Open to senior / staff roles

MATHEEN AHMED PASHA

Senior Software Engineer at Marks & Spencer · London, UK.
13 years of turning caffeine into systems that scale.

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Matheen Pasha
$ python main.py --env prod ✓
5 patents/papers filed 📄
Millions ($/£) in revenue 📈
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£0M+
Revenue generatedfor M&S, annually
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Years of experienceno, I don't look that old
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Patents & papers3 published · 3 patents granted
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Continents workedLondon → Bangalore → London
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Bugs fixedrelative to bugs introduced
what I actually do all day

THINGS I'M
DANGEROUSLY GOOD AT

I operate at the intersection of product, cloud, and data. Here's the human translation.

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I taught M&S's website to read minds
// Personalisation & Decisioning
Built a hyper-personalisation engine that adapts every user's M&S web & app experience using real-time data science models. It generated £12M/yr in incremental revenue. So yes, it worked.
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I speak fluent cloud (with no accent)
// Cloud Infrastructure & Platform
Designing observable, cost-efficient cloud systems. My speciality is reducing platform complexity — I find the unnecessary and eliminate it. Ops teams tend to thank me later.
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I was into blockchain before NFTs ruined everything
// Blockchain & Distributed Ledgers
IBM Hyperledger evangelist when it actually meant something. Built enterprise DLT solutions and published research on distributed match-linking in blockchain business networks.
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I taught graphs to make new friends
// Graph Neural Networks & MDM
Published research applying GNNs to link prediction in Master Data Management. Bridges cutting-edge ML research with enterprise-grade data engineering. Yes, it's as cool as it sounds.
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Full-stack means I break things at every layer
// Python · FastAPI · PostgreSQL · MongoDB
13+ years end-to-end. Python-first backend engineering with FastAPI for high-performance APIs, PostgreSQL & MongoDB for data — plus frontends that don't embarrass you. The holy trinity.
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I lead teams without losing my mind
// Engineering Leadership & Standards
Led cross-functional programmes at IBM and M&S. I set engineering standards that stick, drive cost-saving initiatives that actually get implemented, and mentor without being annoying about it.
the arsenal

SKILLS & TOOLS

Python Next.js AI / ML FastAPI Azure ReactJS IBM Cloud PostgreSQL MongoDB Data Science TypeScript JavaScript GoLang Microservices OpenTelemetry Node.js Cloud-Native System Design Hyperledger MDM CI / CD Observability DB2 / NoSQL Data Pipelines Open Source Agile DLT Design Thinking OOJS Less / CSS Responsive Design
the plot so far

THE JOURNEY
(Spoiler: it started in Bangalore)

13+ years, 2 continents, a handful of companies that are better for it.

Marks & Spencer
Senior Software Engineer — Personalisation & Decisioning
📍 London, UK
Oct 2022 — Present
3 yrs 6 mos
Supporting full-stack engineering for hyper-personalisation through data science models and innovative engineering. Delivered an in-house solution that automates M&S web & app content personalisation — and implemented engineering standards that made the whole team better.
💰 £12M+ in incremental annual revenue. That's the number that pays for a lot of Percy Pigs.
IBM
Software Engineer → Advisory Software Engineer
📍 Bangalore, India
Sep 2015 — Jun 2022
6 yrs 10 mos
Advisory Software Engineer
Mar 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos
Led a team delivering the UI microservice for Configuration Hub in IBM's cloud-native next-gen MDM. The kind of work that keeps enterprise data from becoming a dumpster fire.
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Oct 2018 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos
Technical leadership on IBM MDM — architecting and delivering key features for the cloud-native platform. The "Senior" in the title was earned, not gifted.
Staff Software Engineer — Blockchain Evangelist
Aug 2016 – Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos
IBM Hyperledger evangelist at India Software Labs. I built blockchain things before blockchain was a buzzword. Yes, I have the timestamp to prove it.
Software Engineer — Open Source & DB2
Sep 2015 – Jul 2016 · 11 mos
Full-stack at India Software Labs, maintaining open-source DB2 drivers — specifically NoSQL capabilities and the Node.js connector. Where my love for open source began.
Sonata Software · embedded at TUI Travel PLC
UI / JavaScript Developer
📍 Bangalore, India
Aug 2012 — Sep 2015
3 yrs 2 mos
Developed UI for enterprise desktop and mobile (responsive) websites using Dojo, Less, and OOJS. Embedded at TUI Travel PLC (Sep 2013–May 2015) writing front-end JavaScript for one of the world's leading travel companies. The career origin story.
big brain moves

PATENTS & PAPERS

Four times I had an idea interesting enough to write down. Peer reviewers agreed.

🕸️ Publication
Link Prediction using Graph Neural Networks for Master Data Management
Applying GNNs to enterprise MDM link prediction. Where academic ML meets production data engineering.
⛓️ Publication
Distributed Match Link for a Business Network in Decentralised Digital Ledger Technology
Foundational patterns for distributed matching in enterprise blockchain networks. Written before "blockchain" became a punchline.
🎙️ Patent
System and Method for Pluggable Cognitive Voice Based Navigation
A modular, cognitive voice navigation architecture for enterprise software. Yes, I thought of it. Yes, it's patented.
🔐 Patent
Context-Based System to Control Content Exposure Across Different Sections of People
Fine-grained, context-aware content access control. Privacy by design, before it was legally required.
🥽 Patent
Extended Reality Based Voice Command Device Management
A voice command received from a user targets one or more VCDs. Each targeted device is surfaced as a visual indicator on an XR headset — merging spatial computing, voice AI, and IoT device management into a single patented interaction model.
proof that people noticed

THE TROPHY SHELF

Awards, accolades, and one government hackathon that I definitely didn't let go to my head.

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Blockchain Hackathon Winner
Government of Karnataka, India
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Spot Award
IBM
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Process Excellence & Innovation Award
IBM
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Business Unit Star Award
IBM
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People's Choice Culture Award
IBM
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Plateau Achievement
IBM Certifications
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Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
IBM
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BEng Electronics & Communications
SVCE Karnataka · 2008–2012
evidence of the above

GITHUB ACTIVITY

A year of commits. Some of them were even intentional.

Contributions by matheenpasha
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GitHub contributions GitHub contributions
let's do great things
GOT A HARD
PROBLEM?

I specialise in the ones other people gave up on.
Senior engineering roles, collaborations, or just a chat about distributed systems — I'm in.

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