Riyad Yahya

Coretava – User Engagement & Retention Platform

• Led DevOps strategy and cloud infrastructure management, implementing AWS EKS, EC2, S3, and CloudFront for scalable deployments and high availability.
• Automated cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform and Jenkins, optimizing deployment processes, reducing downtime, and enhancing system reliability.
• Architected and scaled backend infrastructure using NestJS, TypeScript, and MongoDB, ensuring the platform could support 100+ million monthly active users (MAU) with high performance and resilience.
• Built and managed high-performing engineering teams, mentoring engineers, driving career growth, and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Defined and executed the technology roadmap, aligning engineering strategies with business goals to drive product innovation, scalability, and long-term success.
• Spearheaded Agile and DevOps transformation, optimizing development workflows, improving sprint efficiency, and accelerating product release cycles.
• Led integrations with major e-commerce platforms, expanding the company’s ecosystem and enhancing customer engagement through seamless multi-platform support.
• Improved cross-team collaboration, working closely with product, design, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment between technical and business priorities.
• Implemented system monitoring, security best practices, and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring platform resilience, compliance, and operational excellence.

Coretava – User Engagement & Retention Platform

• Designed and implemented a scalable backend infrastructure using microservices architecture, leveraging NestJS, TypeScript, and MongoDB, ensuring high performance, maintainability, and flexibility for future enhancements.
• Automated cloud infrastructure and deployment using Terraform and Jenkins, streamlining DevOps processes and improving deployment efficiency through CI/CD pipelines, minimizing downtime.
• Developed the Coretava loyalty app and front-end dashboard, delivering an intuitive and responsive user experience using React, TypeScript, and MobX for both customers and administrators.
• Led integrations with major e-commerce platforms, including Shopify, PrestaShop, Jumpseller, and Tiendanube, expanding the platform’s reach and enhancing customer engagement through multi-platform support.
• Optimized system scalability and performance by implementing best practices in cloud architecture, API design, and service orchestration, ensuring seamless operation of the platform.

Coretava – User Engagement & Retention Platform

• Designed and developed backend services using Node.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB, implementing a scalable microservices architecture to ensure efficient service management and performance.
• Managed DevOps infrastructure, deploying backend services on AWS EKS and EC2, and handling frontend hosting with AWS S3 and CloudFront, optimizing reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Developed a feature-rich loyalty app with functionalities like missions, games, and referral systems using React, TypeScript, and MobX, enhancing customer engagement.
• Built the Coretava dashboard, delivering a responsive and user-friendly interface for managing campaigns and customer data, leveraging React, TypeScript, and MobX for efficient state management.
• Helped brands boost customer interaction through gamification tools, including branded games and loyalty programs, driving higher engagement and retention.

Freightos – Online Marketplace for Global Shipping

• Developed and enhanced the Freightos Marketplace using React and Redux, improving user experience and performance.
• Spearheaded the adoption of unit and snapshot testing, implementing Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles, which reduced regression bugs by 80%.
• Designed and implemented a CI/CD pipeline for the front-end using Jenkins, streamlining deployment processes and increasing development efficiency.
• Contributed to automating freight sales for global freight companies, retailers, manufacturers, and small businesses, enabling seamless online freight booking.