Taslan Graham
Software Engineer at Public Knowledge Project
Kingston, Jamaica
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Top SchoolTaslan Graham is a full-stack software engineer with 7 years of industry experience and 3+ years focused on building robust web applications using Node.js, TypeScript, and Vue.js. He has delivered high-scale APIs and systems—supporting 50,000+ active users—led migrations from CommonJS to ESM, and built BI and fraud-detection tooling that materially improved business outcomes. At Public Knowledge Project he contributed back-end API enhancements to the widely used Open Journal Systems, adding localization, DOI search, and publication-related endpoints. Taslan pairs rigorous engineering practices (90%+ test coverage, CI/CD, automated visual and accessibility testing) with hands-on product work across healthcare and insurance domains. Based in Kingston, Jamaica, he also mentors open-source contributors and writes about development, blending practical delivery with community-focused learning.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Honor Student, Information and communication Technology, Honor Student, Information and communication Technology at Huawei UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at University of Technology, Jamaica
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Github Skills (14)
php10
api10
laravel10
apidoc10
laravel-mix10
api-design9
restful-api9
webapp9
web-application9
database-design9
rest-api9
web-development9
api-rest9
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pkp/ojs
Jun 2024 - Mar 2025
Open Journal Systems is open source software to manage scholarly journals.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 100 PRs, 27 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Taslan primarily focused on enhancing the API functionality of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Their contributions involved exposing various publication forms, specifically for submission payments, titles/abstracts, and issue entries, through the API. They also added API endpoints for email log entries and incorporated localization features. Furthermore, the user modified the existing codebase to include features such as search by DOI.
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taslangraham/tode-node-api-starter
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
Base template for projects generated by tode cli.
Contributions:3 releases, 18 PRs, 68 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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