Ali Salman

Experience

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  National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

  Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

  Developer
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  National University Computing Society

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

  Board Member
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  Arbisoft

  Aug 2021 - now

  - Building an e-learning platform for the government authority by customing and enhancing open edX functionalities.- Leading an engineering team of 10 individuals, supervising their daily tasks and ensuring the project's successful execution.- Organized sessions and activities to promote technical growth and strengthen team relationships.- Integrated Nafath SSO (Single Sign-On) to enable users to authenticate on the platform using their national ID.- Managed localization across more than 12 repositories utilized in the project.- Developed and launched a Dockerized Badgr plugin, a microservice, to seamlessly integrate badges into the SDAIA platform, significantly cutting costs for the client by enabling self-management badges instead of relying on third-party solutions- Integrated Google CDN with the platform for uploading videos in the Google CDN bucket. Weniger anzeigen - Develop and oversee an e-learning platform for Wikimedia, which has been utilized by the Wikiemida team to educate individuals about their platform.- Led a team of 6 individuals, overseeing their day-to-day activities and ensuring successful project execution.- Collaborated with business analysts to understand customer requirements and reviewed requirement documents.- Automated the localization flow using Gitflow to manage multiple languages.- Implemented elastic search on the course catalogue page to minimize retrieval time.- Successfully migrated the platform (Database & Code) from the openedX lilac version to maple. Weniger anzeigen Platform Tierra:- Developed multiple Python plugins (microservices) to ensure abstraction of the code- Configured Azure AD Seamless SSO (Single Sign-On) with openEdx.- Ensured relentless communication with the client which resulted in longer commitmentsEdly:- Opensource contribution in a pdf-xBlock, which now provides an easier way to upload pdfs and select a pdf from the search bar.Summer Internship Program:- Mentored in an internship program to work on the project idea Carpool. This app is intended to facilitate intercity carpooling, boosted with unique filters i.e pooling, subscription-based model, etc- Taught an intern about the software development life cycle and gave an overview of frameworks i.e Flutter, Django, and Docker.- Secured 3rd rank among 10 projects.Fresh Grad Test:- Contributed to Arbisoft Fresh Grad test of 2022. The MCQs test the logical and technical capabilities of graduates. Moreover, I ranked among the top 5 contributors of the year. Others:Also worked with some other clients i.e Mitoll, Colaraz, and USDT to provide custom solutions to their e-learning platforms. Weniger anzeigen

  • Team Lead - Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA)

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Team Lead - Wikilearn

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Software Engineer

    Aug 2021 - now