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Ashr Ali

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    Senior Full-Stack Developer
    Datasap
    Jan 2021 - Current (5 years 5 months)
    • Designed and implemented scalable Django and FastAPI microservices powering internal real estate intelligence tools.
  • Pie Insurance
    Full-Stack Software Engineer
    Pie Insurance
    Jan 2018 - Jan 2021 (3 years 1 month)
    • Built customer and agent-facing portals using Django REST Framework and Vue.js for policy issuance, renewal, and claims.
  • HealthEdge
    Software Engineer (Full-Stack)
    HealthEdge
    Jan 2015 - Jan 2018 (3 years 1 month)
    • Developed claims processing features using Flask, PostgreSQL, and Celery to support high-throughput healthcare systems.
  • ClearGov
    Junior Backend Developer
    ClearGov
    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015 (2 years 1 month)
    • Developed Django-based backend services to parse and visualize U.S. municipal budget and expenditure data. • Created APIs and templates for auto-generating charts, tables, and transparency reports. • Optimized SQL queries for state-level financial data, improving load times on public dashboards by 60%. • Added Redis-based caching strategies to reduce server load and improve response times. • Supported data migration from CSV and Excel to PostgreSQL with validation and integrity checks. • Maintained legacy front-end features with jQuery and Bootstrap and later contributed to Vue.js adoption. • Assisted with analytics tracking (Google Analytics, Mixpanel) and A/B testing for layout experiments.
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    Bachelor's Degree
    Mar 2010 - Sep 2014 (4 years 7 months)
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    TaskHive Freelance marketplace built with FastAPI + React
    Jun 2024 - Sep 2024 (4 months)
    • Designed and built a full-featured freelance platform with user roles (clients/freelancers), project bidding, and messaging. • Implemented secure multi-user authentication using OAuth2 with JWT refresh tokens and role based access control. • Integrated Stripe Connect for escrow-style payments and commission handling. • Built responsive UI with Tailwind CSS and React Hooks, optimized for both desktop and mobile. • Created backend with FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and Alembic for scalable data handling. • Dockerized the entire stack and implemented GitHub Actions workflows for CI/CD, test coverage, and deployments to AWS ECS. • Added user notifications via WebSockets and email triggers using AWS SES.
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    PulseBoard
    Feb 2023 - Nov 2023 (10 months)
    IoT monitoring dashboard for real-time event tracking • Built ingestion pipeline using FastAPI + Redis Streams to manage high-throughput device telemetry (100K+ events/day). • Implemented live device monitoring dashboard with WebSockets and React + Chart.js for real-time visualization. • Built alerting and anomaly detection rules using Python and scheduled Celery jobs. • Enabled multi-tenant access with data isolation for enterprise clients. • Deployed via Docker and Nginx on AWS (ECS + CloudFront), achieving low-latency access globally. • Integrated Prometheus + Grafana for internal metrics and uptime monitoring.
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    DevDock
    Jan 2021 - Mar 2022 (1 year 3 months)
    Internal developer portal for managing environments, builds, and secrets • Built for internal use at a previous job to reduce DevOps friction and improve onboarding. • Integrated GitHub and Docker Registry APIs for triggering builds and managing environments. • Created role-based access for developers, leads, and QA engineers using Django and Django Guardian. • Used React with Material UI for admin panels and status views. • Allowed self-service of ephemeral environments and service restarts via Kubernetes API.
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    DocuGen
    May 2019 - Dec 2019 (8 months)
    Open-source Python library for dynamic document generation • Converts a modular plugin for reusable templates (invoices, reports, agreements, etc.). CLI and REST interface for easy integration into CI and external platforms. • templating error and version for templates. • Open-sourced on by small and indie developers. with and documentation.
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    StudyHub
    Mar 2015 - Nov 2016 (1 year 9 months)
    Online learning platformfocused on test prep and collaborative study tools • Built frontend using Vue.js and Vuex, with real-time collaboration (chat, notes, quizzes) via WebSockets. • Backend in Django REST Framework, supporting user enrollment, content scheduling, and progress tracking. • Integrated third-party APIs for AI-generated quiz questions and YouTube content embedding. • Implemented caching with Redis and full-text search using PostgreSQL's tsvector. • Added support for markdown-based lesson plans and PDF exports. • Deployed with Docker and CI/CD to DigitalOcean Kubernetes.
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    Sentilytics
    Feb 2014 - Sep 2014 (8 months)
    Social media sentiment analysis dashboard using NLP and data streaming • Ingested Twitter and Reddit streams via Apache Kafka and processed data in real-time with FastAPI workers. • Built sentiment analysis pipeline using spaCy, TextBlob, and transformer models (Hugging Face). • Created a frontend in React + D3.js to visualize sentiment shifts and keyword trends over time. • Supported dashboard filtering by keyword, sentiment score, and time range. • Deployed with Kubernetes and used ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for logs and visualizations.