Summary
Shayan Ahmad is a Senior Software Engineering Manager with 13 years of experience delivering reliable, secure, and scalable systems across regulated and high-throughput domains. He combines hands-on coding in C#, TypeScript and T-SQL with people leadership—managing distributed teams across India, the US and Mexico—to improve delivery predictability, reduce technical debt, and mentor engineers into senior and leadership roles. His strengths include modernizing SDLC practices (CI/CD, release cadence, branching strategies), integrating observability and security tooling (Datadog, Snyk, Devin AI), and breaking monoliths into microservices for real-time data flows. Known for instituting practical onboarding and interview processes, he also finds ways to cut costs by removing redundant licenses and optimizing tool usage. He thrives when forced to learn, drawing insights from multiple industries to transfer improvements across domains. Based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, he pairs curiosity-driven technical depth with a collaborative, stakeholder-focused approach to delivery.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology Software Development, Bachelor of Technology Software Development at Seneca Polytechnic
English, Urdu, French