Rahim Saibo
Software Architect at Litmus
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRahim Saibo is a seasoned software architect and entrepreneur with 13+ years building full-stack web platforms and shaping product-led startups from prototype to exit. Based in Leeds, he combines hands-on polyglot engineering—Ruby/Rails expertise since 2006—with strategic leadership roles including Interim CTO at Thortful and founding a consultancy that applied lean startup and refined UX principles. At Litmus he drives architecture and delivery while mentoring teams, and his open-source contributions include security-focused enhancements to the Azure SDK for Ruby, notably around Blob Storage and SAS handling. He started in a boutique consultancy where, as one of the earliest hires, he helped grow the firm nationally and internationally, including establishing an Australian practice. Pragmatic and user-focused, he pairs deep technical craftsmanship with a knack for translating ambiguous product problems into disruptive, emotive experiences.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons), Natural Sciences (Computer Science and Maths), BSc (Hons), Natural Sciences (Computer Science and Maths) at University of Durham
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Github Skills (11)
blob-storage10
azure-sdk10
ruby10
testing8
api-design8
arm6
apple-m16
api6
docker6
debian-buster6
qemu6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-sdk-for-ruby
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Ruby SDK for Azure Resource Manager: build and manage your Azure cloud infrastructure (Compute, Virtual Networks, Storage, etc...) using Ruby.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 2 comments in 13 days
Contributions summary:Rahim contributed significantly to the Azure SDK for Ruby by implementing and refactoring functionalities related to Azure Blob Storage. Their work includes adding support for StorageServiceProperties, specifically the default service version. They also added and refactored the Blob::Auth::SharedAccessSignature for enhanced security, including refactoring and unit testing. This included removing external dependencies and adjusting URI construction.
azure-resourcescloud-infrastructureazure-functionsresource-managerinfrastructure
litmus/litmus-inline-example
Jan 2018 - May 2023
Heroku deployable example of a Litmus Inline integration
Contributions:8 PRs, 22 pushes, 9 branches in 5 years 4 months
inlineherokulitmusdeployable
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