Ahmad Usama Beg

Ahmad is an Engineering Manager at Cisco, a leading cybersecurity and networking company. He is an AWS Certified Solution Architect with 14 years of hands-on experience in designing and developing large-scale, highly available, and internet-scale applications. He has 5 years of experience in Engineering Management. Ahmad has extensive experience in domains like Retail, Fintech, Financial Services and Payment. Ahmad has a B.Tech degree in Computer Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, a premier , tier 2, central government university. Ahmad has experience working in both large MNCs (Cisco, TCS, Headstrong and Ameriprise) and small start-up like companies (Docomo Digital, Bango and Novo). Ahmad has led 3 teams comprising 21 engineers in previous role. Currently, He leads a team of 10 engineers with diverse skills in back-end, front-end, Android, and iOS development. He is responsible for hiring, performance management, appraisals, and promotions. He works closely with Product Managers to prioritize feature deliveries and manage tech-debt. Ahmad has extensive experience in delivering in value through cross-functional collaboration such as Data, Product, Design and GTM teams. He also has experience in leading geographically dispersed teams and partnering with global stakeholders and clients. Ahmad has a strong technical background in back-end, front-end, and database technologies, such as Java, JavaScript, React, Spring Framework, SQL, and AWS. He has extensive knowledge on cloud-native and distributed technologies, such as Kubernetes and micro-services. He has designed and architected three enterprise applications on AWS Cloud, one of which is a payment integration product that serves millions of users worldwide and scaled up-to 200 TPS. Ahmad is passionate about building scalable and reliable systems that solve real-world problems and create value for custom