Raman.

Tech Lead of a keyword research platform used by millions. Reported directly to the CEO (NP Brands) to align technical strategy with business growth.

• › Orchestrated the migration from Stripe to Recurly, coordinating engineering, product, finance, and external integration teams
• › Integrated Google Pay, Apple Pay, and PayPal with 3DS verification, unlocking global markets and high-intent payment methods
• › Architected the expansion from a single data source to 7+ providers (TikTok, Instagram, ChatGPT, etc.) using a distributed pipeline
• › Managed a squad of 4 engineers and 2 QA while contributing ~1,500 commits (2nd highest contributor)
• › Led a major Ruby on Rails upgrade and established a modern GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline (RSpec, Rubocop, Brakeman)

“He is dependable, pragmatic, and brings both technical depth and strategic thinking to his work.”

Sole developer for nearly 3 years, working directly with the founding team with full autonomy over the entire technical ecosystem.

• › Built a complete e-commerce system from scratch: Stripe checkout with sibling discounts, abandoned-cart recovery, and order bumps
• › Owned the entire product lifecycle for Learning Zones (video courses), Summer Camps booking, and an Ebook store
• › Delivered two full site redesigns and managed full GTM e-commerce funnel tracking with ActiveCampaign integration
• › Modernized infrastructure: migrated storage from Bucketeer to AWS S3 and established comprehensive monitoring (Rollbar, New Relic)

Primary technical contributor (42% of all commits) on a recipe video streaming platform.

• › Engineered a video transcoding pipeline (Coconut/Qencode) for HLS adaptive streaming and personalized recipe feeds on Elasticsearch
• › Built REST API v1 & v2 powering the iOS app — 50+ endpoints with JWT auth, Swagger docs, and full RSpec coverage
• › Implemented multi-currency cookbook purchases with Stripe, including preorder flows and a custom revenue dashboard

Primary developer responsible for 61% of the repository, modernizing a legacy e-commerce platform.

• › Built the complete Heroku deployment pipeline from scratch (staging + production) and established a modern release process
• › Architected complex cross-border VAT calculation logic for UK, EU, and international customers
• › Modernized a legacy Rails 6.1 codebase: Webpacker migration, dependency cleanup, and security hardening

“Raman is everything that you could hope for in a contract developer — highly experienced, a great communicator, and a technically proficient coder & system designer.”

Rescued and modernized three interconnected legacy applications, performing parallel upgrades across 8 major Rails versions.

• › Successfully performed the most extensive upgrade of my career (AVXML), jumping from Rails 4.0 to 6.1 (8 major versions)
• › Replaced the entire audio stack: Paperclip to Shrine + Uppy, and SoundCloud embeds to custom Wavesurfer.js visualizations
• › Built an ActionCable real-time chat system between clients and voice actors with multi-window support
• › Migrated infrastructure from Heroku to self-managed Dokku/Nginx, reducing costs and increasing control

“As always perfect!”

Rescued a technically neglected platform, removing 160K+ lines of dead code and performing a 6-version Rails upgrade.

• › Eliminated massive technical debt: removed 142K lines of precompiled assets and 17K lines of dead feature modules
• › Navigated a critical 6-version Rails upgrade (4.0 to 6.1) while maintaining a production property management system
• › Integrated Gradwell VoIP for click-to-call, Pusher for real-time notifications, and built a BLM property portal feed system
• › Implemented a role-based authorization system (CanCanCan) from scratch for 5 distinct user types