Safwan Samsudeen
Chief Of Staff at Frappe
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Top SchoolSafwan Samsudeen is a software engineer and emerging tech leader with six years of hands-on experience building developer-facing products at Frappe, where he progressed from intern to Chief of Staff working directly with the CEO. He’s shipped front-end features and bug fixes for the widely used open-source frappe/gantt project and led development of Frappe Drive and Writer, blending UI finesse with pragmatic backend integration. An Oxford admit for PPE who was homeschooled and shaped by diverse academic programs (IISc PROMYS, Babson summer study), he brings a rare mix of analytical rigor and product curiosity. A former Exercism supermentor and sporadic blogger, Safwan is candid about learning through failure and favors small, user-visible wins that improve developer workflows.
5 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
PROMYS India, Mathematics, PROMYS India, Mathematics at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)Senior Secondary Education, Computer Science, Senior Secondary Education, Computer Science at Unity Public School - IndiaHomeschooledSummer Study, Summer Study at Babson CollegeIGCSE and ICE Diploma, IGCSE and ICE Diploma at Vikaasa World SchoolPrimary School, Primary School at Al Qamar Academy
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
gantt-chart10
json6
pip6
pandas6
html6
css6
python6
dataframe6
django6
django-templates6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
frappe/gantt
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Open Source Javascript Gantt
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 1 review, 89 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Safwan primarily focused on fixing bugs and implementing new features related to the user interface of the Gantt chart. They addressed issues such as resizing behavior, date display inconsistencies, and problems with progress bar rendering. The user also added features like the ability to allow duration instead of end_time, hour mode and customizable padding, demonstrating expertise in manipulating UI elements and handling data. They made contributions that improved the visual display and usability of the Gantt chart.
ganttjsjavascript-ganttjavascriptganttfrappe-gantt
safwansamsudeen/python
May 2023 - Jan 2024
Exercism exercises in Python.
Contributions:2 PRs, 43 pushes, 17 branches in 8 months
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