Professional Summary
Senior Engineering Manager leading distributed backend and mobile engineering teams building high-availability commerce and marketplace platforms at scale.
Currently owning backend, BFF, CMS, and mobile platforms powering end-to-end digital commerce journeys — including cart, checkout, payments, order lifecycle, returns, and tracking — directly impacting GMV, conversion, and payment reliability.
Over 10+ years, I have:
- Led 12–15 engineers across multiple cross-functional squads
- Defined multi-year architecture strategy across distributed backend systems
- Delivered revenue-critical and payment-sensitive platforms with strong focus on scalability and resilience
- Introduced AI-driven experimentation and personalization capabilities
- Partnered with Product, Data, and Business stakeholders to align engineering investments with measurable outcomes
- Built high-performing teams with strong ownership culture and engineering standards
Technical foundation: Java (Spring Boot), Python, cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure), Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Docker, BFF patterns, CI/CD, observability, and mobile platforms (iOS, Android, Flutter).
Experience
Lead backend, BFF, CMS, and mobile engineering teams delivering high-availability commerce and marketplace systems serving millions of users.
- Lead 12–15 engineers across multiple squads
- Own hiring, mentoring, performance management, and capacity planning
- Partner with Product, Data, and Business on roadmap execution
- Define architecture strategy across distributed backend and client platforms
- Own revenue-critical systems across cart, checkout, payments, and post-order flows
- Drive reliability, scalability, and performance improvements across high-traffic systems
- Lead technical reviews, production escalations, and AI adoption initiatives
- Platforms directly influence GMV, conversion rate, and payment success
- Align engineering strategy with long-term scalability and operational efficiency
- Make build-vs-buy decisions balancing cost, speed, and resilience
Led mobile engineering initiatives for one of the largest classified platforms in the region, serving millions of users across high-traffic consumer marketplaces.
- Led mobile architecture design and evolution for large-scale consumer applications
- Owned core mobile libraries and shared components used across teams
- Drove performance optimization, stability, and responsiveness at scale
- Led code reviews and established mobile engineering best practices
- Owned CI/CD pipelines and release trains for mobile applications
- Mentored engineers and acted as technical lead across mobile initiatives
- Ensured App Store readiness, release quality, and production stability
Principal Engineer leading architecture and delivery of mobile-first products, working closely with clients and internal teams across design, backend, and mobile.
- Led mobile application architecture and system design for client-facing products
- Defined technical plans, WBS, and delivery approach
- Acted as primary technical point of contact for clients and stakeholders
- Led development of Health at Hand telemedicine video consultation platform
- Guided and mentored engineers through technical direction and code reviews
- Ensured App Store readiness, release quality, and production stability
- Led mobile team as Senior & Team Lead, architecting mobile apps and writing WBS
- Conducted client meetings and handled core programming and team lead responsibilities
- Led one flagship product — a multiplayer quiz game — and several client projects
- Worked as Senior Engineer and Team Lead of the Mobile Team
- Architected mobile apps, wrote WBS, and conducted client-facing meetings
- Handled core programming tasks and led multiple mobile projects
- Worked primarily on iOS along with Android development
- Delivered projects including E-Licensing and National Library of Abu Dhabi (Tourism & Culture Authority)
- Developed native Android applications for the banking sector
- Built and maintained client-facing mobile banking apps from scratch
- Collaborated with design and backend teams on secure feature delivery
- Started career as a BlackBerry developer building native mobile applications
- Gained foundational experience in mobile UI development, app lifecycle, and device deployment