Salman Mitha
Staff Software Engineer at Nearform
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Summary
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RockstarSalman Mitha is a Staff Software Engineer based in Dubai with 11–15 years of experience building secure, reliable backend systems at scale. He specializes in Node.js and TypeScript, using Fastify and Fastify-adjacent tooling to shape API architecture, authentication, and AWS-based infrastructure. At NearForm he blends hands-on engineering with solutions-architecture responsibilities, guiding projects from concept to production while prioritizing clarity, developer experience, and long-term maintainability. An active open-source contributor, Salman has improved core Node.js ecosystem tooling—contributing fixes and features to Fastify and adding worker-thread support and robustness to the autocannon benchmarking tool. He is pragmatic about trade-offs: shipping fast without sacrificing testability or operational resilience. If a system needs to feel simple to users, developers, and future maintainers, he’s the engineer who makes that happen.
11 years of coding experience
English, Hindi, Urdu
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
api-design10
testing10
worker-threads10
web-framework10
nodejs10
performance-monitor9
ajax9
jquery9
performance-optimization9
performance-analysis9
error-handling9
html6
php6
uri6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mcollina/autocannon
Nov 2020 - Jan 2021
fast HTTP/1.1 benchmarking tool written in Node.js
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:31 reviews, 37 commits, 24 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Salman primarily focused on enhancing the `autocannon` tool, which is written in Node.js. Their work involved introducing worker thread support, which included numerous fixes and features related to the worker mode. They also addressed issues with large response bodies, context initialization, and overall performance and reliability, with a focus on testing and error handling.
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fastify/fastify
May 2020 - Jan 2021
Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 reviews, 12 commits, 13 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Salman primarily focused on improving the Fastify web framework by addressing bugs, enhancing functionality, and adding test coverage. Their contributions involved implementing preHandler hooks, integrating error handling mechanisms, and refining the route registration process. These changes included modifications to core files like `reply.js`, `route.js`, and `fastify.js`, demonstrating a strong understanding of the framework's internal architecture and API design. The user's work directly impacted the reliability and usability of the framework.
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