// about
Engineer who leads, leader who still ships.
I’m Asim Shaikh — cto & technical founder based in Greater London, UK. MSc Computer Science (Southampton). I bridge enterprise rigor (Amazon, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan) with founder speed (0→1, fundraising, GTM).
[E.01]
Enterprise-grade
Alexa at scale, VaR at volume, automated QA. Testing, observability, and operational excellence by default.
[F.02]
Founder pragmatism
Ambiguity → testable bets. I optimise for validation per pound spent, not tech for its own sake.
[A.03]
AI leverage
LLMs + agent harnesses + agentic coding so small teams ship like bigger ones — including non-technical teammates.
Experience timeline
Pockla, London UK — CTO
Sept 2025 – Present
- Partnered with founders to turn ambiguous vision into concrete, testable proposition — product + technical clarity from concept to validation.
- Designed product architecture and engineering model enabling technical and non-technical contributors as AI capabilities evolved.
- Evolved development approach as agentic coding matured — small team, increasing leverage.
- Led Claude-based agent harness for sales/marketing lead-gen campaigns at scale, used by multiple clients.
typescript · nestjs · fastify · next.js · aws · llms · cdk
SkillReactor, London UK — Founder
May 2021 – Jun 2025
- Founded and grew from concept to VC-backed developer platform used by 30K+ users; raised pre-seed from Haatch; led product, engineering, GTM.
- Real-world projects + automated code review + verified skills portfolios for job-relevant experience.
- Led small cross-functional team through pivots; repositioned for generative-AI era with AI-assisted workflows.
- Top 3 Product of the Day on Product Hunt — ~300 sign-ups launch day.
typescript · python · next.js · llms · docker · cdk · postgres · mongodb
J.P. Morgan, London UK — Vice President
Jan 2023 – Jun 2023
- Hands-on product engineering + automated QA for startup fundraising platform (networking + quality).
- Brought founder lens to PMs on UK fundraising landscape and early-stage needs.
java · typescript · react · graphql · node.js
Amazon, London UK — Software Development Engineer II
Jul 2019 – May 2021
- Built voice-shopping experiences for Alexa at Amazon scale — NLU + distributed backends.
- Designed automated snapshot-testing infra adopted by hundreds of engineers.
- Backend services, automation, AWS infra with high bar for reliability/testing/ops.
java · typescript · node.js · cdk · python · lambda
Goldman Sachs, London UK — Vice President
Jul 2015 – Jul 2019
- Market Risk, Platform Engineering, IB Technology — large-scale data, automation, capital-markets workflows.
- High-volume VaR processing; cut key BI report generation from 30 min to <30s.
- Automated BI review/publishing workflows — better governance, less ops toil.
- Large-scale ECM/DCM deal-process automation; won IBD Technology Hackathon.
java · spring · camel · mongodb · react · spark · node.js
// education
- ↳ MSc Computer Science — University of Southampton
- ↳ BSCS Computer Science — Sir Syed University
Contact: LinkedIn ↗
Get in touch
If something I've written resonates, or you'd like a second opinion on an AI product or team — happy to talk.