Kamran Ahmed

Engineering Leader and Developer based in UK Developer based in UK

I am a software developer and leader based in UK. Before that I have lived and worked in Germany for 2 years and Dubai for 8 years. I have a decade long experience working mostly with startups and scale-ups. I have been a founding engineer and have built teams and products from inception to billions in revenue. Two that I am proud of were Almosafer: a travel portal for booking flights, hotels and packages, that grew from 20 people to 1000 people and Tradeling: a B2B commerce platform where I was employee #3 and I helped build, launch and scale to millions of products, hundreds of sellers and thousands of buyers.

Over the years, I have worked with a variety of technologies including JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Go, React, React Native, Electron, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Packer, and many others. I have worked in a variety of domains including Travel, EdTech, Healthcare, B2B and B2C ecommerce, Finance and Business Management and have worn many different hats. This has given me a broad perspective and a deep understanding of the software development lifecycle.

I am a Full-stack developer at heart (taking rough problem statements and turning them into polished products from all aspects is my speciality) with an eye for good design and expertise in all parts of the stack including the frontend, backend, databases, devops and cloud.

You might know me from roadmap.sh; a platform that provides learning paths and other visual content for developers to grow in their careers. It is 6th most starred project on GitHub, has 1m+ registered users, is used by +10k teams, has +30k custom roadmaps and gets 5m+ pageviews every month. I have been working on it since 2017, but left my job and went full-time in 2022 after it got acquired by Insight Partners 🎉 . I couldn't be happier with the acquisition; I get to do what I love, help millions of developers, have an impact, and learn a ton during the process. Plus we keep breaking records every month which is exciting.

I am a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies since 2021, and a GitHub Star since 2020 (awarded 3 years in a row). I have been an opensource contributor since 2013. I rank 2nd globally based on the number of stars on my GitHub repositories, have contributed to hundreds of projects and my work has reached millions. I also have a development related YouTube channel with 210k+ subscribers. I haven't been very active on it lately due to other commitments but making videos was fun, let's see if I can get back to it sometime soon.

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Fahim Kadhi

Head of MENA at Momos

Kamran is a brilliant Dev Manager. There are very few Dev Managers that have the chops to dive down, get their hands dirty and build pretty much anything from ground up while at the same time can inspire and rally multiple teams towards a common goal. He is a rare gem in this region. His track record and social following (globally) is more than enough validation on the kind of operator he is. Any company he is with is fortunate to have someone of his caliber in the ranks.

Zain Ahmed Khan

Sr. Software Engineer at Sixt

I had the pleasure of working with Kamran for around an year in some of our most criticial and a heavy load products. Kamran was one of the core architects and worked as a lead on several internal products. He is deeply familiar with all the facets of designing, building and operating a scalable product. Kamran is a great manager, smart individual, highly professional, extremely result-driven, and a great mentor who is extremely highly regarded by his team. There was not a task that is impossible for him and his work is always commendable.

Abdallah Ebrahim

Staff Software Engineer at Huspy

Kamran is a brilliant, humble, and an amazing engineer and manager. I will not say much about his technical experience as his reputation speaks a lot. From the people and personal standpoint, I always felt safe, happy, and enjoying my job under his leadership. I would love to work with him again.

Mohammed Essehemy

Engineering Manager at Tradeling

Kamran is a master. He has a unique mixture of skills that allow him to incubate an idea from the early stages to a final product. He can design the idea, fill the dots, jump to code and manage the changes to get a successful product. He's also a great manager. He listens a lot to his team and discusses the ideas and evaluates them wisely. It was a blessing to be managed by him. I owe him much and I wish him the best in his upcoming endeavors. Hopefully, we will work together again.

Adeel Ahsan

Director of Engg. at Almosafer

Having worked with Kamran for 4 years at two different companies, I can say that he is one of the most talented engineers and managers I have ever worked with. There is no problem that he cannot solve, no challenge that he cannot overcome. He is a great mentor and a great leader. He is always there to help and guide his team. He is a great asset to any team and I would love to work with him again.

Martian Lee

Sr. Software Engr. at GraphCMS

If you know you are going to work with the developer who ranks 2nd in terms of most stars on Github, you will probably feel nervous. However, the opposite is true - Kamran makes the work enjoyable since he is so humorous and open-minded. The only thing you need to adapt is his speed and vast knowledge, which will definitely push you to a new level.

If you want to get in touch, feel free to email me.