Ibrahim Madha

Creative Technologist

jack of all trades / master of some

TypeScript
JavaScript
React
Prototyping
DevXP
CSS
PHP
GoLang
UI/UX
DevOps
Instrumentation
LangChain
Rust
C#

currently

experienced engineer seeking technical leadership role with opportunities to address tech debt, innovate core web technologies, and support other engineers through collaboration, mentoring, and developer-focused tooling

previously

Zipper

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

2021-2024

  • Designed and developed browser-based IDE, compiler, and platform for running edge-native TypeScript apps and services
  • Led engineering team to rapidly prototype several product iterations including AI prompt-based app builder, multi-tenant team collaboration desktop app, and product-led growth user research tool
  • Recruited and managed international team of 6+ engineers and designers

Slack

Staff Software Engineer, Frontend Infrastructure

2015 - 2020

  • Influenced frontend organization to modernize and scale engineering practices, including refactoring in React + Redux
  • Author and maintainer of several vital services to Slack desktop client including HTTP API and web socket managers, connection failover, and client startup
  • Helped launch Slack's first platform marketplace and interactivity offerings like message buttons and dropdowns

Discovery Media

Senior UI Engineer

2014 - 2015

  • Reduced AWS bills by ~60% by migrating from outdated proprietary web framework to NodeJS + React frontend consuming REST API
  • Instrumented product and created custom data reporting / visualization tools using D3.js
  • Built and maintained multi-platform video uploading and content-management tooling

Salon Media Group

Senior Product Manager & Engineer

2010 - 2014

  • Migrated from proprietary content management system to WordPress by writing scripts, auditing plug-ins, and training staff
  • Developed custom ad serving software for latest browsers at the time

diminishing relevance