Professional Summary
Engineering Manager with 8+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams in Fintech and eCommerce environments. Specialises in Java microservices, Kubernetes orchestration, and agile transformation. Recognised for improving system reliability and reducing incident response times through observability and automation.
Skills
- Leadership
- Communication
- Java
- Agile
- Kubernetes
- Ci/Cd
- AWS
- Javascript
- SAP
- GO
- Python
- Spring
- Observability
- People Development
- Digital Transformation
Experience
Engineering Manager — Tamara
- Spearheaded migration from monolith to microservices, increasing deployment frequency from quarterly to weekly while maintaining 99.99% uptime.
- Implemented observability stack with Grafana and Prometheus, reducing incident response times by 35% and improving SRE collaboration.
- Mentored 15 engineers through agile and career progression, resulting in a 20% reduction in attrition and increased team satisfaction scores.
- Optimised cloud spend by 40% through rightsizing and automation while ensuring compliance with regional data regulations.
- Championed site reliability practices that decreased production incidents by 50% year-over-year.
Senior Engineer — Smoothstack
- Designed and delivered customer onboarding microservices serving 1M+ MAU while adhering to PCI compliance requirements.
- Introduced automated testing and CI/CD pipelines, reducing release cycle times by 60% and increasing developer velocity.
- Collaborated with product leadership to establish OKRs, aligning engineering deliverables with business outcomes.
- Conducted regular architecture reviews that identified technical debt early and informed roadmap prioritisation.
- Facilitated cross-team workshops to strengthen agile ceremonies and ensure consistent scrum practices.
Engineering Manager — Branch International
- Managed distributed engineering squads across Africa and Europe, delivering fintech features with local regulatory compliance.
- Introduced remote pairing practices and asynchronous documentation, improving collaboration across time zones.
- Supported series B funding milestones by positioning engineering as a strategic partner to product and go-to-market teams.
- Implemented quarterly hackathons that surfaced adoption blockers and accelerated proof-of-concept cycles.
- Measured team health through regular retrospectives and adjusted sprint cadences to maintain productivity.
Education
M.S. Engineering
Imperial College London
Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Certified ScrumMaster
- Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer