Curriculum Vitae
I lead product engineering from the first requirement to launch.
And I build with AI agents every day.
For over 11 years, I have built payments, logistics and streaming products for Euronet, DHL, AT&T and the Singapore Government. Moreover, I run my own AI consultancy, where I scope, sell and build software for founders.
Thus, I understand both the code and the business that pays for it. I do my best work when I own the architecture and the product direction together.
- Based in
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Dubai, UAE
- Availability
- Remote. I work across time zones, including CEST.
Proof in numbers
- 35,000+people in Malaysia alone use the Ria e-wallet I helped launch across Europe, the USA, Africa and APAC.
- 10,000+shoppers used the Genting Simon Premium Outlets app, where I led a team of 4 and hired 2 engineers.
- 7device platforms ran one AT&T and DirecTV streaming app, from iPhone to Samsung TV.
- $90K+in software projects I found through my own outreach and delivered as a founder.
Experience
Sep 2023 – Present
Kuala Lumpur
Senior Software Engineer, Ria Money Transfer
Euronet Worldwide
- Helped launch the Ria e-wallet in Europe, the USA, Africa and APAC. We are now preparing the IMEA launch. In Malaysia alone, more than 35,000 people use it.
- Owned the build and launch of the Malaysian web app for money transfers and remittance.
- Integrated regulated payment and identity providers: eKYC with Veriff and Onfido, DuitNow QR for merchant and P2P payments, FPX, Plaid and DTOne mobile top-up.
- Work inside a product organisation of 75+ people, turning requirements from product managers and business analysts into technical plans.
Angular, Ionic, Vue, Pinia, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI
2021 – Aug 2023
Kuala Lumpur
Senior Software Engineer, DHL IT Services
- Built DHL’s official map app, which drivers and facility managers use worldwide to track and deliver parcels.
- Designed and delivered the user analytics reporting solution with Power BI, Grafana and Kibana.
- Wrote the Jenkins CI/CD scripts, upgraded Angular and Node, and refactored code to meet Software Improvement Group quality standards.
Angular, React Native, Google Maps API, Java (Spring, Vert.x), Node.js, PostgreSQL
2021 – 2022
Kuala Lumpur
Lead Mobile Engineer, Genting Simon Premium Outlets
- Led a team of 4 engineers and hired 2 of them. I owned the APAC mobile app end to end, from architecture to store release.
- Launched the e-commerce app on iOS and Android. More than 10,000 shoppers used it.
- Designed and built live-stream shopping on my own. Sellers go live from the outlet, and viewers add products to their cart from inside the stream.
- Set up the DevOps pipelines with GitHub Actions and AWS.
React Native, Redux, Kotlin, Magento, Python Django, AWS
2019 – 2020
Los Angeles
React Native Developer, AT&T and DirecTV
- Worked in an engineering organisation of 250+ people on one video and live TV app for iOS, Android, Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, Roku and Samsung Tizen.
- Reviewed code and trained interns on React Native, Redux, Xcode and Android Studio.
- Built deep-link sharing, the sign-in flow, and analytics and bug reporting with Grafana and Kibana.
Jan 2019 – Dec 2019
Kuala Lumpur
Software Engineer, Web & Mobile, BeEducation
- Built learning management systems for web, iOS and Android.
- Wrote shared Angular libraries that other teams installed across their apps.
- Built a timetable app with separate roles for admins, educators and learners.
Angular, React, Node.js, Express, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, C# ASP.NET MVC
2017 – 2019
Remote
Software Engineer, Singapore Government, Accenture
External B2B contractor
- Built features for the member-facing portal of the Central Provident Fund, Singapore’s national savings system.
2015 – 2018
Remote
Freelance Developer, Upwork
- Built HTML and jQuery website templates for paying clients.
- Built my first iOS game in Swift in 2016.
Companies I build
- AISynqFounder · 2023 – PresentAn AI consultancy for startups, software firms and investors. I run the full cycle myself: outreach, the sales call, scoping, the build and the launch. Through my own outreach I have delivered over $90K of software projects so far.
- InstinctGTMFounder · May 2026 – PresentOne system to run customer acquisition across many channels: content, account signals, a CRM and a learning loop for each channel. It is in closed beta, and I use it on my own companies before I sell it.
- VibeTribeCo-founder and tech partner, 5% equity · 2024 – PresentBuilt the web platform and a React Native mobile app with custom navigation. I also wrote a WordPress plugin so the site renders cleanly inside the app. Today I advise the founders on startup strategy and the tech stack.
- IFRS18 NavigatorTech partner, 10% equity · Apr 2026 – PresentBuilt the first version of an AI product that helps finance teams adopt the IFRS 18 reporting standard, for an executive at an accounting firm.
How I build with AI agents
Most teams now use AI to write code. The hard part is control: what an agent may touch, and what a person must approve. This is how I run it on my own products.
- 01Claude Code runs on my own server in long sessions, sometimes overnight for 9+ hours.
- 02Agents deploy to staging on their own. A production deploy needs my approval through an ops layer I built, which holds the encrypted credentials and the task queue.
- 03Every build runs against a regression list, so fixed bugs do not come back. Agents test first, then I test by hand.
- 04Agents get read-only access, and only to data that is not sensitive.
Skills
- Leadership
- Leading and hiring engineers, code review, mentoring, architecture decisions, turning business requirements into technical plans, working with product, QA and business analysts
- Languages
- TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Python, C#, Kotlin, Swift, SQL
- Frontend and mobile
- React, Next.js, React Native, Angular, Vue, Ionic
- Backend and data
- Node.js, Express, Spring, Vert.x, Django, GraphQL, PostgreSQL
- Infrastructure
- Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
- AI
- Claude Code, AI agent orchestration, MCP integrations, LLM product builds
- Payments
- E-wallets, remittance, eKYC, QR payments, FPX, Plaid
Education
BSc (Hons) Software Engineering
Staffordshire University · 2019 – 2022
Specialised in full-stack web and mobile development.
Courses
- AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Academy (2022)
- Kubernetes, Microsoft
Languages
English, Arabic
Writing and media
- WritingArticles on engineering and startups
- MediumTechnical articles
- YouTubeMy video channel
- PodcastStartups, AI, engineering and VC. Launching October 2026Soon