Salar K is a Senior Software Engineer based in Melbourne with 13 years of experience building full-stack, scalable web applications and leading development teams. He has progressed from hands-on web development to technical lead roles and now holds senior engineering positions at MatchBox Exchange and WiseTech Global, blending delivery-focused engineering with team leadership. His open-source work includes developing SmartProxy, a browser extension that automates proxy rules and localization, showing a knack for practical UX-driven tooling and cross-browser compatibility. Known for modernizing front-end stacks (Bootstrap 4, DataTables) and integrating subscription and rule engines, he brings both product sensibility and attention to maintainable code. With a background in remote study for computer software engineering, he pairs disciplined self-directed learning with a history of long-tenured contributions across startups and enterprise environments.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Payame Noor University (Distance Education)
Firefox/Chrome browser extension. SmartProxy will automatically enable/disable proxy for the sites you visit, based on customizable patterns.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:26 releases, 6 reviews, 550 commits in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Salar was primarily responsible for the development and maintenance of the SmartProxy browser extension, particularly focusing on the frontend UI and settings management. Their contributions include making the extension compatible with Chrome, refactoring the UI to use Bootstrap 4, and fixing various UI-related bugs. The user also implemented features related to proxy server subscriptions and the ability to define and apply custom rules. Furthermore, they integrated localization support and updated to the latest versions of DataTables.
An implementation of BinaryReader and BinaryWriter which works on binary arrays directly
Contributions:31 commits, 2 PRs, 35 pushes in 3 years 4 months
binaryreaderarraysbinarywriter
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