Hamza Waqas
VP Of Engineering Conversational Cloud Core (C3)
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolHamza Waqas is an executive engineering leader with 13 years of experience building cloud-native conversational platforms, currently serving as VP of Engineering for Conversational Cloud Core (C3) at LivePerson in Berlin. He has a strong track record scaling engineering organizations and product-critical systems across startups and large enterprises, having led architecture and engineering teams at OLX Group, Cilantro, Vteam, and as a founding CTO at Wynkk Research. Hamza blends hands-on technical depth with strategic leadership—designing robust, scalable back-end systems while mentoring teams to deliver reliable production software. His academic background in data science and entrepreneurship from Johns Hopkins and Stanford informs a product-minded, metrics-driven approach to engineering decisions. Known for a servant-leader style, he routinely bridges product, data, and operations to reduce time-to-market for conversational AI features. Despite a low-key GitHub presence, his career demonstrates an ability to move from early-stage product engineering to mature platform ownership.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityAdvanced Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Advanced Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Stanford University
English, German
Stackoverflow
629reputation
196kreached
42answers
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Github Skills (111)
api10
toastr10
wrapper10
linkedin10
javascript9
toast9
notification9
nodemailer9
sender9
java9
nodejs9
gmail-api8
validation8
elasticsearch8
mailgun8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ArkeologeN/node-linkedin
Jan 2014 - Oct 2020
LinkedIn 2.0 wrapper in Node.js
Contributions:107 commits, 26 PRs, 59 pushes in 6 years 9 months
apinode-jsjavascriptlinkedinnodejs
nonfig/node-sdk
May 2020 - Oct 2021
Node SDK for nonfig | Manage your configurations NOW!
Contributions:31 commits, 7 PRs, 25 pushes in 1 year 5 months
nodejsnode-sdksdkconfigurations
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