Farasath Ahamed
Senior Software Engineer at Zalando
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolFarasath Ahamed is a Senior Software Engineer based in Berlin with 12 years focused on Identity and Access Management, currently shaping security features at Zalando. He has deep hands-on experience across WSO2’s identity stack, contributing bug fixes, test automation, OAuth/OpenID Connect error handling, and UI/UX improvements for authentication flows. Comfortable across back-end and full-stack work, he has improved OAuth endpoints, multi-factor pages, and challenge-question governance while refactoring and hardening critical auth logic. A habitual learner and pragmatic problem-solver, he blends production-grade fixes with usability improvements—evident from contributions to high-impact open-source repos like WSO2 Identity Server and identity-apps.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Engineering, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Engineering, First Class Honours at University of MoratuwaRoyal College, ColomboPresident's College, Kotte
English, Sinhalese, Tamil
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debugging10
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javascript10
back-end-development10
identity10
jsp10
testing10
openid-connect10
authentication10
user-authentication10
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Github contributions (5)
wso2/carbon-identity-framework
Apr 2016 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:229 reviews, 361 commits, 309 PRs in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Farasath primarily focused on fixing bugs and removing unnecessary encodings in the entitlement UI and authentication framework. This included correcting cancel button functionality and resolving null pointer exceptions in the AuthenticatedUser class related to user attributes. The user also made improvements to the redirection logic in authentication and logout handlers, ensuring proper handling of query parameters and session keys.
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wso2/product-is
Jun 2016 - Jan 2023
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Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:4 releases, 122 reviews, 280 commits in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Farasath primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the WSO2 Identity Server project. They fixed test cases related to OAuth2 and OpenID Connect error responses, federated authenticators, and challenge questions management. The user also added a new test case for a challenge question management issue. The commits demonstrate a focus on improving the test coverage and ensuring the reliability of the identity server.
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