScript Heroku AWS Sidekiq Redis PostgreSQL

Turing

Senior Full-stack Developer

2022 - 2024 (2 years)

Remote

Enhanced and maintained existing features and developed new features within the existing codebase.
Designed and built reusable and efficient Ruby code, managed deployment on AWS, and developed microservices using Backbone.js and React.js.
Created and maintained test cases to ensure code quality and participated in Jira sprint planning and daily standups as part of a large team.

Ruby on Rails Ruby JavaScript React.js Backbone.jsCode Validation HTML CSS PostgreSQL AWS JIRATesting

Momentum Education

Ruby on Rails Developer

2020 - 2021 (1 year)

Remote

Built and maintained web applications in Ruby on Rails for Momentum Education.
Designed and built high-quality features with a focus on usability.
Deployed solutions and monitored results to ensure quality, championing best practices on projects.

Ruby on Rails Heroku AWS Sidekiq Redis PostgreSQL Ruby Scripting HTML CSS JavaScript

Freelance

Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

2018 - Present (6 years)

Remote

Designing, architecting, and executing new services and modules on projects using Ruby on Rails and other modern tools and frameworks.
Building integrations with APIs that span multiple code sets/services with highly extensible functionalities on solutions.
Driving the technical roadmap on projects, writing performant, fault-tolerant, maintainable, and concise code for clients.

Ruby on Rails JavaScript HTML CSS AWS Heroku PostgreSQL Redis Continuous Integration (CI)Continuous Delivery (CD)Sidekiq jQuery RSpec Capybara Cucumber Stripe

AppsGenii

Ruby on Rails Developer

2015 - 2016 (1 year)

Lahore, Pakistan

Worked on the development of a social platform web and mobile back end.
Developed the back end for a chat app similar to WhatsApp using RoR and related technologies.
Handled challenging assignments, problem-solving, and custom projects for multiple clients.

Ruby on Rails Full Stack Development JavaScript Heroku AWS Rest API WebSocket Capistrano Linode

Portfolio

Ruby on Rails Engineer - Momentum Education

Designed and developed the new Momentum website from scratch, improving the legacy code and migrating it to the latest version of Rails to enhance functionality. Implemented new features for a functional database on the solution.

Ruby on Rails Engineer - George Street Photo

George Street Photo & Video is a community of passionate, talented photojournalists where users can come and easily book wedding photoshoots and select a pre-booked or customized theme. Worked on the platform development using Ruby on Rails.

Ruby on Rails Engineer - VoiceRules

VoiceRules provides an anytime, anywhere phone system for sales and support teams. Upgraded the VoiceRules website with new features, worked on third-party Plivo integration, and provided support and maintenance on solutions.

Ruby on Rails Engineer - Gas2Go

Worked on the Gas2Go app, a mobile service for users to have gas delivered directly to their worksite or office as a new way of filling up their cars with gas. Developed back-end APIs and new features for the iOS and Android apps.

Education

BSc Computer Science

University of Lahore - Pakistan

2011 - 2015 (4 years)