Summary
Shah Ismail is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with 14 years of experience building fintech, healthcare, and large-scale platform systems across Europe and MENA. Currently founding StartKrafts in Dublin, he combines hands-on engineering roots with product and DevSecOps leadership—previously directing a digital gold neobank build and managing monorepo, build and delivery systems at Improbable. He has a track record of shipping secure, scalable services for FX trading, e-commerce, and auth systems, and excels at turning MVPs into investor-ready products. Shah pairs technical depth (from platform engineering to microservices and TDD) with entrepreneurial instinct and a creative side evident in a Bag Design study, reflecting unusual breadth beyond pure software. His stated mission—engineering software to inspire humanity—drives a pragmatic, impact-focused approach to startups and developer platforms.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BSc(Hons), BSc(Hons) at Lahore University of Management Sciences
Bag Design, Bag Design at University of the Arts London
English, Persian, Urdu, French, Turkish