Mohammad Ahtasham
Back End Developer at Upwork
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolMohammad Ahtasham is a Senior Software Engineer and independent contractor based in Stockholm with six years of experience building scalable backend systems, payment integrations, and improving developer workflows. He has led payment architecture and integrations (Stripe, PayPal, wallets, 3DS) for high-traffic e-learning platforms and drove cost and performance gains by simplifying BFF patterns and reducing redundant calls. At Arbisoft he modernized stacks—upgrading Django/Python/Node, introducing containerization and CI/CD, and integrating monitoring (DataDog, Splunk) while mentoring junior engineers. An active open-source contributor to the Open edX platform, he focuses on backend reliability and test improvements that support global education initiatives. He’s equally comfortable across ML, web and mobile projects and brings a pragmatic DevOps mindset from a Udacity DevOps nanodegree to his engineering practice.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science, Artificial Intelligence at Lahore University of Management SciencesBachelor's degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering at PUCIT - FCITNano Degree, DevOps, Nano Degree, DevOps at Udacity
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Github Skills (6)
backend10
data-service10
python10
webservice10
django10
pytest9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/openedx-platform
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:82 reviews, 144 commits, 225 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Mohammad's commits primarily involve back-end development tasks, including installing and configuring dependencies (codejail), fixing test failures, and updating requirements. The code changes also involve modifying test files and adding/removing assertions, indicating a focus on improving code reliability and testing. The user's contributions touch upon Django-related code and test files within the edX platform. The commits show a consistent involvement in maintaining and improving the functionality of the project.
lmsopenedxbackend-service
aht007/haemo-support-backend
Jul 2021 - May 2023
Contributions:7 reviews, 35 PRs, 168 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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