Zubair Afzal
Lead Engineer at noon
Punjab, Pakistan
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Top SchoolZubair Afzal is a Lead Engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience building and shipping Python/Django systems and Vue.js front-ends, currently leading engineering at noon. He spent a large part of his career at Arbisoft driving Open edX development—contributing backend features to the flagship openedx/edx-platform and automating deployments and infrastructure via Ansible for openedx-unsupported/configuration. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs feature development (courseware, ecommerce integrations, grading logic) with DevOps-minded automation to streamline releases. A collaborative team lead and active open-source contributor, he brings strong communication skills and a pragmatic approach to mentoring engineers. Outside work he’s a dedicated gamer (Dota), a detail that underscores his strategic thinking and persistence under pressure.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
F.Sc, Pre-Engineering; 2007, A, F.Sc, Pre-Engineering; 2007, A at Govt. Khawaja Fareed CollegeBachelor of Science; 2007, Telecommunication Engineering; 2011, Bachelor of Science; 2007, Telecommunication Engineering; 2011 at National University of Computer and Emerging SciencesMetriculation, Physics, Bio, Mathmatics, A+, Metriculation, Physics, Bio, Mathmatics, A+ at Govt. Comprehensive High School
English, Urdu
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Github Skills (40)
docker10
data-service10
python10
scripting10
django10
configuration-management10
dockers10
webservice10
script10
ansible10
infrastructure-as-code10
sh10
ansible-galaxy10
nginx10
shell10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
openedx-unsupported/ecommerce
Jun 2015 - Jul 2018
(Deprecated) Service for managing edX's product catalog and handling orders for those products
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:50 commits, 49 PRs, 265 pushes in 3 years
Contributions summary:Zubair primarily contributed to the back-end functionalities of the e-commerce service. They developed and updated templates, added models, and implemented administrative tools for site configuration. The user also worked on text improvements and styling for credit payment notifications, as well as the addition of functionality for course catalog selection for enterprise coupons and for linking enterprise orders with the provided business clients. Their work demonstrates a focus on features and enhancements for the e-commerce platform.
djangoedxproduct-catalogbackend-servicehandling
openedx/edx-platform
Nov 2013 - Jan 2019
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:265 commits, 155 PRs, 474 pushes in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Zubair primarily contributed to fixing bugs and implementing new features related to the Open edX platform. The user's work focused on the course outline functionality, adding features like creating sections and subsections. Additional commits involved modifying courseware views and survey functionality to improve user experience. Furthermore, the user made code changes to round off values while returning grading policy.
edxlmssitesbackend-serviceopen-edx
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