Zaid Lahham

Zaid Lahham has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. Zaid is currently working as an Engineering Manager at Monzo Bank, a position they started in February 2023.

Prior to their current role, Zaid worked as a Technical Lead - Infrastructure/Platform Engineering at Smart Pension from June 2021 to February 2023. In this role, they led the Infrastructure Engineering teams, focusing on building and supporting Kubernetes clusters and providing platform interfaces for the development teams.

Before joining Smart Pension, Zaid worked as a Software Engineer at Appear Here from November 2019 to June 2021. Zaid then moved on to work as a Senior Software Engineer at ThoughtWorks from August 2018 to November 2019. In this role, Zaid worked with a healthtech startup, focusing on re-platforming the identity platform and building a bespoke Authorization microservice. Zaid was also involved in a project with the UK Government, building an internal PaaS team and offering cloud infrastructure components and SRE tools.

Zaid's work experience also includes a software engineering role at carwow, where they built a one-to-one meeting tool for engineering managers as part of their MSc project. Zaid worked with UCL on this project from June 2018 to September 2018.

Prior to that, Zaid worked as a Software Engineer at ZenHR from February 2016 to September 2017. Zaid also has experience as a Lead Instructor at warwickCoding from January 2015 to February 2016, where they collaborated on the expansion strategy, designed syllabus for frontend and backend courses, and built the society's website and payment portal.

Overall, Zaid Lahham has a strong background in software engineering and leadership roles, with experience in infrastructure engineering, platform development, and project management.

Zaid Lahham's education history includes a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from UCL. Zaid also holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering & Business Studies from the University of Warwick. Prior to their university studies, Zaid attended New English School, where they completed A-Levels in Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Business Studies, and Arabic.

In addition to their academic qualifications, Zaid has obtained several certifications. Zaid received the "SCA Introduction to Coffee" certification from the Speciality Coffee Association in February 2023. Furthermore, they obtained the "CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator" certification from The Linux Foundation in September 2021.