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title: "Mohammad Safiullah Hamidi - Senior Engineering Manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Mohammad Safiullah Hamidi, Senior Engineering Manager · Full-Stack + AI: React, Next.js, Node, Claude API · Building copilots with RAG, MCP & agentic workflows · Open to NL, UAE & EU based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes anthropic apis, claude code, and claude. Explore public work links includ..."
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# Mohammad Safiullah Hamidi on Tal

## Headline

Senior Engineering Manager · Full\-Stack \+ AI: React, Next\.js, Node, Claude API · Building copilots with RAG, MCP &amp; agentic workflows · Open to NL, UAE &amp; EU

## About

I build products and the teams that ship them\. Fifteen years in, I still write code every week — lately that means AI copilots on the Claude API\. At Mobile Premier League \(90M\+ users\), I was promoted three times — IC → EM → Senior EM — and led a 12\-person cross\-functional team through the work that moved numbers: React Server Components that cut p90 load time 43%, a CDN migration that took infra cost down 67%, and a server\-authoritative multiplayer engine that dropped fraud \~40%\. I own the full stack, from a Node/GraphQL BFF layer to the React/Next\.js platform on top of it\. More recently I've gone deep on AI engineering\. I built Playbook, an operations copilot in TypeScript — a RAG pipeline with tool use, multi\-step agentic workflows, a custom MCP server, an evals harness, and per\-call cost instrumentation\. I'm looking for a Senior EM or hands\-on IC\+EM role where the manager is still expected to write code and own architecture\. Open to relocation\. Reach me at safihamidi@gmail\.com\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

claude

codex

cursor

langgraph

## Work experience

Senior Engineering Manager at Mobile Premier League \(MPL\), Feb 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 7 mos, • Lead a 12\-person cross\-functional team \(frontend, backend, QA\) owning onboarding, activation, and engagement — MPL's highest\-leverage growth funnel\. • Drove React Server Components adoption across the client platform, cutting p90 load time 7s → 4s \(43%\), correlated with a measurable D7 retention lift\. • Designed and own a Node\.js backend\-for\-frontend layer with GraphQL resolvers that decoupled client rendering from backend latency spikes, eliminating downtime during peak tournament events\. • Architected a server\-authoritative multiplayer engine — API contract, backend review, client integration — cutting fraud incidents \~40%\. • Owned the CDN vendor evaluation and zero\-downtime migration, reducing infra costs \~67%\. • People &amp; culture: bi\-weekly 1:1s, structured reviews, and growth plans; promoted 2 engineers to senior and held attrition at zero over 12 months\.

Engineering Manager at Mobile Premier League \(MPL\), Jul 2022 \- Feb 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Grew the team from 3 to 8 through structured hiring: role rubrics, panel interviews, and a 30\-day onboarding programme\. • Designed and shipped MPL's Module Federation micro\-frontend framework — independently deployable verticals, cutting cross\-team release dependencies \~30%\. • Owned the schema and GraphQL layer for a schema\-driven content platform that cut campaign dev dependency 50%\+, letting product ship autonomously\. • Ran 20\+ concurrent A/B tests with Product and Design, contributing to a 15% activation lift\. • Improved Core Web Vitals — p90 load time 12s → 7s \(42%\) — making the web client competitive with native on mid\-range Android\.

Full Stack Developer at Mobile Premier League \(MPL\), Jul 2021 \- Jul 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, • Built internal dashboards and maker\-checker workflows in React \+ Node\.js, cutting ops team effort \~35% across tournament management and payout flows\. • Owned schema design and query optimisation for the ops dashboard PostgreSQL database — migrations, indexes for high\-read audit tables, data\-integrity contracts across services\. • Implemented centralised authentication \(SSO / OAuth 2\.0\), RBAC, and audit logging in Node\.js — the security foundation the platform still runs on\.

Senior Software Developer at GeekyAnts, Jan 2017 \- Jul 2021 · 4 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Developed enterprise HR platforms and e\-commerce return &amp; ops workflows\. • Delivered multiple production React &amp; React Native apps for global clients\.

Senior Software Engineer at GeekyAnts, Jan 2017 \- Jul 2021 · 4 yrs 7 mos, –​ Built a React Native HR self\-service app for a 10,000\+ employee enterprise client, replacing a legacy desktop tool — cut resolution time for HR requests by \~60% and reduced helpdesk ticket volume by 40% within 3 months\. –​ Delivered a real\-time returns and operations dashboard in React for a global retailer processing 50,000\+ orders/month; surfaced fulfilment bottlenecks that reduced return processing time by \~2 days\. –​ Built a shared component library across 5\+ concurrent client projects, standardising design tokens and test conventions — reducing per\-project frontend ramp\-up from \~3 weeks to under 1 week\.

IT Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services, Aug 2010 \- Dec 2016 · 6 yrs 5 mos, Hyderabad, • Enhanced telecom &amp; finance systems; delivered scripts, reporting tools, and SIT documentation\. • Enhanced telecom/finance systems \(Kenan Billing, STAR, TIPPS\)\.

## Education

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, sikkim manipal institute of technology

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/safihamididev

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