Work experience: Programmer(12+ yrs, Résumé) | Rails(10+ yrs, Code sample) | Independent Software consultant(3+ yrs)

About: Mohnish cares about people & his work. As a fellow human, empathy is a core value amongst other human & engineering values .

Location: I'm based in Berlin, Germany (it currently corresponds to CEST timezone)

Blog: Current Blog | Old Medium Blog

Other Timezones I can work in: I can sustainably overlap 4-5 hrs with Eastern/Pacific time or similarly with other timezones

Tell us about a time where you had to work on a task that seemed to be extremely challenging, and how you overcame it?

• I've attempted to answer this question in a document here

How I intend to be of service as a (Freelance) Senior/Staff engineer/consultant:

• From building MVPs to working on large-scale Ruby on Rails apps, as a software engineer:

  • I have experience with

    • Using Packs-Rails, Sorbet, Rails engines, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Redis etc.,
    • Improving performance and observability of Rails apps(using Datadog, Redash, New Relic etc.,)
    • Debugging, maintaining, refactoring & enhancing Rails apps
    • Leading projects

  • I care about(in addition to what's previously mentioned above)

    • Being product minded
    • Collaborating with different stakeholders(including end users) to better serve everyone

• Many people have told me communication is one of my strengths & I’d be happy to put that to good use

• There is a saying failure can teach you a lot more than success. Having worked in International teams for almost 7 years has taught me(some the hard way) a lot about what key ingredients make great teams. I’d be happy to leverage this experience if & when needed.

• Sharing my two cents when needed through pairing, coaching(to enable others to think for themselves & eventually be more independent), mentoring(I have been doing probono coaching & mentorship here for a while now), or even just being a sounding board.

• Having other ideas in mind? I look forward to discussing other collaboration opportunities together :)

If you are or you know someone who is looking for a human-centered programmer with some or all of the above mentioned experience/skills and if you think I could be a good fit for such opportunities, I'd sincerely appreciate your reaching out to me(via: mail4mohnishj@gmail.com) or spreading the word, thank you :)

References: Work at Cobot.me(Berlin) | Work at Honeytpot.io(Berlin) | Work at Honeypot.io(Berlin) - Team Lead's Reference | Work at MoneySmart(Singapore)

P.S:

1. I'm open to discuss contract to full time hire roles too, however there's a current need(happy to discuss the reasons transparently over a call) for me to start work as a contractor/freelancer.

2. I have intentionally removed my contact number from my public résumé above. Happy to share it via email if needed.

3. I'm happy to share additional references as needed. If you'd like to speak to an ex colleague of mine about my work, I can also arrange the same as needed. On a related note, some of my ex colleagues have also recommend my work on LinkedIn