Shameer C
Director Of Engineering at Careem
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolShameer C is a Director of Engineering based in Dubai with 14–16 years of experience turning backend engineering into measurable business outcomes across mobility and delivery platforms. At Careem he has progressed from building the food delivery stack to leading server-side teams that power rides, corporate offerings, and multi-vertical order management for food, groceries and more. He blends hands-on full‑stack roots (PHP, Scala, Node, distributed systems) with product-driven leadership—partnering closely with TPMs and business teams to prioritize high-impact initiatives. Known for scaling teams rapidly during crisis periods and shipping core platform capabilities used across 13 countries and 100+ cities, he balances operational rigor with rapid iteration. He also writes for SitePoint, signaling a habit of sharing knowledge beyond day-to-day engineering. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic builder who converts complex operational problems into reliable, customer-facing services.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B-Tech, Computer Engineering, B-Tech, Computer Engineering at GEC Wayanad
Github Skills (49)
architecture10
blog-engine10
php10
flat-file10
csv-import9
csv-export9
cms9
csv-parser9
csv-reader9
csv9
csv-parsing9
slim8
lists7
linux7
authenticator7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
shameerc/TextPress
Feb 2012 - Apr 2017
Simple flat-file blog engine in PHP
Contributions:113 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 5 years 2 months
cmsphpblog-engineflat-file
shameerc/slim-skeleton
Sep 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:2 releases, 15 commits, 12 pushes in 7 months
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