Ahmad Qardahji

Ahmad Qardahji is a Principal Software Engineer & Architect at Happy Returns, a PayPal company, responsible for overseeing technical operations across the organization and managing a team of over 70 engineers. Prior experience includes roles at Facebook, where Ahmad architected an AR/VR platform serving 800 million users daily, and leadership as CEO & Founder of Beehives, Inc., which aimed to create a gig economy model similar to Airbnb. Additional experiences encompass positions at Apple, Microsoft, Bosch Engineering GmbH, and Texas Instruments, contributing to diverse projects ranging from scalable APIs to IoT applications. Ahmad holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the German-Jordanian University and a BSc in Computer Engineering from Regensburg University of Applied Sciences.