Noraiz Anwar
Senior Software Engineer at Axel Springer
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolNoraiz Anwar is a senior software engineer based in Berlin with over nine years of experience building and operating reliable web and backend systems across education and language-tech platforms. He combines hands-on coding in TypeScript, JavaScript and Python with system design, TDD, CI/CD and observability using tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus and Grafana to drive end-to-end delivery. Noraiz has contributed to prominent open-source projects in the Open edX ecosystem, fixing core LMS bugs and improving the Open Response Assessment suite, demonstrating both backend and frontend fluency. Comfortable designing event-driven, domain-driven and microservice architectures, he also guides estimation, planning and team-level delivery. Currently expanding into data science and machine learning, he brings a pragmatic mix of curiosity, disciplined experimentation and production-first thinking to complex problems.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BSc. (Hons) Computer Science and Software Engineering, BSc. (Hons) Computer Science and Software Engineering at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)
Github Skills (10)
openedx10
backend10
data-service10
python10
webservice10
django10
acceptance-testing7
javascript7
html5
css5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/openedx-platform
Sep 2016 - Oct 2019
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:128 commits, 160 PRs, 670 pushes in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Noraiz contributed to the Open edX platform by fixing mathjax rendering issues in the discussion section and correcting theme assets. The user also removed access for inactive users in the course team settings. Further contributions involved addressing an error related to course exports with long filenames, and modifying course team functionality related to student access and course content.
lmsopenedxbackend-service
openedx/edx-ora2
Nov 2017 - Apr 2019
Open Response Assessment Suite
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 11 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Noraiz contributed to the Open Response Assessment Suite by fixing bugs, updating version numbers, and improving the user interface. Their work included modifying code related to multi-response essays, fixing course install scripts, and implementing staff override options based on grade freezing. The user's commits demonstrate a focus on both backend and frontend changes within the edX platform.
assessmentpythonsuite
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