Engineering leader with 14 years of experience architecting and scaling backend platforms, Polyglot with projects in Ruby, Python and Golang and deep specialization in Ruby on Rails. Background spans scientific programming, foodtech, sports tech, and healthtech. Currently leads backend engineering at Ultrahuman, a metabolic health platform that processes millions of health data points daily from more than 200,000+ wearables to deliver real-time insights for users across 130 countries.
JAOpen to opportunities
jaleel abdul
@jaleelabdul
Engineering Leader | Backend Specialist | Building Scalable Teams & Platforms | Ruby on Rails, Golang, Python, AWS | Abu Dhabi/Remote
United Arab EmiratesExperience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
UL
Current
Principal Backend Engineer
Ultrahuman
May 2020 - Present (5 years 5 months)
Led backend engineering and scaled platform to support 750,000+ users (200K DAU), processing 120,000+ RPM and 120GB+ daily wearable data while improving apdex to 98%+ and reducing infrastructure costs 20% monthly.
MA
Co-founder & Head of Technology
Matchbox.one
Oct 2019 - Oct 2021 (2 years)
Built a sports booking platform from zero to 10,000+ users across 50+ facilities, leading full-stack development and product/market strategy.
ZOSenior Software Engineer
Zomato
Mar 2019 - Apr 2020 (1 year 1 month)
Revamped and re-architected backend systems, extracting high-traffic services to Golang to improve scalability and reliability for a platform handling 1.3M daily orders.
SV
Web Developer
SV.Co
Jan 2015 - Feb 2019 (4 years 1 month)
Developed an open-source LMS from scratch serving educational institutions and attracting global contributions, establishing a reference ReasonReact implementation.
TU
Research Associate
Texas A&M University
Jul 2011 - Oct 2014 (3 years 3 months)
Developed signal processing algorithms for nation-funded healthcare projects and published multiple international journal papers on time-series analysis.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
IMIndian Institute of Technology Madras
Master of Technology, Engineering
Completed a Master of Technology degree focusing on advanced engineering topics at IIT Madras.
CTCollege of Engineering Trivandrum
Bachelor of Technology, Engineering
Completed a Bachelor of Technology degree in engineering at College of Engineering Trivandrum.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Open to opportunities
Location
United Arab EmiratesAuthorized to work in
Salary expectations
180k-220k USD
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