Abdo1 is an engineering leader with over a decade of experience shipping native mobile apps on Android and iOS, scaling engineering orgs, and developing the people inside them. He has built apps, built teams, and built the systems that let both grow.
His approach to leadership is grounded in creating environments where engineers feel safe to take risks, give honest feedback, and grow into roles they did not think they were ready for. He believes management is not about having the answers. It is about making the team more effective than any one person could be alone.
His track record spans founding engineer to managing organizations of 20+, across startups, scale-ups, and enterprise. He is equally comfortable setting product strategy and org design as he is reviewing a pull request.
Work Experience
Sr. Software Engineering Manager at Joist (EverCommerce) Toronto, Remote
Recruited by former VP to lead Growth engineering. Expanded from one team to three cross-functional teams spanning iOS, Android, Web, and Backend across Growth and the core SaaS product. Selected as one of two highest-performing managers company-wide.
Sr. Software Engineering Manager at Loblaw Digital Toronto, Remote
Led a 20-person org across mobile, web, and backend for Canada’s largest retailer (20M+ users). Scaled mobile engineering 3x (10 to 30 engineers) while maintaining 95% retention.
Sr. Mobile Engineer / Engineering Manager at UpHabit Toronto
Founding engineer. Built the Android app from concept to Play Store, then built the team and engineering practices from zero.
Principal Android Engineer at Myki Beirut
Shipped a new Android app in two months. Decentralized password manager. AES-256 encryption and secure credential storage.
Sr. Software Engineer at Ubanquity Beirut
Backend engineer turned Android Lead. White-label mobile banking apps serving multiple financial institutions.
Education
B.S. Computer Science at American University of Beirut
Raw Signal Group BPX – Management training for engineering leaders
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