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Rails Engineering

Rails engineering for education platforms and SaaS.

Deep Ruby on Rails expertise for learning platforms, student systems, and education SaaS — new builds, modernization, and long-term product engineering.

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Education specialists

Transparent sprint delivery

Outcome-led engagements

Ruby on Rails Development

Delivered by education specialists — from discovery through launch and beyond.

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Proof from a real product build

A focused product engineered once — and heard everywhere the LMS lives.

LMS Integration · Accessibility

Name pronunciation, recorded once and heard everywhere in the LMS

NameDrop.io · United States · LMS Projects

Key outcomeSay every name right

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Engagement OperationsListening to signals

Live engagement feed

Maya finished Module 4 videowatch rate 92%

Cohort B discussion+14 posts today

Leo inactive 5 dayssignal raised

Behavioral signals streaming from every learner touchpoint

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What We Deliver

Ruby on Rails Development, end to end

Product EngineeringNew Rails applications built with modern patterns — Hotwire, APIs, and clean domains.

Modernization & UpgradesRails and Ruby upgrades, refactoring, and performance work without feature freezes.

Canvas-Adjacent EngineeringRails work inside the Canvas ecosystem — plugins, LTI backends, and integrations.

Data & IntegrationsBackground jobs, ETL, reporting, and third-party integrations at production scale.

Reliability EngineeringTest coverage, observability, and deployment pipelines that keep releases calm.

Embedded TeamsRails engineers embedded with your product team — or a dedicated pod end to end.

How We Work

A staged path from assessment to partnership.

Every Rails engagement moves through three deliberate stages — each engineered around delivery velocity and reliability.

Stage 1

Codebase Assessment

Architecture & debt review

Delivery-speed analysis

Domain mapping

Stage 2

Engineering & Modernization

Product engineering

Rails & Ruby upgrades

Demo-every-sprint delivery

Stage 3

Reliability & Partnership

Test & observability coverage

Managed releases

Long-term roadmap

Client Stories

Success stories across the institutions we build with

Real outcomes from universities, academies, and cohort-based programs — engineered on the platforms they already run.

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“

Excellent work by Samuel. He's absolutely a SME for Canvas and Ruby. Thanks for all the hard work and dedication

John WelbornDelivery Director, MobileProductive Ed

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Top quality and outstanding work.

Sharaf GuossousCEO and Founder

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Mr.Samuel, has been extremely helpful in integrating Roll Call Attendance to our existing Canvas. He has been able to deliver the project with in the given time lines as was able to assist in sharing recommendations for further improvements that can be incorporated into the existing system

Bala Chandra SekharAcademic Head — Academic Planning & Delivery, UK

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Thank you, Samuel. We are very pleased with the product your team has developed for us. Please pass on our gratitude to them for working so hard and making a great product.

Brad ShookV.P of Information Technology and Analytics/CIO

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Hi Samuel, I got some good feedback regarding your ongoing support for Evateach. I appreciate the work you and your team are doing.

Toby OgbonnaEvaTeach

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I have been working with Samuel and the ZionStar team for many years, and they have become an integral technology partner to our business. In addition to delivering a wide range of development and technology projects, the team manages our entire hardware infrastructure and software stack. They are consistently professional, responsive and reliable, with a strong focus on understanding our needs and delivering practical, high-quality solutions. Their technical expertise, dependability and ability to support us across all areas of our technology environment have been particularly valuable.

SSShaun SwartzSK Education SolutionsEdSol

Ready When You Are

Ship faster on Rails.

Tell us about your codebase and roadmap — we'll propose the right engagement.

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