Summary
Zaid Hassan is a Senior Consultant and Cornell-trained full-stack engineer based in Dubai with 9 years of experience delivering high-impact digital transformation programs for government clients across the GCC. He leads cross-functional teams to build and maintain citizen-facing web and mobile platforms (React, Node, TypeScript) that serve millions of users while maintaining enterprise-grade uptime and accessibility standards. At PwC he architected CI/CD pipelines, monorepo-driven developer experience improvements, and resilient infrastructure for high-traffic portals, and drove measurable outcomes like 99.95% uptime and management of 17,000+ digital assets. His background in chemical engineering, data science and engineering management informs a systems-thinking approach that pairs technical execution with stakeholder alignment and product clarity. Beyond shipping features, he obsessively optimizes the tools, practices and automations (Slack, n8n, IaC, GitHub Actions, Python) that make teams faster and happier.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
High School & Pre-University, Science + Computer Science (C++), High School & Pre-University, Science + Computer Science (C++) at Novel International School - Jeddah
Masters in Engineering, Engineering/Industrial Management, Masters in Engineering, Engineering/Industrial Management at Cornell University
Middle School, Middle School at New Middle East International School
English, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, Russian