Orhan Toy
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolOrhan Toy is a Senior Software Engineer based in Copenhagen with 11 years of experience building web applications using Ruby and JavaScript, currently contributing at GitHub. He is product-focused, blending reliable, well-documented APIs with thoughtfully designed user interfaces to create cohesive customer experiences. Orhan has driven Enterprise Search features at Elastic—presenting at ElasticON 2020—and contributed to high-profile open-source projects like Rails and Kibana, improving docs, tests, and UX for crawler and App Search flows. Known for pragmatic engineering and attention to documentation and consistency, he often surfaces small but impactful improvements that make systems easier to use and maintain.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Natural Science and IT, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Natural Science and IT at Københavns Universitet
Danish, English, tyrkisk
Stackoverflow
459reputation
60kreached
1answer
2questions
Github Skills (31)
ruby-rails10
javascript10
rails10
ui-design10
metasearch10
searching10
ruby10
uid10
web-search10
front-end-development10
text-search10
activerecord10
react10
kibana9
documentation9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
rails/rails
Oct 2016 - Aug 2022
Ruby on Rails
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 14 commits, 14 PRs in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Orhan primarily focused on improving the Rails framework's documentation and examples, ensuring code consistency and addressing formatting issues. They fixed typos, updated examples with consistent hash syntax, and enhanced documentation related to ActiveRecord. Additionally, the user made minor updates to documentation and examples related to the ActiveJob and ActiveModel components. They also contributed to the improvement of the Rails testing framework by adding functionality related to the test setup of the application.
ruby-on-railsrailsframeworkrubymvc
elastic/kibana
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
Your window into the Elastic Stack
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:65 reviews, 18 commits, 21 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Orhan primarily contributed to the front-end components of the Kibana application, focusing on the Enterprise Search area. They implemented UI improvements for the crawler functionality, including adding tooltips and linking domain names. Additionally, the user worked on engine creation and document creation features, and refactored code within the App Search ingestion process. Their contributions demonstrate a focus on enhancing user experience and functionality within the Enterprise Search application.
elasticdashboardskibanaobservabilitywindow
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