Farhan Syed

CTO

Seattle, Washington, United States20 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Nearly two decades of experience in product development.
Expert in building scalable solutions across diverse industries.
Passionate about leveraging technology for innovative revenue streams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with a strong focus on product engineering and cloud solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical DirectionArchitectural DesignProduct EngineeringOnline MarketplaceArtificial Intelligence (ai)Cloud ComputingArchitectureTechnical LeadershipProduct Management

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAlexaAmazon Web Services (AWS)Android DevelopmentAssembly LanguageAutomationBackend AI modelBusiness ProfitabilityCCoachingDistributed SystemsEJBFrontend developmentInfrastructureIntegration

About

Solving problems that make our lives easier is what drives me. With nearly two decades of experience building world-class products at scale across industries—Telecommunications, Mobile Device Management, IVR, Fintech, AWS EC2, and Alexa AI—I thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact. Most recently, I built OneStopCamp, a two-sided marketplace connecting parents with after-school and summer camp providers. From developing a backend AI model that fetches and processes relevant data to designing the front-end interface and integrating Stripe for seamless payment processing, I’ve led every aspect of this platform. OneStopCamp simplifies life for parents by consolidating camp information and provides providers with registration software to sell seats efficiently. I specialize in creating products from 0 to 1, scaling mature services, and reducing time-to-market for innovative solutions. I’m passionate about using technology to open new revenue streams, driven by customer focus, data-driven decisions, and team diversity.

Experience

Human interest

Lead Engineer

Jun 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States · Remote

Helping bring 401k to all Americans.
Onboarding a 401(k) Plan is expensive, and painful. As a lead engineer, I
1. Design and build 401(k) product to simplify onboarding
2. Provide technical guidance to Product, Sales, and Operations
3. Increase top line revenue by scaling sales and operations
4. Reduce COGS by automating onboarding

Team ManagementTechnical DirectionArchitectural DesignTechnical Leadership

One stop camp

Head of Engineering

Jan 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States · Remote

At OneStopCamp, we’ve built a two-sided marketplace from the ground up, connecting parents with after-school and summer camp providers. Our platform simplifies the search for parents by scanning the internet to find the latest camp and after-school information, offering a centralized hub for quick and easy access. For providers, we’ve developed robust registration software with integrated payment solutions, enabling them to list and sell their seats effortlessly.
We developed of a backend AI model that automates data collection, sifting through online content to identify relevant URLs, extracting essential information, and publishing it directly to our website. Beyond the backend,we built the platform’s front end, ensuring a user-friendly experience, and integrated Stripe for seamless payment processing. This end-to-end ownership has allowed me to blend technical innovation with product strategy to deliver meaningful solutions for our users.
Our registration software provides a one stop experience for providers, to manage registration, waitlist management, waivers, dashboard, payments, refunds, and operational support.

Technical DirectionProduct EngineeringArchitectural DesignOnline Marketplace

Amazon

Software Engineer

Aug 2018 – Feb 2023 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

Building out EC2 Cellular Architecture. Cells in AWS prevent brownouts and make Amazon Cloud always available, even during catastrophic failures.
Making Alexa Efficient - Effective AI cannot run on inefficient infrastructure. We are working to reduce Infrastructure cost of AI in all possible ways. The seriousness and impact to the bottom line of any AI business is succinctly stated Mark Zuckerberg's letter to FB employees.

Team ManagementDistributed SystemsInfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)AlexaScalability+4

Remitly

Technical Lead

Aug 2016 – Aug 2018 · 2 yrs · Greater Seattle Area

We are building the next generation Marketing Platform to help scale our business. We use Typescript + React + NojeJS to deliver experiences customers love. We enable our Marketing teams run 10x faster.
We are a group of engineers who are obsessed over details and are focussed on delivering quality services to help Remitly expand it's operations in more countries to grow from $1 billion to $5billion soon.
We have built a scalable metric stack and alarming system using Prometheus and Grafana to proactively detect problems and deliver experiences customers love.

Team ManagementInfrastructureArchitectureTechnical DirectionCoaching

Nuance communications

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2015 – Aug 2016 · 9 mos · Greater Seattle Area

We developed custom IVR solutions to send automated Voice Call, SMS and Email. I was personally responsible for building the full solution, for all communication channels, for Scotiabank and automated SMS notification for CVS. The CVS SMS notification solution serves all CVS customers in the US and generates $3-$4.5 Million annually.

InfrastructureArchitecture

Mobileiron

Senior Software Engineer

May 2014 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Led the Mobile Device Management platform for Windows and extended Windows Handheld Devices to provision offline with SD card & NFC. 75% reduction test cycles by emulating Windows phone.

InfrastructureArchitecture

Amdocs

Senior Subject Matter Expert

Jul 2006 – Apr 2014 · 7 yrs 9 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Led development of Amdocs Order Management System over 5 years to deliver robust solution to scale AT&T Cable Service. Envisioned and led the backend to power AT&T online ordering, putting AT&T Cable Services on the internet.

Team ManagementDistributed SystemsTechnical LeadershipService OrchestrationArchitectureProduct Management+1