Keeyan Nejad

Hello 👋

I'm a Software Engineer with experience in Ruby on Rails, though I also enjoy learning about infrastructure and tinkering with my Linux setup. Before joining GitLab, I worked at a couple small companies, on projects like energy performance systems, developing a learning courses platform and managing parts of the infrastructure. Outside of coding I enjoy gaming with friends and solo, as well as hiking, exploring and cycling.

As of the time of writing this I've mostly been playing Mario Kart, some Civilization 7 and I'm planning a multi-day cycling/camping trip with my brother. Oh and I just started going to a local Chess club, so who knows, maybe one day I'll be able to join a competition 🤷.

I joined GitLab in July 2024 as an Intermediate Backend Engineer for the Foundations: Import & Integrate team. I'm working on becoming a Senior Engineer, and as part of that, as well as to have more responsibility I have become a maintainer of the GitLab project.

I hope if we've worked together, it's been a good experience for you and you would enjoy working with me again. I try to be considerate of other peoples needs and hope you feel that GitLab is a welcoming place to work or contribute to, and hope to do my part towards that goal. With that said, if I've ever made your work harder in any way or I'm not accommodating any needs you have, please reach out to me on Slack/email/LinkedIn. I won't be offended, and would be happy to learn if there's any way I can make your and other peoples work easier.