Arvind Mehra
Ruby on Rails Developer, Team Player, Leader, and Mentor
Arvind Mehra
About Me
Hi there! I'm a Ruby on Rails developer, collaborative team player and leader, with over 10 years of experience in crafting high-quality software.
I've worked with big techs, including BloomandWild, Smart Pension London, Tata Consultancy Services,
McKinsey & Company, Appster.
My area of interest in programming is to scale and optimise the application.
I have graduated from Rajasthan Technical University in Computer Science. I'm currently working as a Senior Software Developer at Bloom and Wild Ltd, in London, UK.
- Location London, UK
- Email bloomberg490@gmail.com
- LinkdedIn
- Github
- Is Ruby On Rails Dead?
Resume
Experience
2021 - Present
Smart Pension, London, UKSenior Ruby Developer
Architected, documented, and delivered multiple features improving pension withdrawal and customer lifecycle flows.
Built and maintained automated test suites using RSpec and Cypress to improve confidence in releases.
Acted as production support engineer, resolving P1 and PX incidents within SLA through deep system and infrastructure understanding.
Participated in hiring, conducted code reviews, and mentored junior engineers to raise overall code quality and engineering standards.
2018 - 2021
Tata Consultancy Services, Gurgaon, IndiaSenior Developer
Improved the performance of an employee timesheet system by optimizing complex SQL queries and implementing caching strategies.
Upgraded the Rails application from version Rails-3 to Rails-5 with ~zero production defects.
Created APIs for a mobile version of a web application for the client McKinsey & Company.
Led a team of 4 developers to work on a POC meant for use as an internal tool using Rails and React.js.
Gave a technical presentation on AWS Serverless Architecture to introduce acceptance in multiple new projects.
2016 - 2018
Appster, Gurgaon, IndiaRuby on Rails Developer
Introduced Ruby on Rails tech stack to a company of circa 100+ PHP developers. I was the first Rails hire in the company.
Delivered multiple Ruby on Rails projects as a sole Ruby developer in the given time frame with a high client satisfaction score..
Built a team of 5 Rails developers by hiring and mentoring new Rails developers. Played a crucial role in organizing technical interviews..
Created a user Sentiment-Engine and a Recommendation-Engine based on user inputs in the application..
Developed APIs and admin panel for user-heavy applications
Education
2008-2012
Rajasthan Technical University, IndiaShankara Institue of Technology
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science
Meetups
2023
LondonLondon Ruby User Group
Redis Memory First Meetup
Skills
- Ruby on Rails
- Ruby
- Hotwire
- Stimulus
- RSpec
- JavaScript
- React
- OOPs
- Postgres
- Mysql
- AWS
- Agile
- Redis
- Kafka