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Ashwin Khanna

Toronto,Ont

Summary

Seasoned Full-Stack Developer with a proven track record in product inception, implementation, and delivery. Specialized in crafting aesthetically appealing applications, foreseeing and efficiently resolving initial stage challenges with modular and testable code. Recognized for social adaptability across diverse environments, bringing a positive mindset, friendly disposition and a collaborative approach to problem-solving.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Ruby on Rails Developer

HomeStars
01.2020 - 08.2023
  • Actively participated in grooming & design meetings, contributing to project planning and breaking down Jira stories for effective task management.
  • Implemented core application functionality with high level of autonomy, showcasing ability to take ownership of project components.
  • Architected & integrated react web component library to help streamline development processes and standardise user experience.
  • Designed, tracked, & implemented A/B testing for core business pages, enhancing user experience and optimising page performance.
  • Modernised analytics tooling, specifically Mixpanel & Pendo, guiding management to make informed UX decisions.
  • Spearheaded WCAG compliance, automating accessibility testing with Jest & expanding the company's demographic reach.
  • Established first micro-front end using NextJS/React/Ansible, integrating it into larger system for subscription-based payment processing.
  • Played key role in high-stakes project for premium clients, building & integrating new Rails API & React/NodeJs powered admin console for Customer Success & Sales departments.
  • Maintained core Rails API, ensuring it met all business needs & acted as reliable foundation for team projects.
  • Implemented REST API resources with Ruby on Rails for various third-party consumers, including mobile platforms, Salesforce, & external advertising companies.
  • Monitored & debugged Sidekiq queuing services, ensuring smooth operation of background job processing.
  • Engineered database tables & executed migrations across local, testing, production environments with ActiveRecord & MySQL/PostgreSQL.
  • Upgraded major versions of Rails/React eliminating technical debt.
  • Acted as on-call incident responder for Level 1 production support, addressing & resolving web application incidents promptly.
  • Contributed cross-team to larger-scale initiatives, playing crucial role in architecture & integration with AWS serverless services.

Ruby on Rails Intern

Exampro
09.2018 - 10.2019
  • Navigated an existing codebase and wrote unit tests with Rspec and Capybara to improve test coverage.
  • Re-configured to use Rails 5.2 with active storage for image uploads, reducing dependencies.
  • Kickstarted the translation of Haml views into React web components for a modern user experience and avoiding unnecessary page reloads.
  • Collaborated with the UI/UX design team to translate marketing page designs into a middleman/Haml website hosted on AWS S3 and CloudFront, decoupling it from the main application for fault tolerance and improved load capacity.
  • Leveraged company mentorship to acquire AWS certification with hands-on experience within the ExamPro cloud ecosystem under the guidance of the CEO.
  • Captained the ExamPro junior dev team of 4 in the 2019-Oxford-Global Hackathon.

Education

Political Science -

Carleton University
Ottawa, ON

Skills

  • Javascript Ruby
  • React Node NextJs
  • jQuerry Coffeescript
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Vagrant
  • Postgres MySQL
  • MongoDB DynamoDB
  • Jest Rspec Minitest
  • Datadog Pager response
  • Github
  • Heroku AWS

Websites

Timeline

Ruby on Rails Developer

HomeStars
01.2020 - 08.2023

Ruby on Rails Intern

Exampro
09.2018 - 10.2019

Political Science -

Carleton University

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