About

Saif Ali Shaik is a Senior Developer Advocate at Freshworks, where he partners in building enablement material and strategy in launching a new low-code platform. He is passionate about entrepreneurship that reinforces global economic growth and believes that technology can do a lot more than what we are actually doing with it today. Saif is an expert in connecting all the essential parts of an organization, including brand, marketing, sales, engineering, team management, values, environment, and culture. He understands the importance of these elements in shaping the present and future of a company. Saif is an excellent writer and shares his thoughts on technology and entrepreneurship on his blog at https://world.hey.com/saif.shines. He enjoys reading code like a book and writing code like a story. Saif believes that operations involved in technology infrastructure are only an investment and not an outcome to be proud of. In his previous roles as Developer Advocate at Freshworks, Saif helped the DevRel team to adopt the new normal in terms of engagement, making all developer events virtual. He collaborated with product managers, partners, platform engineers, and technical writers to help developers adopt Omni Apps to solve business problems. Saif also launched the first Developer Certification program for developers as a credential of their ability to solve business problems through Freshworks Apps. Saif holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Sathyabama University, where he graduated in 2019. He has relevant experience of 3.77 years in NodeJS, Javascript, Jenkins, and infra. Saif is passionate about bringing a way to measure what we do as part of the developer relations program. He activates orbit model for Developers and metrics to drive action and track trends. Saif works closely with Product Marketing Managers to shape the engagement strategies and paint experience for developers in events.