Hassan Shabbir Ahmed Baig

Senior Engineering Leader | Software Engineering | DevOps | AI & Platform Infrastructure

📍 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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About

Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience in software engineering, platform architecture, and large-scale system reliability. Deep expertise in designing, developing, and delivering software systems end-to-end — from ideation and design iteration through implementation, deployment, and continuous improvement in production.

Proven record of scaling AI-driven, cloud-native, and data-intensive systems across fintech and e-commerce environments. Skilled at leading cross-functional teams and aligning engineering excellence with business outcomes.

Languages

Golang, Python, Node.js, SQL, Bash

Platforms

Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, ArgoCD

Cloud

AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI, OpenStack

AI/ML

LangChain, CrewAI, N8N, Spark, Kafka

Experience

Engineering Manager, Platform & AI Systems

Rewaa Feb 2025 – Present
  • Spearheaded development of AI-assisted and agentic workflows using LangChain, CrewAI, and N8N
  • Built observability frameworks for agentic systems focused on performance and reliability at scale
  • Established engineering best practices covering code quality, CI/CD, testing, and release governance

Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering

Adyen Jun 2023 – Mar 2025
  • Directed Distributed Data Stores and Compute Platform teams managing Cassandra, Redis, and Kubernetes clusters
  • Architected data pipelines integrating Kafka, Spark, and Airflow for real-time analytics and fraud monitoring
  • Scaled infrastructure supporting €1.3 trillion annual payment volume with 99.99% uptime

Site Reliability Engineering Manager

Booking.com Aug 2021 – May 2023
  • Led B.Platform compute infrastructure—over 250,000+ physical cores across 30 clusters
  • Oversaw system architecture reviews, deployment reliability, and production readiness
  • Established CI/CD and reliability engineering frameworks improving release frequency

Senior & System Engineer

Booking.com 2016 – 2021
  • Founding engineer of B.Platform, building containerized and modular systems
  • Owned software lifecycle processes from architecture design to testing and production maintenance
  • Designed data and telemetry systems supporting model experimentation and observability analytics

Key Achievements

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Agentic Workflow Frameworks

Developed and deployed production-ready AI-assisted automation systems using LangChain, CrewAI, and N8N at Rewaa, enabling enterprise-wide workflow efficiency.

LangChain CrewAI N8N
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Global Payments Infrastructure

Scaled Adyen's distributed data stores and compute platform serving €1.3T+ annual transaction volume with 99.99% uptime across global payment networks.

Kubernetes Cassandra Kafka
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B.Platform at Booking.com

Built and led the foundational compute platform powering 250K+ cores across 30 clusters, supporting high-throughput analytics and ML workloads.

Kubernetes Docker Terraform
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Real-Time Fraud Detection

Architected data pipelines integrating Kafka, Spark, and Airflow for real-time fraud monitoring, enabling high-volume, low-latency transaction processing.

Spark Kafka Airflow

Get In Touch

Let's Connect

I'm always interested in discussing engineering leadership opportunities, platform architecture challenges, and AI/ML infrastructure projects.

📧 hassan.ahmed.baig@gmail.com 📱 +966 50 122 1620 💼 LinkedIn Profile