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Hi, I'm Rakan Alahmadi

Engineering Manager & Technical Lead with 8+ years driving digital transformation in telecommunications

01.

About Me

Results-oriented Engineering Manager and Technical Lead with over 8 years of experience in the telecommunications sector. Proven track record of building high-performing teams, optimizing operational workflows, and driving digital transformation strategies.


Expert in bridging the gap between technical execution and business goals, having successfully modernized legacy architectures (Vue 3 / Cloud-Native) while reducing operational overhead by 30%. Passionate about mentorship, code quality, and aligning engineering output with corporate strategy.

8+
Years of Experience
30%
Operational Overhead Reduced
70%
User Errors Reduced (RBAC)
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Experience

Corporate Application Lead – Team Lead Apr 2021 – Present
STC | Saudi Arabia
  • Leadership & Strategy: Led and mentored a cross-functional engineering team, overseeing performance reviews, career development planning, and technical skill acquisition for junior developers.
  • DevOps: Established robust CI/CD pipelines to ensure high system availability and rapid deployment cycles.
  • Digital Platforms Portal: Centralized corporate services (Payments, Auctions, Genesys, Push Notification). Architected the initial frontend using Vue 2, led the migration to Vue 3, integrated REST APIs for bulk messaging, and built custom dashboarding tools that reduced Finance support tickets by 30%.
  • Governance & Compliance: Acted as the primary technical liaison for Finance and Operations stakeholders, engineering audit trails and dashboarding tools that streamlined corporate governance.
  • Notification Center: Transformed the notification hub into a multi-tenant platform. Designed the AD-based RBAC system to secure campaign creation, directly reducing user errors by 70%.
  • Tech Debt & Migration: Directed the migration from Vue 2 to Vue 3. Rewrote state management using Pinia, optimized bundle sizes, and implemented strict coding standards.
Quality of Service May 2019 – Apr 2021
STC | Saudi Arabia
  • Led root-cause analysis initiatives for critical corporate applications, implementing reliability enhancements that significantly reduced system downtime.
  • Analyzed system performance metrics to generate actionable insights, driving process optimization and improving end-user satisfaction scores.
  • Managed complex technical escalations, serving as the final tier of support for corporate-critical issues.
Application Administrator May 2018 – May 2019
STC | Saudi Arabia
  • Maintained 24/7 uptime for corporate applications, ensuring business continuity and adherence to SLAs.
  • Resolved end-user complaints efficiently, serving as the first line of defense for application stability.
03.

Education

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University of Rhode Island
B.S. Computer Science — Kingston, USA
2017
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Core Competencies & Technical Stack

Leadership & Strategy

Team Building & Mentoring Stakeholder Management Strategic Planning Agile & Scrum Root Cause Analysis Engineering Management

Technical Architecture

Vue 3 Nuxt JavaScript Node.js REST APIs Kubernetes Docker PostgreSQL CI/CD Pipelines WebMethods
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Languages & Certificates

Languages

Arabic Native
English Fluent

Certificates

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)