Product Engineering & Management:- Directly manage three teams and provide indirect oversight for another, guiding their efforts in Web & Mobile Point of Sales and Omni-channel sales- Lead the development and execution of comprehensive roadmaps, ensuring that initiatives are aligned with overarching business objectives and delivered on time- Manage a diverse reporting line comprising engineers, senior engineers, and an engineering manager, offering mentorship, guidance, and professional developmentRecruitment & Talent Acquisition:- Spearhead the recruitment efforts for four software engineering positions, ranging from Fresh Graduates to Principal Engineers, across both web and mobile platforms- Design and optimize hiring processes for critical positions such as Principal Engineer and Engineering Manager- Achieve notable hiring outcomes, including the successful onboarding of 15 engineers in 2023 and the establishment of a mobile engineering team from inception- Successfully orchestrate the completion of the Fresh Graduate Hiring Program 2023-24, securing five hires from a highly competitive pool of over 1000 candidates from premier universitiesDevOps, SRE, & Platform Improvement:- Lead strategic initiatives to boost deployment frequency from a once-a-month cadence to an average of five releases per week, instilling a culture of rapid iteration and innovation- Implement and leverage the DORA framework metrics to effectively measure and optimize software delivery process performance- Collaborate closely with the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team to establish comprehensive observability of the platform, encompassing services, databases, and quota limits across AWS infrastructure- Partner with the SRE team to design and implement service dashboards for all critical services, enabling real-time monitoring and proactive incident response, thereby ensuring robust and reliable system performance

Engineering:- Overall responsibility of the Point-of-Sales and Omni-channel Order Integrations team- Reviewing API design, data design and code- Building critical processes to ensure code quality- Reviewing, writing and approving technical design documents including: -- Resilient messaging between Salla, Zid and similar E-commerce platforms -- Web based offline first Point-of-Sales -- Mobile POS - SoftPOSManagement:- Leading the POS and Order integrations engineering teams with 15+ engineers as direct and indirect reports- Conduct frequent 1:1s to keep a check on engineer health and overall NPS- Brainstorm, groom and develop critical features on the roadmap by assessing feasibility and producing estimations- Represented engineering in business, strategy and product forums across the organization- Assessing operational and technical feasibility of product solutions presented as PRDs- Developing and running processes to ensure deliverables are met with timeliness and qualityRecruitment:- Developed a guided interview template/process for assessing candidates- Assumed the role of a Hiring Manager for 2 positions across the Pakistan, India and MENA region- Successfully Recruited 3 teammates including an Senior Engineers, UI Engineer in India and Pakistan

Engineering:- Reviewing API design, data design and code- Ensuring code quality by building processes- Reviewing and approving technical design documents- Writing and presenting architectural design documents including forking of micro-services through domains, redesigning access controls, pushing process intensive tasks to server-less- Developing features or fixing bugs- Help develop, plan and execute the E2E test automation suite- Overall responsibility of the core warehouse operations and the supply chain micro-servicesManagement:- Leading the Warehouse Operations and Supply Chain engineering teams with 20+ engineers, architects and managers as direct and indirect reports- Represented engineering in business, strategy and product forums across the organization- Assessing operational and technical feasibility of product solutions presented as PRDs- Keeping a close pulse of Live Product Operations via metric dashboard and alarms- Developing and running processes to ensure deliverables are met with timeliness and qualityRecruitment:- Redesigned the Frontend Engineer hiring process- Shortlisting profiles and conduct introductory calls with prospective candidates- Assumed the role of a Hiring Manager for 6+ positions across Pakistan and South Africa- Recruited 15+ teammates including Engineers, Senior Engineers, Engineering Managers and Architects across Pakistan and South Africa

Assumed role of a Software Architect on all assigned client projects which included:- Designing technical solutions to business problems presented by clients- Ensuring code quality through automated checks and code reviews- Developing libraries of common components- Ensuring automated testing coverage across the codebase- Assisting delivery managers in estimation and planningOn an organizational level:- Active participant in recruitment and assumed hiring manager for fresh graduates and intern positions- Conducted design reviews across different projects within the organization- Helped designed and develop assessment model for engineers by identifying technical competencies required at different engineering levels- Reviewed and mentored engineers across the organization- Conducted trainings on Docker, Javascript, NodeJS and Angular - Conducted regular bootcamp sessions for new joinersProject highlights:- Smart Procedures: A system which provided the ability to design and execute dynamic forms which included smart components. Components could host logic and computations with in them based on cascading input- E-Health Management: A complete health application which hosted clinical data and suggested regimen. System had the ability to ingest data from EHR within the US- Talent Management Portal: A web portal which connected potential employers and job seekers by matching the requirements and strengths respectively.

Responsible for technically assessing and managing projectsEnsuring quality and timely deliverablesMentoringMake sure team is having an awesome time

Responsible for developing web applications using Angular JS. A regular member of the "should we do this or that?" conversations with in the team.Have been involved in mentoring developers enter the Single Page Application development paradigm.

Solely responsible for creating a stack of Angular JS web applications using Yeoman, Grunt and Bower for offshore clients.

Frontend Web and Angular JS mentorAngular JS Course Lead

Involved in programming of games on Mobile/Tablet Platforms (Android/iOS) through cross platform engines. Have also provided support to users on real time issues faced during in-game social events.