Nader Ayyad

Experience

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  ArabiaGIS

  Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  Software developer
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  CME Offshore

  Aug 2011 - Feb 2014

  Software Engineer

  Working on Digicel Project as a Java Developer, currently specified in Android Development and REST Services.Managing a Blackberry project. Started as a Python & Bash scripting developer for Tangeo IPV project, working on a Linux environment with an oracle database; Troubleshooting client requested errors on the system.

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  Fiserv Auckland

  Mar 2014 - Oct 2016

  Worked on Phone Android banking application that can be branded to small banks. This project involved4 scrum teams of 8 devs. I was involved in cross team collaboration with other leads.Did an Experience Refresh project for an app that was still using phonegap and rewrote features usingnative while using the latest material design components and guidelines.Coaching, motivating and helping the team.Doing weekly one on ones with direct reports (Ranged from 10 to 18 direct reports).Persuaded management to start Fish Can Fly program that allows devs anything that they feel isinteresting (Similar to Google 20% time and FedEx/Shipit day).Owning the collaboration between UX team and development team to get achieve best results.Acting as a Scrum Master when needed (Facilitating retros and sprint reviews). Show less

  • Software Development Team Lead, Mobile

    Nov 2014 - Oct 2016

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Mar 2014 - Oct 2014
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  Orion Health

  Oct 2016 - Jan 2018

  Mobile Development Team Lead

  Leading and project managing a team of up to 10 engineers (Devs QAs and a BA).Developing Consumer Health mobile applications to help patients keep track of their medical data

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  ANZ

  Jan 2018 - Jun 2019

  Tech Lead - Emerging Technologies - (Chief Analyst Programmer)

  Full time Full Stack Tech lead in the Emerging Technologies Team.Tech lead and main developer on Jamie’s (ANZ Digital Human) backend and frontend analyticsdashboard.Getting requirements from various teams within the bank and advising them with solutions to theirproblems.Working on prototypes to test and experiment with new technologies and integrate with the bank’ssystem.Coaching and mentoring the team with various tasks and technologies.

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  MYPINPAD

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2021

  Leading the development team in NZ, 5 direct reports.Leading recruitment of more devs and growing the team. Managing 1:1s with the team and making sure my team is well taken care of and are happy.Supporting the development team in solution design and development.Working/Leading the softpos project’s development and certificationWriting PCI documentation and leading the PCI certification which we then managed to achieve while also it being the first CPOC certification in the world. Show less

  • Head of Development - NZ

    Apr 2021 - Jul 2021

  • Technical Team Lead

    Jun 2019 - Apr 2021
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  Soul Machines

  Aug 2021 - May 2022

  Engineering Manager

  Managed a team of 8 direct reports.Lead a skills platform project acting as a team lead and Product owner for the team.

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  Atlassian

  May 2022 - now

  Managing a team of around 12 direct reports working tooling and services to help our customers migrate to the cloud.

  • Senior Engineering Manager

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Engineering Manager

    May 2022 - Oct 2023