Riasat Rakin
Director Of Engineering at CircleCI
Canada
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Top SchoolRiasat Rakin is a Director of Engineering based in Canada with eight years of experience scaling CI-driven software teams and building test automation across web and mobile platforms. He progressed through engineering leadership roles at CircleCI, where he moved from manager to director, and previously led automation efforts that reduced manual testing by large margins at companies like Pixlee and Asset Science. Hands-on background in Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Docker, and CI/CD complements his track record of implementing frameworks reused across 50+ microservices and automating ~80–85% of test suites. He began his career in hardware and embedded test engineering, giving him an uncommon blend of low-level validation rigor and cloud-native delivery practices. Known for mentoring teams to adopt robust test strategies and tooling, he focuses on delivering reliable, fast feedback loops that accelerate product velocity.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School Advanced Level Science, High School Advanced Level Science at Scholastica Pvt. Ltd.Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Electrical Engineering at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (12)
redoc10
api-documentation10
api-blueprint10
circleci10
jekyll10
documentation10
pact3
ruby2
testing2
stubbing1
consumer-driven-contracts1
mocking1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
rrakin/circleci-demo-javascript-react-app
Mar 2021 - May 2022
Sample ReactJS application running on CircleCI
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 2 months
reactreact18circlecisample-reactjshigher-order-component
circleci/circleci-docs
Dec 2022 - May 2024
Documentation for CircleCI.
Contributions:4 reviews, 2 pushes in 1 year 5 months
docsthursdayredocapi-documentationcirclecijekyll
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