Sunny Ratilal
Lead Software Engineer at Aspect Capital
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSunny Ratilal is a Lead Software Engineer based in London with 13 years of experience designing and delivering mission-critical systems in finance and web platforms. He progressed through engineering roles at UBS and Aspect Capital, now leading software delivery and architecture at Aspect Capital since 2026. His background spans backend engineering, PHP/WordPress plugin maintenance and refactoring—evidenced by contributions to the widely used Easy Digital Downloads project—and large-scale trading infrastructure. Sunny blends hands-on coding and API design with team leadership and operational rigor, often steering legacy modernisation and tax/order-processing logic improvements. He holds a BSc in Computer Science from Queen Mary University of London and has a track record of turning complex, regulated requirements into robust, auditable solutions. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who balances fast iteration with long-term code health.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London
English, Gujarati
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Github Skills (13)
plugin-development10
wordpress10
php10
ecommerce10
mysql9
calc9
apidoc9
calculation9
ax9
api9
calculator9
tax9
database-design8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
awesomemotive/easy-digital-downloads
May 2013 - Nov 2018
Sell digital downloads through WordPress
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 2649 commits, 357 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Sunny's commits primarily involve modifying and updating the codebase of the Easy Digital Downloads plugin, suggesting a focus on maintaining and enhancing its functionality. The commits demonstrate experience in PHP development, particularly in the context of WordPress plugins, as changes were made to various aspects of the plugin's code, including backend logic, and API interactions. The user's contributions include refactoring and debugging specific components of the plugin, adding new features such as discount and credit functions, and improving the functionality related to tax calculations and order processing. The user's work also demonstrates a familiarity with refactoring existing functionalities to align with the latest plugin version.
stripeecommercewordpress-apiwordpressphp
easydigitaldownloads/edd-ios
Mar 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:550 commits, 4 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 7 months
easy-digital-downloadsiosios-app
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