Ahmad Salameh

Engineering Leader & Architect

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Technologist building scalable, reliable, and secure systems at the intersection of business strategy, product delivery, and people leadership.

About Me

My Story

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do"

— Steve Jobs

I'm an engineering leader with a strong focus on building scalable, secure, and high-impact financial platforms. Currently working as a Head of Engineering, I operate at the intersection of technology strategy, product delivery, and people leadership.

I've held senior engineering leadership and architecture roles at multiple unicorn-scale organizations, operating in fast-paced environments where platforms need to scale quickly, remain compliant, and support millions of users and transactions. My experience spans payments, lending, and embedded financial services, with a strong focus on building resilient systems that can grow with the business.

Having worked across both startups and global consulting firms, I partner closely with C-suite and senior leadership as a trusted advisor — aligning technology strategy with growth objectives, regulatory requirements, and operational excellence. I'm particularly passionate about building strong engineering cultures, developing leaders, and enabling teams to deliver with confidence and ownership.

Work Experience

Career Journey

From consultant to engineering leader — a decade of building and scaling technology across fintech, energy, and enterprise.

Tamara logo

Head of Engineering, Embedded Finance

Current

Tamara

Sep 2024 – PresentDubai, UAE
New10 – Initiated by ABN AMRO logo

Principal Solution Architect

New10 – Initiated by ABN AMRO

Nov 2023 – Aug 2024Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mobiquity – EMEA & APAC logo

Senior Solution Architect & Engineering Manager

Mobiquity – EMEA & APAC

Clients: Kuwait International Bank, Backbase, N Brown Group

Jul 2021 – Oct 2023Amsterdam, Netherlands
Backbase logo

Senior Solution Architect

Backbase

Jan 2022 – Dec 2022Amsterdam, Netherlands
EVBox Group logo

Engineering Manager

EVBox Group

Dec 2019 – Jun 2021Amsterdam, Netherlands
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) logo

Technology Senior Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Clients: Islamic Development Bank, Etihad Rail

Dec 2018 – Nov 2019Dubai, UAE
Accenture logo

Digital Technology Consultant

Accenture

Clients: Etisalat, Twitter, Al Hilal Bank

Oct 2016 – Nov 2018Dubai, UAE

Expertise

Skills & Capabilities

A broad set of technical and leadership competencies built across roles spanning consulting, architecture, and executive engineering.

Leadership & Strategy

Engineering LeadershipOrganizational DesignStrategic PlanningProduct ManagementHiring & Talent DevelopmentCost & Budget ManagementVendor & Partner Management

Architecture & Cloud

Solution & Systems ArchitectureMicroservicesDomain-Driven DesignAPI DesignInfrastructure as CodeDevOps PracticesServerless Computing

AI & Data

GenAI / LLMsAgentic AIAgentic WorkflowsMachine LearningData Strategy & Experimentation

Security & Reliability

Security & Risk ManagementObservability & MonitoringIncident ManagementSRE Practices

Credentials

Certifications & Education

Professional Certifications

Generative AI with Large Language Models

DeepLearning.AI / Coursera · Jul 2023

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft · Dec 2021

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services · Jun 2021

IBM Certified Application Developer – Watson V3

IBM · Jan 2018

Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)

Scrum.org · Aug 2017

Education

B.Sc. Computer Systems Engineering

Birzeit University (BZU)

Ramallah, Palestine · 2011–2016

Languages

ArabicNative / Bilingual
EnglishNative / Bilingual
DutchElementary

Get In Touch

Let's Connect

Whether you have an exciting opportunity, a collaboration idea, or just want to chat about engineering leadership — I'm always open to a conversation.