Shayan Sulehri
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toptal member since November 28, 2022
Shayan is a motivated and highly-skilled full-stack developer with 7+ years of experience building and leading commercial web applications. He is proficient in React and TypeScript and excels in creating clean, efficient, and scalable web applications. Shayan thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys collaborating with teams of different knowledge sets. His interests lie in learning new programming technologies and continuous self-improvement.
Portfolio
Experience
- CSS - 7 years
- Git - 7 years
- JavaScript - 7 years
- React - 6 years
- Redux - 6 years
- TypeScript - 2 years
- NestJS - 2 years
- MongoDB - 1 year
Availability
Preferred Environment
React, TypeScript, JavaScript, NestJS, MongoDB
The most amazing...
...thing I've worked on is a streaming app called Starzplay, which is used by two million subscribers.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Afiniti
- Developed the customer support wizard, front end, and back end from the ground up in TypeScript.
- Trained team members to adopt best practices by reviewing pull requests and giving feedback.
- Collaborated with various teams and stakeholders to design and develop the app and its components around Afiniti's existing customer support technologies.
Senior Web Technology Engineer
Starzplay
- Led hands-on development for the front-end web app used by almost two million subscribers.
- Developed front-end solutions for the best viewer experience, using React and Redux, based on customer feedback, and achieved a 22% increase in customer satisfaction rating.
- Sharpened communication skills while collaborating with a diverse team based in Dubai, Pakistan, and Spain.
- Maintained the documentation and the legacy web app, which used PHP and vanilla JavaScript.
- Maintained code repositories and effectively executed on-time releases by leveraging Jenkins CI/CD.
Software Engineer
Vodworks
- Developed and supported multiple brownfield OTT web applications as the only web resource.
- Joined the project when the delivery was already overdue; this taught me to work persistently under pressure.
- Enhanced the application's features creatively, limited due to legacy code. Effectively fixed the bugs and optimized the overall performance, reliability, and efficiency.
- Delivered knowledge-sharing seminars on React and other front-end technologies that I learned at the time.
Analyst Software Engineer
Fieldforce
- Translated UI designs into responsive, cross-browser-compatible, and mobile-friendly web interfaces.
- Developed back-end services and optimized stored procedures and data structures to improve performance and reliability.
- Created and supported in-house jQuery plugins for interactive reports and charts. Learned to create jQuery plugins from scratch on tight deadlines.
Experience
Streaming App
I also led the development of the front-end web app and developed front-end solutions for the best viewer experience using React and Redux. I maintained code repositories and executed releases using Jenkins CI/CD.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Middlesex University - London, UK
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, jQuery, Handlebars, Node.js
Tools
Git, Prisma, Jenkins, Named-entity Recognition (NER)
Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, PHP, C#.NET, ASP.NET Razor, HTML, Java
Frameworks
Redux, NestJS, Next.js, Fat-Free Framework, Bootstrap, ASP.NET Web API
Platforms
Android
Storage
MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Other
Natural Language Processing (NLP), Game Development, Apps, Streaming, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT)
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