Tariq Issa

Senior Software Engineer at Plume Foods | ex-McKinsey & Company

Plume Foods

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · AST (UTC+3)

3+ years experience

American University of Sharjah

English, Arabic

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Overview

I've spent 3 years on search and ranking - first at Google, now at Plume Foods. Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 36 minutes to under 2. Before that: McKinsey & Company and Google. I mentor first-time managers when I can.

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Advice on search and ranking
Second opinions on Python decisions
Questions about search and ranking
Working sessions on Elasticsearch

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Agency or outsourcing pitches
Recruiters for roles outside my stack

Replies on weekends

Skills

Core DataPythonA/B testinglearning to rankJavaScalaElasticsearch

AdvisingOpen to advising

closes in 3 months

Office hours for students choosing a first job: search and ranking and Core Data

Topics: search and ranking, A/B testing, learning to rank
Format: Formal advisor role
Terms: Paid
Capacity: Two calls a month
Best for: First-time founders

3 years of search and ranking. Prefer specific questions over coffee chats.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · remote OKpythona/b testingcore data

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Experience

Senior Software Engineer
Feb 2026 - Present
Plume Foods · 8 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Reduced cloud spend on search by 34% in two quarters.
- Cut p99 latency on the search services from 752ms to 70ms.
Software Engineer
Oct 2024 - Feb 2026
McKinsey & Company · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Reduced cloud spend on search by 41% in two quarters.
- Shipped 20 launches on the search team without a rollback.
Software Engineer
Aug 2023 - Aug 2024
Google · 1 yr · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Moved 89% of search traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.

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Education

American University of Sharjah
BSc, Computer Engineering
2019 - 2023

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