Edison X.

Ruby on Rails Developer

Edison is an accomplished web developer with strong Ruby on Rails knowledge who has worked in the information technology and services industry for over seven years.

Edison holds a Master’s in Computer Engineering from the University of Prishtina. He has a strong understanding of web development, design patterns, and application security best practices. He can analyze requirements and convert them into detailed specifications. Edison has extensive experience building apps in Rails, taking advantage of RoR’s maturity and combining it with excellent web crawling and scraping tooling. He also has essential knowledge of libraries.

With his comprehensive and detailed approach to every assignment, Edison would be a valuable asset to any project.

Main expertise
  • Ruby on Rails
    Ruby on Rails 7 years
  • ElasticSearch
    ElasticSearch 7 years
  • PostgreSQL
    PostgreSQL 7 years
Other skills
  • JavaScript
    JavaScript 2 years
  • Ajax
    Ajax 2 years
Edison
Edison X.

Kosovo

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Selected experience

Employment

  • Ruby on Rails Developer

    WebLinc - 1 year 4 months

    • Fixed different issues in e-commerce web applications for big-name companies such as US Polo, Olympia Sports, The Bouqs, Heineken, TLRetro, etc.
    • Full-text searching using ElasticSearch
    • Scheduled jobs using Sidekiq, etc
    • TDD using Minitest
    • High-end e-commerce web applications which are almost 100% bug-free.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails
    • ElasticSearch ElasticSearch
  • Team Leader & Ruby on Rails Developer

    CIKISI S.A. - 7 years 6 months

    • Served as Team Leader and Web Developer for various modules of the CIKISI web intelligence and big data application (www.cikisi.com).
    • Built, scaled, and fine-tuned an ElasticSearch cluster to handle the addition of over 3 million records per day.
    • Conducted web crawling and scraping activities.
    • Implemented big data full-text searching using Elasticsearch.
    • Integrated social media APIs for data consumption.
    • Scheduled jobs using Sidekiq and other relevant tools.
    • Deployed the application on dedicated Ubuntu servers with Nginx and Passenger.
    • Implemented image processing functionalities such as Named Entity Recognition (NER), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and metadata extraction.
    • Improved reliability and overall performance by re-modeling the database and building a robust ElasticSearch cluster.
    • Ensured efficient and prompt support to clients.
    • Automated processes and tests to maintain system stability.
    • Attracted new clients and financial supporters, contributing to the growth of the product.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails
    • ElasticSearch ElasticSearch
    • NGINX NGINX
  • Web Developer (Intern)

    Swiss IT-Factory AG - 8 months

    • Developed a Human Resources web application
    • Developed an API to export web application data
    • Developed an interface to get data from the SAP Platform
    • Fully functional human resources management application, which communicated with SAP Platform for safely storing data.

Education

  • MSc.Electrical and Computer Engineering

    University of Prishtina · 2017 - 2021

  • BSc.Electrical and Computer Engineering

    University of Prishtina · 2013 - 2017

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