Neil Arjun Bhatt

Co-founder & CTO at Alder Ops · sales, SaaS

Alder Ops

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · AST (UTC+3)

8+ years experience

London Business School Dubai

English, Arabic

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Overview

Building Alder Ops in Riyadh - HR software. Previously built and sold a small HR software company. Before that: SABIC and Uber. I speak at conferences a couple of times a year.

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payrollsalesHR techSaaS

HiringHiring for a role

closes in 3 months

Looking for product designers to join Alder Ops early - HR software

Role: Product designer
Level: Mid
Type: Full-time
Work mode: Hybrid
Compensation: $156k-$196k + equity
Team: Founding team, 5 people
Start: As soon as possible
Must have: A portfolio of shipped product work Comfort working directly with engineers Clear written communication
Process: Decision within 10 days

Comp AED 40k-56k a month. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabiasalessaashr tech

Open

RaisingRaising capital

closes in 3 months

Series A round open - customer support automation for hardware startups, $7M ARR

Stage: Series A
Raising: $7M
Instrument: Priced round
Committed so far: Opening the round now
Lead investor: Looking for a lead
Traction: $7M ARR after 21 months
Use of funds: Engineering hires and the first sales team

$7M ARR after 21 months. Looking for investors who know gaming and can help with expansion into the US.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · remote OKhr techsalespayroll

Open

Experience

Co-founder & CTO
Jul 2025 - Present
Alder Ops · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Signed 220 paying customers, 9 of them enterprises.
- Took Alder Ops from zero to $4 million ARR.
- Grew the team to 49 people across 2 countries.
Senior Engineering Manager
Feb 2024 - Jul 2025
SABIC · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Cut p99 latency on the ML platform services from 341ms to 93ms.
Staff iOS Engineer
Jul 2022 - Feb 2024
Uber · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Wrote the payroll service that now handles 24 million requests a day.
- Reduced cloud spend on web by 22% in two quarters.
Principal Engineer
Oct 2020 - Jul 2022
du · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Previously an operator for 5 years before investing.
- Led or co-led 9 investments, 2 of them now at Series B or later.
Principal Engineer
Oct 2018 - Oct 2020
KPMG · 2 yr · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Led or co-led 22 investments, 4 of them now at Series B or later.
- Sit on 5 boards.

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Education

London Business School Dubai
EMBA, Business Administration
2021 - 2023
American University of Sharjah
BSc, Economics
2013 - 2017

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