Summary
Sadiq Raza is a Lead Software Engineer with 8 years of backend-focused experience, currently driving search innovation for Careem’s Super App at VentureDive. He specializes in Go, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes and AWS, and is building Orion, a unified search pipeline orchestrator that brings vector-based semantic search to previously text-only verticals like Groceries. His work spans fintech and payments as well—automating complex billing and remittance flows, integrating banks, and reducing manual reconciliation through end-to-end automation. Comfortable owning production reliability and on-call support, he also authors RFCs and practices TDD to ensure maintainable systems. Trained at NED University and certified in Java and Kafka, Sadiq blends strong engineering fundamentals with a practical drive to operationalize cutting-edge search and billing features. A pragmatic builder who prefers steady, measurable impact over flash, he quietly improves user experiences by turning research-grade ideas into production-grade services.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering at NED University of Engineering and Technology