Forat Bahrani

I’m Forat Bahrani, a senior software engineer in Toronto.

I’ve been coding since I was 13. Since 2020 I’ve shipped code for Klarna, Microsoft Edge, ID.me and Robinhood, and I take on fixed-price projects for founders and businesses.

Where I’ve worked.

  • Robinhood

    Production code, March to May 2026.

  • ID.me

    Led the architecture and redesign of the ID.me browser extension in 2025.

  • Klarna

    The coupons system in the Klarna app and the redesign of the browser extensions, October 2020 to January 2024. I joined through Piggy, which Klarna acquired.

  • Microsoft Edge

    Buy Now Pay Later inside the browser, a Klarna and Microsoft project, 2023.

Contests and credentials.

  • 1st National Place, KCPC 2021

    Competitive Programming Contest 2021 (KCPC), Kuwait, November 2021.

  • 1st National Place, KCPC 2020

    Competitive Programming Contest 2020 (KCPC), Kuwait, held in February 2021.

  • 6th International Place, Gulf PC 2019

    Competitive Programming 2019 (Gulf PC), Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, April 2019.

  • Audiences Award, NYU International Hackathon

    New York University Abu Dhabi, April 2019.

  • Toptal verified expert

    Since 2022.

  • B.Sc. in Information Technology

    Arab Open University, Kuwait.

How I work.

I write the test before the code, and every piece is reviewed three times before you see it. You get screenshots and a short video of progress twice a day and sign off each milestone. The scope and the price are in writing before I start.