Samsan Ali T, Forward Deployed Engineer

Doha, Qatar · Open to roles

Samsan Ali T Forward Deployed Engineer in Doha, Qatar

Senior Tech Lead · .NET Full-Stack · 9+ years

I sit with clients, understand their problems first-hand, then design, build and deploy the solution end-to-end in their environment. 9+ years with C#, .NET Core, React, Angular, Flutter, SQL Server and AWS, Azure and GCP.

Open to Forward Deployed Engineer roles and engineering consulting in Qatar (Doha), the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi) and Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Jeddah).

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  • 9+ years experience
  • Led 10+ engineers
  • 4 domains: energy, trading, e-commerce, healthcare

What I bring

An engineer clients can put in the room.

01

Client-facing delivery

Work directly with business stakeholders to turn their requirements into technical designs, then deliver the change in their systems.

02

Cloud-native engineering

Microservices, REST and GraphQL APIs on AWS, Azure and GCP, shipped with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and Azure DevOps pipelines.

03

Team leadership

Lead full-stack teams, run Agile delivery and code reviews. Sprint and review changes at UST enabled 40% faster feature delivery.

Experience

Nine years of shipping production software.

From desktop billing software used by 50+ businesses to wind-energy platforms for Siemens Gamesa.

  1. Senior Tech Lead · HCLTech

    Jun 2026 – Present

    GridFit for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (wind energy) · .NET Core, ASP.NET Core Web API, React, AWS, SQL Server

    • Lead and manage the full-stack engineering team: sprint planning, code reviews and delivery.
    • Analyse business and engineering requirements with stakeholders and turn them into technical designs.
    • Build features hands-on with .NET Core Web APIs and React; tune SQL Server for reliability and performance.

  2. Software Engineer · Husys Consulting (Fei Systems)

    Jun 2023 – Sep 2025

    .NET Core Web API, Angular, Flutter, EF Core, DynamoDB, AWS, GCP, Azure DevOps, Docker

    • Re-architected parts of the system into microservices for modularity, scalability and independent deployment.
    • Designed DynamoDB schemas for high-volume transactional data and low-latency reads.
    • Containerised services and supported CI/CD pipelines; resolved production performance issues.

  3. Senior Software Engineer · UST Global

    May 2022 – May 2023

    .NET Core, microservices, Azure DevOps, GCP, Terraform

    • Built high-performance trade data extraction services for the ATOM-ALADDIN platform on large financial datasets.
    • Led Agile sprints and code reviews, enabling 40% faster feature delivery.
    • Provisioned GCP infrastructure with Terraform: reusable modules and remote state.

  4. Lead Software Engineer · Abana Technology

    Dec 2019 – May 2022

    .NET Core, SQL Server, NopCommerce, Sitecore, microservices, Flutter, GKE

    • Led a 10+ member team delivering client-specific e-commerce and content platforms.
    • Designed microservice backends and REST APIs for web and Flutter mobile apps.
    • Managed Google Kubernetes Engine clusters: deployments, services, namespaces and scaling.

  5. .NET Developer · Manmarkha Ventures

    Oct 2017 – Aug 2019

    C#, WPF, SQL Server, Flutter

    • Built desktop billing and accounting software now used by 50+ local businesses, with POS and inventory.

  6. iOS Intern · Focaloid Technologies

    Jun 2017 – Oct 2017

    Swift e-commerce app, REST API integration

Skills

Tools I use in production

Backend
C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core MVC & Web API, Entity Framework Core, LINQ, microservices, REST, GraphQL, Python Django
Frontend
React, Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, Razor, Blazor
Mobile
Flutter, Swift, Ionic
Cloud
AWS (EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, SQS, SNS), Azure (App Service, Functions, SQL, Service Bus, Active Directory), GCP (IAM, GKE)
DevOps
Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Bicep
Data
SQL Server, MySQL, DynamoDB, Azure Cosmos DB, Firebase
Ways of working
Forward deployed engineering, client-facing delivery, requirements analysis, team leadership, code reviews, Agile/Scrum
Education
B.Tech in Computer Science, Malabar College of Engineering (2013–2017)

Hiring?

Looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer in Qatar, the UAE or Saudi Arabia?

I'm based in Doha and available for on-site or remote roles across the GCC.

samsanofficial@gmail.com Chat on WhatsApp Connect on LinkedIn

I also teach the role: FDE Mastery, a course on becoming a Forward Deployed Engineer.