Summary
Sharjeel Qureshi is a seasoned software leader with 14 years of experience building planet-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and resilient production services. Formerly a senior engineer on YouTube’s playback and Android teams at Google, he led critical initiatives—from migrating the player to TypeScript to launching Widevine DRM and improving IndexedDB reliability—that materially improved performance and user experience for billions of users. He combines deep SRE training with product instincts, cutting mean time to resolution from days to hours through tooling, runbooks, and war-gaming. Now directing Products for AI Infrastructure & Cloud at HUMAIN, he focuses on shipping high-impact AI-enabled systems and still writes code — increasingly in tandem with AI. A pragmatic founder and early entrepreneur, he brings hands-on delivery experience across startups, research (SRI), and large-scale platform teams, plus a track record of turning operational challenges into reliable product features. Based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, he pairs global systems expertise with a maker’s mentality and a taste for practical, high-leverage engineering moves.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science at Lahore University of Management Sciences
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
English, Urdu, Punjabi