John Adib

Engineering Leader & Mentor

London·UK Settled Status

17+ years shipping results at scale. Co-founded a product that hit 1M users in 30 days. UK Global Talent endorsed. World's Most Influential Mentor. Tech conference speaker. Embraced AI early to multiply team efficiency.

Professional Experience

Engineering Manager (Promoted from Senior)

(1 year 9 months)

· Full-time

London
  • Shifted iOS and Android app releases from monthly to weekly, a 4x faster cadence, shortening lead time and cycle time.
  • Deployed 3 AI reviewers as an automated guardrail on every PR, enforcing a consistent quality bar and reducing wait time.
  • Developed a reusable design system with 90 tested components, integrated into 5 services in production.
  • Shipped enterprise auth panel using AI tools with passkey, edge deployment in 3 environments, and 10+ RBAC roles.
  • Migrated CI/CD from CircleCI to GitHub Actions, achieving instant, 100% reliable deployments and 80% faster deploys.
  • Improved platform performance, cutting load times across all pages by 60% and boosting Homepage LCP by 80%.
Tech Stack
TypeScript, NodeJS, GCP, Pub/Sub, CircleCI, Algolia, GitHub Actions, Material UI, Firebase, Firestore, Next.js, React.js, Playwright, NestJS, Terraform, Vitest, Jest, Chromatic

Senior Lead Software Engineer

(2 years 1 month)

· Full-time

London
  • Led development of a booking platform with 10+ distinct designs and drove 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.
Tech Stack
TypeScript, NodeJS, GCP, Docker, Terraform, PHP, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Prisma, React.js, Tailwind, Next.js, Express, Vue.js, Jest, Cypress, Playwright, Storybook, Chromatic

Co-Founder & CTO

(3 years)

· Full-time

  • Implemented an integrated cloud eCommerce solution for 1,200+ businesses containing website, app, POS software, CRM, CMS, accounting software, ticketing, and form builder.
  • Launched an automated app factory that generated a native android shopping app without coding in less than 10 minutes.
Tech Stack
PHP, Symfony, RESTful API, PHPUnit, Redis, MySQL, JavaScript, React, ELK, Git, NodeJS, Express, Vanilla JS, Sass, Tailwind, XML, Nginx, Scrum, Jira, SEO, PWA, Docker, CLI, YAML

Skills

Tech Stack

TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Bash.

AI & LLM

OpenAI, Gemini, Vertex AI, Llama, RAG, Claude.

Web Framework

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

Mobile

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

Infra

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

Education

M.S. in Information Technology Management

Azad University · Part-time

Relevant Coursework
Fuzzy Logic and AI, Digital Marketing, Business Process Re-engineering, E-business, Statistical Analysis.

B.S. in Computer Software Engineering

Azad University · Part-time

Relevant Coursework
Advanced Programming, Data Structure, Algorithm Design, Database Design, Internet Engineering.