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Reshaad Rasool

@reshaadrasool

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Engineering Director modernizing platforms and building resilient, high-talent engineering teams.

South Africa

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead platform modernization and operational resilience in a mission-driven environment. I want to build high-talent teams, set strong SDLC governance, and operationalize AI-assisted delivery to improve reliability, speed, and maintainability.

I’m an Engineering Director with 20+ years building and scaling production systems across gaming, fintech, and healthcare. I specialize in platform modernization, operational resilience, and high–talent-density engineering leadership that turns complexity into reliable delivery.

I’ve led organizations up to 17 cross-functional engineers, rebuilt legacy platforms under active load, and delivered 99.7% uptime during peak, high-risk events. I architect cloud-native platforms, redesign domain boundaries, implement build-vs-buy strategies, and strengthen observability, incident response, and SDLC governance for audit-ready releases.

I also build engineering cultures grounded in candid debate, product ownership, and continuous improvement—using ADRs, code review standards, and coaching frameworks. As a founder of an AI-assisted development platform, I operationalize agentic engineering practices to improve developer productivity, code quality, and architectural decision-making.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Technical Architect and Consultant

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Clinical Trial Platform

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Designed a secure multi-tenant clinical trial platform with audit-ready data handling. Built API-driven workflows and dashboards that reduced reporting preparation time from days to hours.

Audit Readiness Dashboards & Compliance

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Founder and Principal Architect

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AI-Enabled Transcription Platform

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Architected scalable AI-assisted transcription workflows using hybrid AI–human pipelines with automated quality controls. Owned technical strategy and cloud spend for cost-efficient scaling.

Quality Control Agentic Engineering Developer Productivity Code Quality P L Ownership

Software Engineering Manager

Derivco

Apr 2024 - Jun 2025 (1 year 2 months)

Delivered 99.7% uptime during peak gaming events by strengthening monitoring, incident response, and reliability engineering. Modernised CI/CD workflows to reduce deployment times from hours to minutes and managed team budget and cloud infrastructure costs.

Monitoring Incident Response Reliability Engineering CI CD Observability Cloud Cost Optimization

Software Delivery Lead

Bet Software

Jun 2022 - Mar 2024 (1 year 9 months)

Led cross-functional delivery for Durban July events, implementing risk-management frameworks and readiness checks to achieve zero critical incidents. Improved predictability by aligning engineering, QA, and product teams and coached engineers for advancement.

Risk Management SDLC Governance Coaching

Senior Developer

Fincon Information Technology

Oct 2021 - May 2022 (7 months)

Transformed a Delphi-based financial system into a cloud-based .NET Core/AWS platform to improve scalability, performance, and maintainability.

Delphi .NET Core AWS Cloud Migration Scalability Performance Maintain

Senior Software Engineer

CAPRISA

Nov 2017 - Sep 2021 (3 years 10 months)

Delivered digital transformation for HIV, TB, and COVID research units by building secure data workflows and automating processes. Used SharePoint, PowerApps, and Power BI to improve audit readiness, data reliability, and operational efficiency.

SharePoint Power BI Workflow Automation Digitalization Audit Readiness

Head of Development

Albertinabay Technologies

Jun 2015 - Oct 2017 (2 years 4 months)

Led the development team and mentored junior talent to improve delivery speed and engineering capability. Migrated VB6 components to .NET web technologies, reducing technical debt and improving system performance.

VB6 Web Technologies Technical Debt Reduction Mentoring

Software Developer

IRESS Market Technologies

May 2008 - May 2015 (7 years)

Served as lead developer for a major financial services client, delivering large-scale enhancements and performance improvements. Transitioned the client from a desktop solution to a Python web platform to improve scalability and user experience.

Python Web Development Performance Optimization Scalability

Solutions Architect

Trinity Software

Mar 2000 - Apr 2008 (8 years 1 month)

Rewrote a DOS system to a Windows desktop application for 50+ users to improve usability and long-term maintainability. Maintained 95%+ client satisfaction through reliable delivery and responsive support.

Desktop Applications Usability Reliability client support