Behsaad Ramez
Verified Expert in Engineering
Game Developer
Málaga, Spain
Toptal member since January 18, 2016
Behsaad is a founder and freelance developer focusing on Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React, Java, and Android applications. As a freelancer, he has worked for the most significant German eCommerce, insurance, and publishing companies. He was the project leader of DinoStorm, a Java-based MMORPG with over eight million registrations. Behsaad has strong communication skills and feels comfortable working with startups and big cooperations.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
REST, React, Sublime Text, MySQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, Android Studio, Unity3D
The most amazing...
...project I have worked on is a video game called Boardquest: Tales of Liria: store.steampowered.com/app/2360090/Boardquest_Tales_of_Liria/?beta=0.
Work Experience
Founder and Game Designer
Ramezware SL
- Developed a full-fledged video game with a ladder, online games, and local AI to play against.
- Designed a board and video game from the ground up and built it together with a small team.
- Gained skills in marketing, game design, game development, team leadership, and networking in a very exciting project: store.steampowered.com/app/2360090/Boardquest_Tales_of_Liria/?beta=0.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/2360090/Boardquest_Tales_of_Liria/?beta=0.
Developer
Behsaad Ramez IT Consulting
- Created Ruby on Rails-based web applications for well-known clients, among them Germany's biggest publishing and eCommerce companies. As a tech lead, I often managed teams of two to four developers in these projects.
- Developed an entire educational system with Ruby on Rails and a custom CMS.
- Created an Android app for Quazzel.it with live-video capability.
- Developed a WebRTC video chat for a language learning platform.
- Created in Bootstrap and JavaScript applications and built front-end web features.
- Developed the website Webfluss.de for Webflow development.
- Created integrations in Ruby on Rails working with APIs and from vendors like Zoom, Google, and Blackbaud.
- Worked with several nonprofit organizations to enhance their data integrations.
IT Consultant
Monday Consulting
- Developed with Java Enterprise.
- Programmed with Intershop eCommerce.
- Created mobile application features with Sencha Touch.
Lead DinoStorm Developer
Splitscreen Studios
- Developed Java features.
- Developed an MMORPG Engine.
- Led a team of three developers.
Student Instructor of Java
Freie Universität Berlin
- Educated undergraduate university students.
- Taught Java and Algorithms in general.
- Created exams and tests.
Experience
DinoStorm
http://www.dinostorm.comI was responsible for the back-end and game logic and for creating new features.
The implementation of the dino skill and effect system was one of those features I was in charge of.
After laying out the architecture in UML we started implementing the highly capsuled modules, interfaces, and tests.
Quazzel
We count several thousand registrations across the website and the app.
I was in charge of the back-end for the website and the Android App development.
We are currently integrating our monetization system and looking for investors.
Mechs and Tanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Wsxu2Tj7AYou can read the paper here:
http://www.umingo.de/doku.php?id=paper:mechs_and_tanks:start
I am currently working on updating and open sourcing the whole project on GitHub.
Personal Blog
It is a Rails and middleman-based application.
German influencer Marketing Rails App
The technologies used for this project include SASS, HAML, ActionMailer, RSPEC, Instagram API, Facebook API, Pinterest API, Youtube API, and the Twitter API.
My role was the complete design and implementation of the models views, controllers, mailing, deployment, and testing.
The app connects an influencers social media channels and analyzes their followers, posts, and demographics.
Influencers then get matched with brands based on the results.
We are currently counting more than 100 influencers with millions of followers.
Rails-based Moodboard
The moodboard allows you to create a collage of images, objects and texts in different categories and place them freely on a canvas.
I developed the canvas with Fabric.js, a common JavaScript library and the backend and admin tools with Rails.
German Facebook Marketing Tool
In fact, I implemented the majority of the code base myself.
JavaScript, Web sockets, Haml, Bootstrap, and the Rails Facebook API are among many technologies applied for this project.
Ruby on Rails Blog Article
Boardquest: Tales of Liria
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2360090/Boardquest_Tales_of_Liria/?beta=0Education
University Degree in Computer Science
Freie Universität Berlin - Berlin, Germany
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST API, Fabric, jQuery, WebRTC, React.js, Node.js
Tools
Android, Microsoft Development, Git, IntelliJ IDEA, Xcode, Sublime Text 2, RabbitMQ, Sublime Text, Subversion (SVN), Photoshop, RSpec
Languages
Ruby, Haml, HTML, PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, Java, Python, C#
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails, Bootstrap, Unity, OGRE, Sencha Touch, .NET
Platforms
Webflow, Android, Webflow CMS, Heroku, Xamarin, Kubernetes, Docker, WordPress Development, Cloud Engineering
Industry Expertise
Virtual Coaching
Storage
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
Paradigms
REST, Functional Programming, Unit Testing, Agile Development, Agile Development, Microservices Architecture
Other
Communication Coaching, Code Architecture, Product Management, Architecture, Full-stack, Ajax, Game Development, Web Scraping, Economic Development, E-commerce marketing, Connected Cars, APIs, Fintech Development, Design Strategy, Computer Science, Game Development
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