SHAFIQ AHMAD
Principal Software Engineer · Developer Advocate · 11+ Years · Munich, DE
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Siemens Energy AlgoMinds Nyris CELUS
Siemens Energy AlgoMinds Nyris CELUSPrincipal Software Engineer · Developer Advocate · 11+ Years · Munich, DE
Siemens Energy AlgoMinds Nyris CELUSElectronics Engineer turned Software Engineer with 11+ years across the full project lifecycle — client negotiation, requirements, architecture, delivery, and onboarding. I take systems from R&D PoC to production: Kafka/KEDA/Rust pipelines targeting 1B messages/month, in-house CRDT databases, and MQTT telemetry validated at 1M msgs/sec.
5+ years leading teams across Asia, Australia, Europe, and the USA. Pre-sales and Developer Advocate experience at GITEX Berlin. I care deeply about code quality, mentoring, and systems that outlast their creators.
Drove technical direction for internal platform tooling and a multi-continent Siemens Energy delivery program. Led the Omnivise Ecosystems program, represented the company at Gitex Berlin as Developer Advocate, and solved rootless Docker-in-Docker for secure CI/CD pipelines.
Shaped technical strategy across R&D and production. Architected the Data Orchestrator (Kafka, KEDA, Rust, gRPC) scaling from 18M to 1B messages/month. Led a TDengine reporting pipeline achieving 1B ingestions in 10 minutes. Drove company-wide adoption of Qdrant and shipped reusable .NET tooling.
Led the Angular-to-React migration, established Redux architecture, and introduced testing culture. Architected the Express/TypeScript BFF layer. Built three org-wide developer tools including Xandria, Local Deployment, and a Keycloak auth-proxy pattern.
Client-facing consultancy. Built and optimized React and Next.js applications for Thailand’s largest ISP. Represented the firm in client pitch meetings.
Led a 5-engineer team through a full-stack migration from PHP and Ember to React, Node.js, and TypeScript. Delivered web and mobile products for Ace Hardware and Epicor across iOS, Android, and UWP, including a Xamarin and OpenCV-based face detection system.
Early-career mobile engineering across React Native, Ionic, Cordova, and ASP.NET for international clients including Careem and Marhaba.
Ahmad has an exceptional ability to architect systems that scale. His work on the Data Orchestrator transformed our entire data pipeline from 18M to 1B messages/month — a 50x improvement that became the backbone of our infrastructure.
His developer advocacy at GITEX Berlin was outstanding. Ahmad doesn’t just build — he communicates complex technical ideas with clarity and genuine enthusiasm that inspires teams.
The Angular-to-React migration Ahmad led was textbook — zero downtime, improved DX, and a testing culture that stuck. He builds systems that outlast projects.
Working across four regions, Ahmad brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise and cultural intelligence. His cross-org programs consistently deliver.
Open to senior engineering leadership,
staff / principal engineer roles, and
distributed systems architecture.
Available globally. Based in Munich, DE.