Daniyal Abbasi
Graduate Student Assistant
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniyal Abbasi is a backend-focused software engineer and MS student at the University of Florida with seven years of hands-on experience building production systems across healthtech, logistics, and startups. He specializes in backend architecture, automation, and platform work—migrating critical services (e.g., Python-to-Java notification systems), optimizing deployments, and cutting processing and build times by multiples. A contributor to Django (including an in-built Redis cache backend) and active open-source participant, he combines framework-level insight with practical engineering that ships. Daniyal has repeatedly turned repetitive workflows into automated, scalable solutions—reducing server costs, speeding CI/CD, and standardizing storage patterns across teams. His background spans enterprise-grade microservices to scrappy early-stage products, giving him a knack for pragmatic trade-offs and durable tooling. He’s driven by pattern recognition and enjoys building systems that let teams move faster with less friction.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Engineering, 9.44/10, Bachelor of Technology, Computer Engineering, 9.44/10 at Jamia Millia IslamiaMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.94/4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.94/4.0 at University of Florida
Github Skills (12)
application-framework10
testing10
app-framework10
web-framework10
error-handling10
python10
django10
caching9
database9
redis9
databases9
orm8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
django/django
May 2021 - Sep 2021
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:67 reviews, 2 commits, 7 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Daniyal primarily contributed to the Django framework, focusing on bug fixes and improvements to core functionalities. They addressed issues related to session storage, error handling, and database query performance. Code changes involved modifying core files, including adjustments to messages, mail, checks, and files, and also included test cases to ensure the functionality. They also made contributions that involved the integration of the Redis cache backend.
pythondjango-frameworkappsdjangoframework
abbasidaniyal/CBS
Aug 2019 - Dec 2021
Contributions:96 commits, 58 PRs, 75 pushes in 2 years 4 months
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