DFE-Digital/academies-academisation-api
Dec 2024 – Jan 2026
4 Months active
Languages Used
C#JSON
Technical Skills
API developmentASP.NET CoreC#backend development.NETback end development
SHAKIR, Muhammad
PROFILE
Shakir, Muhammad
Worked on the DFE-Digital/academies-academisation-api repository, focusing on backend development and code quality improvements using C# and NUnit. Over two months, contributed to stabilizing the Application Creation workflow by refining test assertions and enhancing test coverage, which improved the reliability of the API’s test suite and enabled safer future refactors. Addressed a failing NUnit test by replacing broad assertions with targeted equality checks, reducing false positives and negatives. Additionally, improved codebase maintainability by performing non-functional whitespace cleanup, reducing technical debt and supporting clearer code reviews. Demonstrated a commitment to clean code, unit testing, and robust backend engineering practices.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
100%Features
Repository Contributions
15Total
Bugs
0
Commits
15
Features
7
Lines of code
2,627
Activity Months4
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Work History
January 2026
4 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026: Delivered high-impact enhancements for DFE-Digital/academies-academisation-api with a focus on reliability, data integrity, and maintainability. Key features: Enhanced Project Creation Flow with viability validation against establishment data and PFI details to ensure viable A2B conversions. This included validating school capacities, pupil numbers, and PFI scheme participation (commits 62489012092373673b0d340132053df8cb4b3226; 13ffd2528b73b8e89170f785e6d044e648a8d4f0). Major bugs fixed and quality improvements: Code Quality and Logging Improvements in Core Services, including readability refactors, removal of unnecessary null checks, improved error handling, and standardized, culture-invariant string comparisons; enhanced logging consistency in AcademiesQueryService and improved handling in TransferProjectQueryService (commits 98cc75171816d8f1e73e46292cb3326ce19080da; 9131ffaf6774c74da9305db3761cd677fcd50d1e). Overall impact: reduced risk of invalid project creation, improved observability, and easier maintenance, delivering business value through higher data integrity and faster incident resolution. Technologies/skills demonstrated: .NET/C#, code refactoring, robust logging, error handling, data validation, culture-invariant comparisons, and design for maintainability.
4 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026: Delivered high-impact enhancements for DFE-Digital/academies-academisation-api with a focus on reliability, data integrity, and maintainability. Key features: Enhanced Project Creation Flow with viability validation against establishment data and PFI details to ensure viable A2B conversions. This included validating school capacities, pupil numbers, and PFI scheme participation (commits 62489012092373673b0d340132053df8cb4b3226; 13ffd2528b73b8e89170f785e6d044e648a8d4f0). Major bugs fixed and quality improvements: Code Quality and Logging Improvements in Core Services, including readability refactors, removal of unnecessary null checks, improved error handling, and standardized, culture-invariant string comparisons; enhanced logging consistency in AcademiesQueryService and improved handling in TransferProjectQueryService (commits 98cc75171816d8f1e73e46292cb3326ce19080da; 9131ffaf6774c74da9305db3761cd677fcd50d1e). Overall impact: reduced risk of invalid project creation, improved observability, and easier maintenance, delivering business value through higher data integrity and faster incident resolution. Technologies/skills demonstrated: .NET/C#, code refactoring, robust logging, error handling, data validation, culture-invariant comparisons, and design for maintainability.
January 2026
December 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025: Focused on robust data parsing and security hardening in the academies-academisation-api. Delivered centralized name and data parsing logic, improved handling of incomplete names and null UKPRN values, and tightened configuration and database connection handling to boost security and maintainability. The work enhances data integrity, reduces parsing-related errors, and lowers operational risk while setting a solid baseline for future data-processing improvements.
December 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025: Focused on robust data parsing and security hardening in the academies-academisation-api. Delivered centralized name and data parsing logic, improved handling of incomplete names and null UKPRN values, and tightened configuration and database connection handling to boost security and maintainability. The work enhances data integrity, reduces parsing-related errors, and lowers operational risk while setting a solid baseline for future data-processing improvements.
November 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 monthly summary for DFE-Digital/academies-academisation-api focusing on business value and technical achievements. Delivered a robust .NET API replacement, reliability improvements, and UX enhancements for school conversion.
4 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 monthly summary for DFE-Digital/academies-academisation-api focusing on business value and technical achievements. Delivered a robust .NET API replacement, reliability improvements, and UX enhancements for school conversion.
November 2025
December 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 delivered a critical API enhancement for auditing and usability: added a CreatedOn timestamp to the Application management surface in the academies-api. The change touches the model, mapping, and controller layers to ensure consistent exposure of CreatedOn across endpoints, enabling reliable auditing, ordering, and analytics for A2B applications. Although there were no major bugs reported this month, the update improves data integrity and API contract quality across the service.
December 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 delivered a critical API enhancement for auditing and usability: added a CreatedOn timestamp to the Application management surface in the academies-api. The change touches the model, mapping, and controller layers to ensure consistent exposure of CreatedOn across endpoints, enabling reliable auditing, ordering, and analytics for A2B applications. Although there were no major bugs reported this month, the update improves data integrity and API contract quality across the service.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness92.0%
Maintainability89.4%
Architecture89.4%
Performance89.4%
AI Usage21.4%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
C#JSON
Technical Skills
.NETAPI developmentASP.NET CoreC#Code RefactoringSoftware Developmentback end developmentbackend developmentconfiguration managementdata validationdependency injectionobject-oriented programmingsecurity best practicessoftware maintenanceunit testing
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