Mubbshar Anwar is a Principal Software Engineer with 7+ years of full-stack experience, currently shaping learner experiences on edX and contributing to its widely used open-source platform. He specializes in Django, React/Next.js and has built modular micro-frontends, robust authentication flows (SSO, social logins) and analytics-driven onboarding that improved conversion through A/B experimentation. Comfortable across backend systems and frontend UI, he has optimized search and API performance, integrated payment and ecommerce services, and instrumented products with tools like Snowflake, Optimizely, Braze, and Datadog. His open-source contributions to key Open edX repos include front-end UX refinements and backend query and logging fixes that improved discoverability and reliability at scale. Known for breaking complex requirements into maintainable solutions, he pairs a data-informed mindset with hands-on delivery to build scalable, user-centered applications.
5 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BSCS Computer Science, BSCS Computer Science at University of South Asia
Open edX micro-frontend application for new login and registration experience.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:215 reviews, 43 commits, 120 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Mubbshar primarily contributed to the front-end of the application, focusing on user interface enhancements and bug fixes. Their work included implementing autocomplete functionality for form inputs, clearing error messages on focus, and adding a welcome page. Additionally, they were responsible for redesigning components and fixing styles.
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:110 reviews, 36 commits, 95 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Mubbshar primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the Open edX platform. Their work focused on enhancing the user authentication and registration processes, including implementing features for saving courses, handling email notifications, and integrating with Braze for marketing communications. They also addressed bug fixes related to login flows and the display of enrollment information. The user demonstrated skills in Python and Django while working on API endpoints and managing data integrity.
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