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Ajit Shinde
Verified Expert in Engineering
Drupal Developer
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Toptal member since September 5, 2022
Bio
Ajit has been a Drupal expert specializing in this field since 2011. He has decoupled Drupal installations, migrated data from Drupal 7 sites into newly architected Drupal 8, 9, 10 sites, and developed enterprise projects implementing headless solutions. Ajit is a technical lead who understands how to guide teams through complex projects while keeping stakeholders connected and involved. He enjoys contributing to open source projects and inspiring others in the world of Drupal.
Portfolio
Tag1 Consulting
Docker, Drupal
Cheppers
Drupal 8, Drupal 9, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Drupal 10, PHP, Drupal, Docker...
CoLab Coop
Drupal 7, Drupal 8, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Remote Work, PHP, Drupal, Docker...
Experience
- Drupal - 12 years
- PHP - 10 years
- MySQL - 10 years
- Drupal 8 - 8 years
- Drupal 7 - 6 years
- Migration - 5 years
- Drupal 10 - 2 years
- Drupal 9 - 1 year
Preferred Environment
MacBook, Linux, Docker, Vagrant, PhpStorm, Drupal 6, Drupal 7, Drupal 8, Drupal 9, Drupal 10
The most amazing...
...things I've developed are enterprise-level projects by implementing headless solutions and deployments.
Work Experience
Senior Developer
2022 - PRESENT
Tag1 Consulting
- Worked on performance optimization tasks on an existing project and reduced page load time from 30 seconds to under 5.
- Worked with a globally distributed team with the client based out of the US and with team members spread across America, Europe, and Africa while being the only member from India.
- Integrated several 3rd-party APIs and implemented test-driven development for the same.
Technologies: Docker, Drupal
Senior Drupal Consultant
2019 - 2022
Cheppers
- Led an enterprise project which required travel to the US to work onsite.
- Expanded into new technical areas in Drupal for specific project needs.
- Developed enterprise-level projects by implementing headless solutions and deployments.
Technologies: Drupal 8, Drupal 9, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Drupal 10, PHP, Drupal, Docker, PHP 7
Senior Drupal Consultant
2017 - 2019
CoLab Coop
- Coordinated with stakeholders to plan the development and deliverables of the project.
- Collaborated directly with the clients to ensure smooth project completion.
- Contributed multiple modules back to the Drupal community.
Technologies: Drupal 7, Drupal 8, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Remote Work, PHP, Drupal, Docker, PHP 7
Technical Lead
2013 - 2017
Qed42
- Led client projects, communicated with non-technical stakeholders in simple terms, and translated the requirements into solid information architecture.
- Assisted in the hiring of new yet experienced developers.
- Trained several internship batches of size six by creating and conducting the training material.
- Presented sessions and organized and conducted workshops at different open source events.
- Contributed to Drupal core and created several new modules whenever there was an opportunity to make a generic solution in the project's scope.
Technologies: Drupal, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Jira, Project Management, PHP, PHP 7
Drupal Consultant
2012 - 2013
MSC Software
- Developed a project with a team of two and reported to a manager unfamiliar with Drupal. The project involved migrating the current documentation from Atlassian Confluence to Drupal.
- Implemented features such as SSO and PDF export of pages and sub-pages, bagging the prestigious hall-of-fame award. I collaborated with other teams to implement this feature.
- Established an online presence in the community through a profile on Drupal Stack Exchange, earning a reputation of over 3,000 points in a year.
- Updated the notify module in the form of bug reports and patches to the issue queue on the official website drupal.org.
- Spearheaded the deployment of the site to the developer stage and assisted in production deployment.
Technologies: Drupal 7, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, Drupal, PHP 7
Experience
SetIndia
The client is one of the biggest media companies in India.
I developed the site from scratch and provided significant improvement to their current site. I contributed a social statistics module that got me the Git vetted user access on drupal.org.
I developed the site from scratch and provided significant improvement to their current site. I contributed a social statistics module that got me the Git vetted user access on drupal.org.
Unitarian Universalist Association
http://www.uua.orgI collaborated with the client’s technical team and other developers as a mixed team to develop the main website and intranet site. I oversaw the site building, custom module development, migration, and reviews.
VoteSane
The site provides a means for average citizens to donate to their representatives.
As the technical lead and developer on the project, I oversaw the automatic addition, updating, and search of the legislators from which we implemented the Sunlight Foundation API.
As the technical lead and developer on the project, I oversaw the automatic addition, updating, and search of the legislators from which we implemented the Sunlight Foundation API.
Hone & Strop
A full-fledged eCommerce site for fashion. A perfect example of commerce driven by the content business model. I contributed as a technical lead and developer.
Novartis Brand Lab
https://www.novartisbrandlab.comI served as the technical project manager and technical lead on the project. It was a redesign project and implementation of the new brand guidelines. It required me to decide the tasks, break them down and provide the technical implementation ideas. Live deployment happened after each sprint.
Vermont Law School
Served as the senior developer to create the custom architecture for the site, completed custom module development, migrated the data from the existing Drupal 7 site to the new Drupal 8 site, and performed code reviews.
American Association for Advancement of Science
I served as the senior developer and technical lead to guide the client's technical team on designing the technical approach, integrating the style guide using Pattern Lab, and migrating the data from the existing Drupal 7 site into the newly architected Drupal 8 site.
The Children's Place
It was a project where we used Drupal on the back end in a decoupled architecture. As the senior developer and technology lead, I was responsible for the development, reviews, maintenance, deployment, and team management of the decoupled Drupal installation.
Education
2007 - 2012
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Pune - Pune, India
Certifications
AUGUST 2014 - PRESENT
Acquia Certified Developer
Acquia
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery
Tools
Jira, PhpStorm, Vagrant, Pattern Lab
Languages
PHP, PHP 7, JavaScript, CSS
Paradigms
Generic Programming
Platforms
Linux, Docker, Drupal, Drupal 7, Drupal 8, Drupal 9, Drupal 10, Drupal 6
Storage
RDBMS, MySQL
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Other
MacBook, Data Structures, Remote Work, Migration, Networking
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