Abdur Asad
Senior Software Engineer at Altruistiq
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Top SchoolAbdur Asad is a Senior Software Engineer with six years of experience building reliable, product-focused web applications across the full stack using TypeScript and Python. He has driven measurable impact—reducing technical debt, cutting CPU usage, and raising test coverage from 0% to 74%—while shipping features used by enterprise customers like GitLab and Southwest Airlines. A strong open-source contributor, he has improved core Open edX backend APIs and discussion features that reach millions of learners worldwide. He excels at refactoring legacy systems into maintainable micro-frontends and has a track record of optimizing search and sync pipelines to lower costs and storage. Based in Lahore, Pakistan, he pairs pragmatic engineering with product sensitivity, often collaborating closely with designers and PMs to turn customer needs into scalable solutions. Beyond engineering, he’s interested in developer productivity and has led internal knowledge-sharing initiatives to uplift team capability.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering, 3.79/4.0, Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering, 3.79/4.0 at University of the Punjab
English, Urdu, Hindi
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Github Skills (9)
rest-api10
openedx10
backend10
data-service10
python10
webservice10
django10
api-design9
postgresql7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/openedx-platform
Mar 2022 - May 2022
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 6 commits, 12 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Abdur primarily focused on back-end development, specifically within the Open edX LMS platform. Their contributions included bug fixes related to discussion forums, such as correcting HTML tag display issues and resolving moderator access problems. The user also worked on adding new functionalities like an API to return the course live iframe and integrating admin-level user checks, demonstrating a focus on API development and access control. Additionally, the user made changes to course discussion settings, cohort functionalities and API access control.
lmsopenedxbackend-service
a-asad/Covid_19-Tracker
Jul 2020 - Nov 2021
Contributions:5 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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