Arpit Jalan
Software Engineer at Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Summary
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Top SchoolArpit Jalan is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with 12 years of experience, currently building community-focused features at Civilized Discourse Construction Kit (Discourse) from Jodhpur, India. He contributes across the Ruby on Rails backend and front-end UX, having extended Discourse’s API, implemented SSO and user-management endpoints, and shipped search and private messaging improvements. His work on the popular open-source Discourse platform and its WP-Discourse plugin shows a pragmatic focus on maintainable code, bug fixes, and real-world integrations. With an electrical engineering background and a history of delivering both PHP and Ruby solutions, he bridges systems thinking with hands-on product improvements. Notably, he combines deep API design experience with an eye for UI polish—fixing subtle UX bugs as readily as adding backend capabilities.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at JIET Group of Institutions Jodhpur
Github Skills (31)
api-rest10
javascript10
apidoc10
api-design10
restful-api10
wordpress10
ui-design10
ruby10
uid10
php10
api10
front-end-development10
wordpress-plugin10
rest-api10
co10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
discourse/discourse
Feb 2014 - Nov 2022
A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:245 reviews, 2259 commits, 853 PRs in 8 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Arpit primarily contributed to both the front-end and back-end of the "discourse/discourse" repository. They fixed UI issues, such as a modal not opening correctly and a broken topic footer flag button. The user also developed new features like search filters and functionality within the search and private messaging sections. Furthermore, they addressed various bugs across different parts of the system, including the admin interface and email notifications.
discourserailsforumjavascriptruby
discourse/discourse_api
Jun 2014 - Jul 2017
Ruby API for Discourse
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 5 PRs, 9 pushes in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Arpit primarily contributed to the Ruby API for Discourse by adding new features and modifying existing ones. Their work included implementing endpoints for user management, such as updating usernames, emails, and avatars. They also added functionality for managing topics, categories, and SSO integration, demonstrating a focus on extending the API's capabilities. Additionally, the user provided examples to showcase API usage and modified existing examples for updates and fixes.
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