Mars Al
@marsal1
I build and scale customer-centric products across banking, fintech, AI, cloud, gaming, and healthcare.
BahrainWhat I'm looking for
I'm leading the modernization of Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait's SWIFT transaction system, coordinating engineering, vendors, QA, compliance, and business stakeholders for a mission-critical payments platform. I own planning, prioritization, delivery, release readiness, risk management, and production dependencies.
I've also founded and launched SlideWarz, a 2D PvP pixel-art arena game built in Godot. I defined its product vision and roadmap, shaped features through market research and playtesting, built cosmetics and NFT storefronts, and ran zero-budget community marketing on X.
For Dr. Shaker Urology Clinic, I delivered a mobile-first website with appointment booking, increasing organic reach by 376% and generating 142+ confirmed appointments through SEO optimization.
Across Ila Bank, Tagwork-one, the Central Bank of Bahrain, and Vitee, I've delivered payment APIs, IoT and robotics solutions, financial-reporting integrations, customer-support bots, and an event discovery and ticketing platform. I enjoy aligning technology, customer needs, and business goals while helping distributed teams ship products globally.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Founder & Product Manager / Developer
SlideWarz
May 2024 - Present (2 years 3 months)
Founded and launched a 2D PvP pixel-art arena game built in Godot, defining product vision and roadmap. Conducted market research, playtesting, and community engagement, and designed a zero-budget marketing campaign on X.
Freelance Product & Web Developer
Dr. Shaker Urology Clinic
Oct 2023 - Present (2 years 10 months)
Designed and delivered the clinic's official website, integrating appointment booking and mobile-first UX. Increased organic reach by 376% and generated 142+ confirmed appointments via SEO optimization.
Senior EChannel Development Officer
Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait
Apr 2021 - Present (5 years 4 months)
Acted as technology lead and delivery owner for modernizing the bank's SWIFT transaction system, coordinating engineering teams, vendors, QA, compliance, and business stakeholders. Managed and mentored a small technical team, providing technical direction and knowledge transfer.
Software Developer
Ila Bank
Jan 2021 - Apr 2021 (3 months)
Delivered credit card REST APIs on Java Spring microservices, integrating with external payment providers. Collaborated with product and compliance teams to ensure security and regulatory alignment.
Analyst Programmer
Central Bank of Bahrain
Apr 2016 - Apr 2018 (2 years)
Provided technical support for a financial reporting system and managed FATCA integration. Developed a bot using Microsoft Bot Framework, LUIS, Custom Vision, and QnA Maker for automating customer support.
CTO & Co-Founder
Vitee
Sep 2014 - Mar 2016 (1 year 6 months)
Co-founded and launched an event discovery and ticketing platform, managing the product lifecycle from vision to launch. Designed AWS cloud infrastructure to scale for high traffic and executed GTM strategy.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Keele University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2011 - 2014
Pursued a BSc in Computer Science at Keele University from 2011 to 2014.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
BahrainAuthorized to work in
Website
drshakerurologyclinic.comPortfolio
slidewarz.comJob categories
Skills
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