About
I'm a Staff Engineer and Team Lead with 9+ years building production-grade web platforms across the US, UK, and the MENA region. I specialize in full-stack development - from React and TypeScript frontends to Ruby on Rails, Node.js, and Python backends - with deep experience in system design, microservices, and AI-powered features.
I've led engineering teams at 4 companies, driven architectural decisions, mentored developers, and owned delivery end-to-end. Whether it's cutting API latency by 60%, scaling platforms to serve 400+ campuses, or building ML recommendation engines - I focus on shipping software that works at scale.
Beyond engineering, I've spent over a decade organizing corporate events and large-scale gatherings. I bring the same energy to building teams as I do to building systems.
Experience
Jul 2025 - Present Staff Software Engineer · Coursedog · USA
- Leading architecture and delivery for academic planning SaaS serving 400+ university campuses across the US
- Architecting RESTful APIs with PostgreSQL, achieving 25% query performance improvement through advanced indexing
- Championing CI/CD best practices with Docker and AWS, implementing feature flags and phased rollouts
- Mentoring engineers on system design, DDD patterns, and operational excellence
- React
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- AWS
Apr 2025 - Jan 2026 Team Lead / Full-stack Developer · WorkNomads · UK
- Led a cross-functional team building AI-powered features for UK-based platform
- Built recommendation engine integrating Python ML models with Node.js/Express APIs on Azure
- Achieved sub-200ms API response times through Redis caching and async processing pipelines
- Delivered 60% PostgreSQL latency reduction through query optimization and schema tuning
- Node.js
- Vue
- Next.js
- Python
- Azure
May 2023 - Apr 2025 Team Lead / Sr Full Stack Engineer · BARQ · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Led backend team for Riyadh-based commerce and logistics SaaS platform
- Designed domain-driven microservices for order management and logistics workflows using Ruby on Rails and NestJS
- Built Shopify integrations (product sync, orders, webhooks) with event-driven architecture
- Delivered 30% response time improvement through PostgreSQL optimization and Redis caching
- Collaborated cross-functionally with frontend, QA, and platform teams ensuring SLA compliance
- Ruby on Rails
- NestJS
- React
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
May 2022 - Jul 2024 Senior Software Engineer · HackerRank · USA
- Optimized Ruby on Rails and Node.js backend services for coding assessment platform serving millions of developers globally
- Achieved 40% API latency reduction through query optimization, indexing, and Redis caching with P95/P99 profiling
- Improved release velocity with feature flags and canary deployments for safe phased rollouts
- Strengthened observability and monitoring, reducing MTTR and improving incident response
- Ruby on Rails
- Node.js
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
Feb 2017 - Apr 2023 SE → Sr SE → Sr Full Stack Eng (3 promotions) · Kallidus · UK
- Progressed through 3 promotions over 6+ years in large-scale HRTech SaaS platform serving 56,000+ users
- Architected Ruby on Rails backend services and RESTful APIs with PostgreSQL and DDD principles
- Led team of backend engineers - code reviews, design reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions
- Spearheaded React/TypeScript frontend migration, achieving 40% developer velocity improvement
- Built comprehensive testing strategy (Jest, Cypress, RSpec), reducing post-release defects by 25%
- Optimized Web Vitals and Lighthouse performance, delivering 35% page load reduction
- React
- Ruby on Rails
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- Storybook
What I Do Best
Frontend Engineering
React, Next.js, Vue, TypeScript, Storybook, Web Vitals
Backend Architecture
Rails, Node.js, Python, DDD, microservices, event-driven
Team Leadership
4+ years leading teams, mentoring, design reviews, delivery ownership
AI & Modern Tech
ML integration, recommendation engines, data pipelines
Portfolio
AI-Powered Recommendation Engine
Designed and shipped a real-time recommendation system integrating Python ML models with Node.js/Express APIs. Architected async processing pipeline with Redis caching, achieving sub-200ms response times and 60% search latency reduction.
- Python
- Node.js
- Redis
- ML
- Azure
Shopify Commerce Platform
Built end-to-end e-commerce platform with Shopify integration for product synchronization, order management, and webhook processing. Designed scalable event-driven microservices handling complex commerce workflows across distributed systems.
- NestJS
- React
- PostgreSQL
- Shopify
- Redis
Enterprise HRTech Platform
Led multi-year evolution of a large-scale HR and talent management SaaS serving 56,000+ users. Drove strategic refactoring, Ruby on Rails backend optimization, React/TypeScript migration, and comprehensive performance tuning.
- React
- Ruby on Rails
- PostgreSQL
- TypeScript
- Storybook
Academic Planning SaaS
Building core platform features for curriculum management and academic scheduling serving 400+ college campuses. Architecting RESTful APIs with optimized PostgreSQL performance and robust CI/CD pipelines.
- React
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- AWS