Nasir Hussain
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolNasir Hussain is a Full Stack Python Software Engineer with nine years of experience based in Lahore, Pakistan, who combines backend craftsmanship with practical open-source contributions. He has a strong track record working directly in flagship Django projects—contributing bug fixes, DB migration fixes, tests, and profiler improvements to repositories like django, django-silk, and django-pipeline. Nasir excels at diagnosing database and asset-build issues across multiple backends (MySQL, Postgres) and improving tooling reliability, demonstrating deep familiarity with Django internals. He favors pragmatic refactors that reduce complexity and restore expected behavior, and he’s comfortable touching both SQL execution paths and admin/CI-facing components. Colleagues can expect a detail-oriented engineer who balances stability-focused maintenance with occasional feature work and community-facing fixes.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
ACCP Pro, Computer Software and Media Applications, ACCP Pro, Computer Software and Media Applications at Aptech PakistanAssociate of Science - AS, Mathematics and Computer Science, 4.0, Associate of Science - AS, Mathematics and Computer Science, 4.0 at Fullerton CollegeBackend Development Certification, Computer Science, Alumini, Backend Development Certification, Computer Science, Alumini at freeCodeCampUniversity of California, Los Angeles
English, Urdu, Gujarati, Arabic
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Github Skills (25)
object-mapping10
python10
django10
testing10
data-mapping10
django-testing10
database-design10
profiling10
mysql9
postgresql9
schema-design9
db-schema9
build-automation9
database-schema9
schema9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jazzband/django-silk
Aug 2019 - Aug 2020
Silky smooth profiling for Django
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 5 reviews, 64 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Nasir primarily contributed to the Django-based backend, addressing versioning, and fixing configuration issues related to PyPi. They added functionality to clear database tables within the Silk profiler and made related UI updates. The user refactored the code, improved the SQL query execution, and addressed Python 2 compatibility issues.
pythonprofilingdjangosilkysmooth
django/django
Dec 2018 - Dec 2019
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:13 PRs, 65 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Nasir primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the Django framework. Their work involved resolving issues related to subquery filtering, database migrations, and the handling of BLOB/TEXT defaults in MySQL. They also added tests to improve the functionality of the postgres range form and the AdminEmailHandler. These changes demonstrate a strong understanding of the Django codebase and its interaction with different database backends.
pythondjango-frameworkappsdjangoframework
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