Osama Sidat is a Senior Production Engineer at Shopify with 13 years of software experience and a focus on backend infrastructure, scalability, and performance. He currently leads work on Shopify’s Caching Platform, building and optimizing caching libraries and infrastructure that support core services like the monolith and Storefront Renderer. Known for enjoying complex debugging and producing clean, maintainable solutions, he’s applied his skills to flash sales resilience, checkout robustness, and bot protection for merchants. Comfortable across Golang, Ruby, Python, and JavaScript, he combines hands-on engineering with a systems-first mindset shaped by a Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, he’s approachable for mentorship and early-career conversations and prefers outreach that includes thoughtful company context.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate of GCE A Levels, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Further Mathematics, Graduate of GCE A Levels, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Further Mathematics at The City School PAF Chapter
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
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Osama Sidat - Senior Production Engineer at Shopify