Ashik Salman is a seasoned backend-focused software engineer with 10 years of experience building production web applications using Ruby on Rails, React and TypeScript, currently open to remote contract opportunities. He has moved between senior engineering roles and startups — including co-founding two ventures — which gives him strong product intuition alongside hands-on implementation skills. Ashik has contributed directly to the core Rails codebase (including ActiveRecord/ActiveModel and ActiveJob test coverage and a new excluding alias), demonstrating credibility within the wider open-source ecosystem. Comfortable working across integrations, test automation and full-stack features, he frequently ships reliable backend systems and APIs for scale. Based in Kochi, India, he blends startup grit with mature engineering practices and a track record of mentoring and delivering across freelance and company engagements.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
SSLC, High School/Secondary Certificate Programs, SSLC, High School/Secondary Certificate Programs at MES HSS Mampad
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), computer Science and Engineering at NSS College of Engineering Palakkad
PLUS TWO, High School/Secondary Certificate Programs, PLUS TWO, High School/Secondary Certificate Programs at HMY HSS Manjeri
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:3 reviews, 14 commits, 15 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Ashik contributed to the Ruby on Rails framework by implementing new features, including the alias for the `excluding` method. They also updated and expanded test coverage for various components, specifically focusing on comparison validations within Active Model and the ActiveJob Range serializer. The user's work involved modifications to Active Record, Active Model, Active Job and Rails generators.
Contributions:31 pushes, 83 branches in 4 years 3 months
ruby-on-railsrails-apirailsrubystimulusjs
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