Ahsan Virani
Senior Software Engineer at n8n.io
Berlin, Germany
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RockstarAhsan Virani is a Senior Software Engineer based in Berlin with a decade of experience specializing in backend systems, infrastructure, DevOps, and cloud-native architectures. At n8n.io since 2020 he has driven backend feature work for a widely used fair-code workflow automation platform, enhancing authentication, Kafka integrations, and extensibility via frontend hooks. He combines production-grade engineering with an operator mindset—building reliable integrations that make self-hosted and cloud deployments more robust and scalable. Comfortable across the stack, Ahsan focuses on pragmatic solutions that balance developer ergonomics with operational resilience. His open-source contributions to n8n reflect a bias for enabling integrations and extensibility rather than one-off fixes.
10 years of coding experience
English, Urdu, German
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Github Skills (14)
typescript10
nodejs10
workflow-automation10
typescripts10
backend10
typescript-types10
api-design9
automations9
kafka9
automation9
api9
apim9
dockers7
docker7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
n8n-io/n8n
Sep 2020 - Nov 2022
Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:72 reviews, 65 commits, 74 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ahsan contributed to the back-end functionality of the n8n workflow automation platform. They implemented basic auth enhancements, including support for password hashing. The user added a Kafka trigger node, enabling the consumption of messages from Kafka topics within n8n workflows, and improved the integration with Kafka. They also introduced frontend hooks to extend the platform's functionality.
productivity-toolsn8npythonlow-code-platformrpa
n8n-io/n8n-benchmarking
Mar 2022 - Jun 2022
Contributions:4 reviews, 21 commits, 4 PRs in 2 months
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