K M Rakibul Islam

Experienced (17+ years) developer and friendly Ruby on Rails and React/Next.js/Redux Developer/Mentor (with passion for helping others learn) | ★ 3,620+ 5 ★ sessions/jobs. 8+ years on top of the Codementor Ranking ★

https://www.codementor.io/ruby-on-rails-experts

I am a Senior Software Engineer from Toronto, currently working as a Ruby on Rails and React/Redux Developer at theScore Inc. I am passionate about helping and mentoring people, especially those who are new to web development and the programming world. I am specialized in explaining the core concepts of Ruby and Rails, Javascript, React, APIs and everything else along with the best practices. I focus on the learning experience of my students and make sure they get exactly what they want. I have excellent academic track records (Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Masters in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto) along with strong development and industry experience in Software Development and Web Development (17+ years coding experience in total).

I have helped more than 800 individuals here at CodeMentor (with 3,620+ 5 ★ sessions) with their projects implementation, bug fixes, architecture advices, performance improvements etc. I have worked with a bunch of CEOs and CTOs of YC start-ups and helped them with their projects. Made long term relationships with many of them which I help in a regular basis today.

I have helped a ton of bootcamp students here at CodeMentor and helped them build their web development career path and getting jobs after the completion of their bootcamp cohorts.

Here at CodeMentor, I have helped people from all levels: From someone who is brand new to programming to 30+ years of experienced Senior Software Engineers, Product Managers and everyone in between. It's been an amazing journey here at CodeMentor for the last 8+ years! :-)

I started programming and solving problems in 2006, at the age of 18. Since then, I wrote programs in a variety of programming languages such as C, C++, Java, PHP, Ruby, Python, Javascript, etc. These days, I use Ruby and Rails and React JS as my primary programming languages and frameworks.

I can help with debugging your issues as well as refactoring your code according to the best practices and conventions out there. Helping people is my passion and motto in life. If you think I can help you in any way, please get in touch!

Specialties:

• Building scalable and performant backend APIs in Ruby on Rails (Active Model Serializer, GraphQL, Grape, Jbuilder, RABL, etc.) for android, iPhone or web applications. (For more than 12 million users).
• Integration of backend APIs with Javascript frontend framework (ReactJS) using JSON Web Token (JWT).
• Built highly scalable Push Notification System for theScore sports application (For ~10 million users).
• Implemented instant player, team and news article search for the theScore and theScore eSports apps which have more than 6 million monthly active users using ElasticSearch and Rails.
• Backend Ruby on Rails Development (With scaling, performance optimizations, database query optimizations, caching best practices, etc.).
• Test Driven Development with clean code and best practices.
• Web Scraping (Nokogiri, Mechanize) (Scrape data from anywhere on the internet!).
• Reverse engineering complex APIs and web applications to write automated scripts to mimic and automate user behaviour and extract required data.
• Explain concepts/solutions clearly and concisely according to the level of the client/student. (Helped over 700 people on CodeMentor with 3,620+ 5 ★ sessions)
• Giving architecture advice for your application. Explain which tools/gems to use and why.
• Setting up SSL certificates for Rails application (Nginx server) on AWS EC2 instance and securing your application.
• Suggesting best practices and focusing on the best learning experience and long-term achievements.
• Showing cool tips and tricks that I have learned over the past 18+ years (and still learning!) as a professional Ruby on Rails developer to be more productive and efficient at work.
• Upgrading Ruby/Rails versions for your existing application.
• Finding bottlenecks and Optimizing performance for your slow Rails applications.
• I can help you to prepare for interviews for Ruby on Rails developer position, or any other Software Development position. I have successfully guided many developers who got their dream jobs after practicing coding interviews with me!