Nawaf Abboud

Overview

20 years in software engineering, the last 4 at STC, where I work on the public API team. Mentored 8 engineers through their first promotion. Most at home with rate limiting and OpenAPI. I mentor students through university programmes.

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Experience

1. Principal Engineer

   May 2022 - Present
   STC · 4 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
   • Backed 29 founders at pre-seed and seed.
   • Previously an operator for 9 years before investing.
2. Staff Backend Engineer

   Apr 2020 - May 2022
   Standard Chartered · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 29 minutes to under 5.
3. Senior Engineering Manager

   Aug 2017 - Apr 2020
   First Abu Dhabi Bank · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
   • Built the experimentation framework 29 product teams use to ship changes safely.
   • Shipped 10 launches on the public API team without a rollback.
4. Backend Engineer

   Sep 2013 - Apr 2017
   Uber · 3 yr 7 mo · Contract · Dubai, UAE
   • Moved 79% of public API traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
5. Senior Backend Engineer

   Jun 2011 - Sep 2013
   Fiverr · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
   • Cut p99 latency on the public API services from 766ms to 66ms.

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Education

1. INSEAD Abu Dhabi

   MBA, Business Administration
   2005 - 2007
2. Tel Aviv University

   BA, Information Technology
   2001 - 2005