About Taimur
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- On Running,Engineering ManagerDIGITAL AND ITDecember 2021 - Today (4 years and 6 months)Berlin, Germany• Led a cross-functional team of frontend and backend engineers, overseeing hiring, mentoring, performance reviews, and career development• Played a key role in driving product success, contributing to: 1.5 Million Downloads – Achieved 3× our internal target. CHF 100M+ in Revenue – Another 3× milestone smashed Top App Store Ratings – 4.9/5 (iOS) and 4.8/5 (Android), backed by 20,000+ 5-star reviews• Partnered closely with Product and Business teams to gather requirements and deliver high-impact releases on schedule• Developed and maintained project plans, estimates, and delivery timelines- , ensuring accountability and transparency• Defined, tracked, and reviewed OKRs and engineering goals, aligning team output with business priorities• Audited existing architecture, provided actionable improvements, and ensured systems were scalable and maintainable• Championed continuous improvement through sprint retrospectives, tooling enhancements, and the removal of technical blockers• Responded swiftly to production incidents and outages, restoring stability with minimal downtime• Managed engineering budgets, staffing plans, and resource allocation• Collaborated with Product Managers, Designers, and Researchers to shape quarterly roadmaps that supported strategic objectives• Ensured delivery of robust technical solutions aligned with architectural standards, system design principles, and engineering best practices
- On Running,Sr Software Engineer ( iOS )December 2021 - Today (4 years and 6 months)Berlin, Germany• Leading the suite of products for B2B and R&D Department• Increased the order submission by 40%.• Collaborated with the product / business team to understand requirements and business specifications and implement them as per the expectations with highest standards• Coded software updates and alterations based on detailed design specifications.• Solved complex problems in mobile and web technologies.• Developed and presented findings and solutions to audiences including senior executives and stakeholders.• Proactively making suggestions for leveraging new technologies and architectures• Continuously improving agile product delivery methods in the team• Evaluating effort, risks and dependencies of tasks• Improving stability of platform that can reliably serve customers• Evolving tech practices to allow higher flow of value to customers with shorter feedback loop
- Virgin Middle East & Africa,Sr. iOS EngineerMay 2020 - December 2021 (1 year and 7 months)Dubai - United Arab Emirates• Significant role in planning sessions around new product features• Delivering detailed roll-out/roll-back strategies for releases• Applying new industry trends as part of daily work where possible and desirable• Actively contributing in post-release maintenance issues• Reviewing code, defining programming standards and providing constructive feedback• Assisting with the architecture of mobile product stream• Handling the entire software development life cycle, end to end• Helping maintain code quality, organization, and test and build automation• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
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Education
- Bachelor of Computer ScienceNUCES-FAST2009Bachelor of Computer Science
- ProgrammingProgramming