Engineering Manager

v29.2.0

Engineering leader with deep technical expertise: 18+ years scaling products, 7 years managing teams. Co-founded a product that reached 1M users in 30 days. Builds AI/ML systems and embeds agentic AI into engineering workflows.

location
London
star
UK Settled Status

Experience

Engineering Manager (Promoted from Senior)

Full-time
(2 years)
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  • Shipped post-checkout Additional Items, increasing revenue on amended orders by 23%.
  • Removed the QA bottleneck with automated Maestro E2E and unit tests: 3 days to under 1 hour, enabling weekly iOS releases.
  • Built an org-wide ticket-to-PR AI harness with custom linters, architecture checks and 3 AI reviewers.
  • Initiated the transition to product engineering, defining expectations, levelling and pay bands across 4 roles.
  • Migrated 6 apps and 15 packages to Turborepo and GitHub Actions with automated releases.
  • Improved web performance with 60% faster page loads and 80% better homepage LCP.
  • Led Zapp's largest SEV1, then established company-wide incident management and response playbooks.

Senior Lead Software Engineer

Full-time
(2 years 1 month)
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  • Led four engineers to deliver a booking platform with 100 designs, driving OKRs to establish a new revenue stream.
  • Architected a pixel-perfect UI with Atomic Design, utilized Storybook with 1,000+ tests for high quality and scalability.

Co-Founder & CTO

Full-time
(3 years)
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  • Scaled an integrated cloud eCommerce platform (web, app, POS, CRM, accounting) to 1,200+ businesses.
  • Launched an automated app factory that generated a native Android shopping app without coding in less than 10 minutes.

Head of Engineering

Full-time
(1 year 5 months)
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  • Managed 12 engineers delivering an educational management system for 500,000+ students and 2,000+ teachers.

Principal Software Engineer

Full-time
(1 year)
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  • Delivered an NFC-powered attendance system with interactive display and mobile check-ins, launched MVP in 2 months.

Co-Founder & CEO

Full-time
(2 years 4 months)
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  • Built a 15-member cross-functional startup and launched a flagship product that rapidly scaled to 1M users in month one.

Software Engineer

Mixa

Full-time
(3 years 11 months)
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  • Established a cloud archive solution that annually saves 1M+ documents and avoids waste of tons of paper.

Frontend Developer UI/UX

Freelancer

(3 years)
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  • Designed and deployed 40+ WordPress websites, improved user experience, and achieved a high SEO rank.

Skills

AI & LLM

OpenAI, Gemini, Llama, RAG, Claude.

Tech Stack

TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Bash.

API

SOAP, REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, tRPC.

Web Framework

Express.js, NestJS, Fastify, Hono, Next.js.

Front-end JS Library

Vue.js, React.js.

Mobile

React Native, Expo, EAS, OTA, Sentry, Mixpanel, AppsFlyer.

CSS Framework

Tailwind CSS, Shadcn, Bootstrap, Material UI.

Test Suites

Cypress, Playwright, Storybook, Jest, Maestro, Vitest.

Infra

Terraform, Cloud Run, Kubernetes, Firebase, Edge, AWS, GCP.

Database

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Firestore, JSON, YAML.

ORM

Prisma, TypeORM, Drizzle, Mongoose.

Distributed Cache

Redis, Memcached.

CI/CD Automation

Docker, GH Actions, Turborepo, Monorepo.

Messaging and Monitoring

RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, Pub/Sub.

Engineering Principles

SoC, SOLID, OOP, TDD, DRY, EDA.

Core Web Essentials

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SEO.

Education

M.S. in Information Technology Management

Azad University

B.S. in Computer Software Engineering

Azad University

Volunteering

Mentor - Software Engineering & Career Growth

ADPList

(2 years 6 months)
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  • Mentored 600+ sessions, advising on roadmaps, best practices, and strategic decisions in technical and professional domains.

Judge - 2025 CODiE Awards

CODiE Awards

(1 year)
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  • Selected as a 2025 judge to evaluate top global software products, recognizing innovation and excellence in technology.

Fractional CTO

Khadije Charity

(4 years 10 months)
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  • Founded and scaled the entire technical ecosystem from zero, engineered solutions that directly impacted 110,000+ lives.