Summary
Awn Ali is a seasoned engineering leader and entrepreneur with over 17 years of experience building and scaling product companies and high-performing engineering organizations. He co-founded Munch:ON (acquired by Careem/Uber), led its 80-engineer platform and ML-driven recommendation systems, and later directed large global engineering teams at Careem and HelloFresh covering consumer products, monetization, and platform infra. Awn has scaled and managed 100–150+ engineer organizations, driven monolith-to-microservice migrations, unified mobile strategy with React Native, and accelerated GenAI adoption to boost DAU and revenue. As an advisor to AI-driven SaaS startups and a consultant to Fortune 500 clients, he blends hands-on architecture and data-science leadership with company-building instincts. Based in Berlin, he pairs deep technical breadth—from distributed systems to ML—to a high-retention people-first culture evidenced by strong employee satisfaction and remote team management. Notably, his track record includes multiple exits and practical experience deploying AI agents in production for revenue-critical workflows.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
English