Jamshid Hashimi

Software Development Manager

$25.00 / hr Canada 12 years of experience Male
Laravel PHP MySQL Interpersonal skills Leadership Software Development Javascript VueJs ReactJs API Development
I have experience developing and managing innovative technology and business solutions and have worked with teams from different countries and diverse backgrounds and cultures. I am a self-learner and enjoy learning new things that are useful for my day-to-day work. I have worked with a broad set of tools and frameworks and helped develop, deploy and maintain business applications and products.

Work Experiences

Software Development Manager & Partner

RapidIteration
Vancouver, Canada
January 2021 Present
Contract: Full Time
- Managing a team of developers and providing technical mentorship and support in their day to day work
- Communicating with the clients and stakeholders in all phases of the product development life cycle and working closely with the developers to ship better products
- In addition to managing the technical aspects of the company portfolio, supporting the company with business development and contributing towards its scale

Program Manager

Rumie
Toronto, Canada
September 2018 December 2020
Contract: Contract
- Launched Rumie in Afghanistan, through establishing partnerships with local NGOs that resulted in thousands of learners accessing Rumie's e-learning platform.
- Proposed darsx.org being a suitable domain for Rumie's micro-learning platform in Afghanistan and onboarded partners and volunteers to contribute and use the platform.
- Worked directly with the technology team for proposing, presenting and prioritizing features to get into the product, considering the user feedback and product usage data.
- Implemented localization of both the product and the content for the Afghanistan market.

Product Owner

AIDRIVERS
London, UK
August 2017 August 2018
Contract: Full Time
- I was responsible for the launch and growth of multiple web and mobile apps for the company that was used in integration with their autonomous mobility projects.
- This role included working with developers and engineers from various nationalities and across multiple time zones, with strict timelines.

Director of Knowledge Management

DAI
Kabul, Afghanistan
February 2016 September 2016
Contract: Contract
- Led the design, development and management of a knowledge management portal for the client, one of the world’s largest development firms.
- This role required field interviews and user story sessions in order to adequately determine and finalize the requirements.

Development Manager

CW4WAfghan
Calgary, Canada
October 2015 July 2018
Contract: Contract
- Lead the development and growth of the Darakht-e Danesh digital library (DDL) and worked with the developers team to modernize the architecture and UI.
- Deployed various other web applications for the organization's projects and actively supported all activities in their Technology for Education program including developing digital literacy curriculum.

Co-founder

CodeZone
Kabul, Afghanistan
May 2014 May 2015
Contract: Full Time
- Led the company’s mission and vision development, designed innovative IT solutions and designed market-driven IT training for individuals and employees of client companies.
- Applied for and won multiple long-term ICT project contracts that led the company to be sustainable and profitable.

Technical Manager

NETLINKS
Kabul, Afghanistan
May 2011 May 2014
Contract: Full Time
- Led the software development department of the company and successfully delivered multiple web applications for medium to large size clients.
- Among many applications that I led and managed, one of them was developing the new version of jobs.af, Afghanistan’s leading job board. The application was developed using a very traditional way, where I was able to structure it and apply modern development methodologies and applications.
- I also delivered multiple classes on web application development for job seekers and employees and designed many courses for this purpose.

System Engineer

Niobe Telekom
Izmir, Turkey
April 2009 May 2011
Contract: Full Time
- Provided technical support for the hosting and server account holders in both Linux and Windows platforms.
- The support coverage was to over 20,000 web hosting and domain clients of the company.
- I worked with Centos, Ubuntu and SUSE Linux servers and also with all variations of Windows Servers including virtualization. I set up and configured custom servers in the data center as well.

Education

CodeWeekend

Bootcamp Full Stack Development Bootcamp
January 2023

Bournemouth University

Master of Science Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship
September 2016 to September 2017

Dokuz Eylul University

Bachelor of Science Computer Engineering
May 2005 to May 2010

Certifications

MIT New Ventures

MIT
March 2016 to March 2016