Summary
Ziyad Soobhan is a Principal Consultant and lead engineer with 12 years' experience architecting Python-first, scalable web and data platforms for large enterprises and high-profile clients. He combines hands-on backend expertise (Django, Flask, FastAPI, Kafka) with pragmatic DevOps and CI/CD practices across cloud and bare-metal environments, often modernising legacy systems through containerisation and microservices. Ziyad has repeatedly led remote, cross-functional teams to deliver financially critical data products and event-driven platforms, translating complex business goals into parallelised technical roadmaps. He favours test-driven development, domain-driven design, and observable, resilient architectures, and mentors engineers at all levels to raise delivery quality. Unusually for a software lead, his background includes an MSc in Astrophysics and hands-on experimental lab work, reflecting a strong analytical mindset and attention to instrumentation-level detail. Based in London, he is bilingual in English and French and brings a collaborative, stakeholder-focused approach to long-term technical strategy.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Astrophysics, Master of Science (MSc), Astrophysics at Royal Holloway, University of London
French, English