Technical Lead
CurrentSnapp is the largest and fastest-growing internet company in the Middle East, offering an all-in-one solution for transportation, delivery services, and more. With over 70 million users in 287 cities, Snapp provides a range of 20 different services, setting a record of more than 1.3 billion rides in 2023, surpassing the records of companies such as Lyft.- Provided mentorship to engineers, helping them grow technically and professionally through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge-sharing sessions.- Design, implementation, and fine-tuning a new IaaS and PaaS platform based on Kubernetes, Openshift, Ceph, Openstack, and many other CNCF tools in multiple regions and Datacenters with a combined total of over 20,000 cores and 50TiB of memory.- Implemented a robust multi-tenant monitoring solution, leveraging Prometheus, Thanos, and custom developed proxies, successfully managing to handle over 25 million active time series.- Executed a seamless migration from Openshift 3.11 to Openshift 4, significantly enhancing system stability by reducing downtime by 70% and elevating our uptime from an average of 99.85% to a 99.95%, reaching our desired SLO.- Made strategic decisions on technology choices, balancing performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness to meet business objectives.- Worked closely with product managers and other teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications and project plans.