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Saad Rehman Shah

@saadrehmanshah

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Project manager and ex-software engineer who delivers cross-functional products and scales teams in startups.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can lead cross-functional, remote teams to deliver product launches, improve processes, and scale operations in a collaborative startup environment.

I am a project manager with 5+ years of project management experience and eight years of hands-on software engineering background. I specialize in leading cross-functional and distributed teams to deliver complex products using Agile and Scrum.

At KodeKloud I coordinated engineering, marketing, courses, support, and DevOps to deliver a phase-wise rollout of KodeKloud v3.0 and enabled a customer-ready beta ahead of major launch timelines. I introduced workflow improvements in ClickUp and a three-box strategy to ideate and launch an AI product.

Previously I managed cybersecurity-focused engineering teams at Elastica/Bluecoat/Symantec, maintaining high service availability and leading technical projects in network security and cloud infrastructure. I also served as Engineering Manager and advisor to a CEO, leading hiring, team-building, and operational processes to deliver an MVP.

I bring strong stakeholder alignment, capacity building, and remote team collaboration skills, along with practical technical knowledge in Python, Docker, MySQL, CI/CD concepts, and developer tooling to bridge technical delivery and product strategy.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Project & Operations Manager

KodeKloud

Feb 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 10 months)

Led cross-functional teams to deliver KodeKloud v3.0 beta and coordinated phased rollout, resolving vendor conflicts and restoring delivery cadence for Black Friday readiness.

Agile Scrum ClickUp Project Delivery Stakeholder Management

Technical Project Manager

Anonymous

Oct 2022 - Jan 2023 (3 months)

Managed a 30+ remote engineering team and led cross-team collaboration to launch a customer-ready beta product on schedule, providing weekly status, risk and mitigation reports.

Project Management Remote Team Management Status Reporting Risk Mitigation Agile Jira Team Coordination

Engineering Manager

Techwards

Apr 2020 - Oct 2022 (2 years 6 months)

Led frontend, backend and DevOps teams to deliver an MVP on time, advised the CEO on strategy, and built hiring, engagement and engineering processes to scale the team.

Engineering Management Hiring Mentorship Team Building Process Improvement

Senior Software Engineer

Symantec

Mar 2015 - Mar 2020 (5 years)

Managed cybersecurity-focused software projects and supported 50+ SaaS applications achieving >98% availability while developing risk assessment tools to improve threat detection and mitigation.

Software Engineering Network Security Cloud Infrastructure Risk Assessment CI CD Python Docker MySQL

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

North Carolina State University

Master of Science, Computer Science

2013 - 2014

Completed Master of Science in Computer Science with coursework in Internet Protocols, Network Security, Software Engineering, and Algorithms as a Fulbright Scholar.