Arash Afghahi
Senior Consultant at The Apache Software Foundation
Littleton, Colorado, United States
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Arash Afghahi is a senior consultant and full-stack software engineer with five years of experience building intuitive, visually-driven web applications using Ruby on Rails, React/Redux, Node.js, SQL, and MongoDB. He has a strong open-source footprint as a front-end contributor and technical lead on Apache Superset—making 200+ ASF commits and driving the 2.0.1 release with nearly 100 fixes to the main Docker image. Previously a math and computer science teacher in Brooklyn, he brings a data-informed, user-centered design mindset and a commitment to equal access to information and education. At Preset he shipped tools that tripled customer adoption for chart and dashboard creation and improved developer onboarding for complex Flask backends. Based in Littleton, Colorado, he pairs hands-on engineering with product-focused UX instincts and is actively expanding his skill set into Python and Java. Outside work he unwinds by biking, hiking, and strategizing over board and card games—reflecting a collaborative, playful approach to problem solving.
5 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Near and Middle Eastern Studies at New York UniversityMaster's degree, Secondary Education and Teaching, Master's degree, Secondary Education and Teaching at Relay Graduate School of EducationApp Academy
Github Skills (19)
editors10
javascript10
typescript10
ui-design10
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front-end-development10
sql-db10
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typescripts10
react10
css9
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data-visualization8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
apache/superset
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 623 reviews, 352 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Arash primarily worked on front-end components within the Apache Superset project, specifically addressing issues and implementing improvements to the user interface. Their contributions included fixing SQL Lab button functionality, modifying the appearance and behavior of UI elements like buttons and dropdowns, and refactoring HighlightedSQL components. The user's commits demonstrate a focus on enhancing the user experience and usability of the application through targeted UI adjustments and refactoring existing React components.
pythonapache-supersetflaskbusiness-analyticsbusiness-intelligence
0xgpapad/superset
Aug 2021 - Mar 2022
Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform
Contributions:12 commits in 6 months
data-analyticsdata-explorationapache-supersetdata-sciencedata-and-visualization
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