Saleem Latif
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Arbisoft
Punjab, Pakistan
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Top SchoolSaleem Latif is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building resilient middle-layer systems that keep online services — especially booking and learning flows — running smoothly. Based in Punjab, Pakistan, he has driven revenue-generating features for edX for Business, including AI-generated course catalogs and skill-based recommendations, and has a strong track record in backend Python, Django, and scalable deployments on AWS. He combines hands-on engineering with automation expertise (Ansible, Terraform) and has contributed to the Open edX ecosystem through backend and theming work that enabled white-labeling and multi-site branding. Saleem also blends data and visualization experience from AI portals and Plotly/Tableau deployments, showing an ability to turn research-grade prototypes into production systems. Notably, his contributions include improving API and metadata services for widely used Open edX repos, reflecting both community-minded open-source work and enterprise impact.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Matriculation Science, Matriculation Science at Islamia High SchoolB.Sc Electrical Engineering, B.Sc Electrical Engineering at University of Engineering and Technology, LahoreF.Sc Pre-Engineering, F.Sc Pre-Engineering at Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore
English, Urdu, Punjabi
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Github Skills (34)
uitest10
data-service10
python10
apidoc10
django10
webservice10
api10
backend10
ui-testing10
test-automation10
api-design9
restful-api9
javascript9
api-rest9
google-maps9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
openedx-unsupported/ecommerce
Apr 2016 - Jan 2021
(Deprecated) Service for managing edX's product catalog and handling orders for those products
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:55 reviews, 67 commits, 72 PRs in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Saleem primarily contributed to the backend services of the "ecommerce" repository, a deprecated service managing edX's product catalog and handling orders. Their work included adding documentation, addressing code review feedback, and implementing multi-site branding features related to asset compilation. The changes involve modifications to Python code, particularly within the theming and asset management command files, indicating a focus on server-side logic and potentially integration with front-end assets.
djangoedxproduct-catalogbackend-servicehandling
openedx/course-discovery
Sep 2017 - Oct 2022
Service providing access to consolidated course and program metadata
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:82 reviews, 32 commits, 72 PRs in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Saleem primarily contributed to the backend of the `course-discovery` repository, focusing on enhancing the API and course metadata management. Their work involved modifying API responses, creating and enabling language filters, and adding features related to course skills blacklisting. Furthermore, the user was involved in implementing features to create enrollment codes by default. The user also worked on upgrading the taxonomy-connector version.
data-managementconsolidateditilbackend-servicemetadata
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