Amir Hassan Begum

Overview

I started Kestrel Finance to fix edtech for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Signed 347 paying customers, 16 of them enterprises. Most at home with education and content. Trail runner and occasional climber.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & CTO

   Apr 2024 - Present
   Kestrel Finance · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · London, UK
   • Signed 198 paying customers, 7 of them enterprises.
   • Took Kestrel Finance from zero to $10 million ARR.
   • Raised $27 million across 3 rounds.
2. Software Engineer

   Nov 2020 - Apr 2024
   Deliveroo · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · London, UK
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 39 minutes to under 4.
   • Cut p99 latency on the public API services from 865ms to 102ms.
3. Senior Engineering Manager

   Sep 2017 - Nov 2020
   Monzo · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · London, UK
   • Grew the iOS team from 4 to 28 engineers.
4. Backend Engineer

   Jul 2016 - Jun 2017
   Workday · 11 mo · Full-time · London, UK
   • Cut p99 latency on the data platform services from 531ms to 126ms.
   • Reduced cloud spend on data platform by 35% in two quarters.

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Education

1. London School of Economics

   BSc, Computer Science
   2013 - 2016