Summary
Amir Mohtasebi is a strategic technology leader with 12 years of experience shaping platform and engineering practices at Trade Me, where he currently serves as Head of Architecture and Head of Engineering for multiple domains. He has built Platform-as-Product, SRE, and DevEx practices, led a 50-person organisation, and rebuilt a Data Science/MLOps centre of excellence while standardising metrics like DORA and SLOs. Amir combines an engineering and IT management background (MSc) with hands-on experience in re-architecting large consumer and marketplace systems, driving multi-year transformation programs and vendor selections for major re-platforming. Known for reducing cognitive load through Team Topologies and lightweight governance (ADRs, Tech Radar), he balances people-first leadership with measurable engineering outcomes. Based in Auckland, he brings a rare blend of systems thinking, operational rigour, and practical experience taking data and platform capabilities from proof-of-concept to production at scale.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc IT Management, M.Sc IT Management at MMU
BSc Industrial Engineering, BSc Industrial Engineering at Mazandaran University of Science and Techniques