About

Syed Abbas is an accomplished Angular/JavaScript Developer/Lead with over a decade of experience in the intersection of business, design, and technology. He has worked on ground-breaking ideas that have transformed brands, grown businesses, and delighted customers through digital experiences that wow. Syed has provided executive technical leadership in strong engineering cultures at companies of all sizes across the globe. He enjoys building and leading world-class engineering teams and is passionate about growing technical leaders who push the boundaries of engineering excellence and execution. Syed is a strong advocate for being technically hands-on and is active in the open-source community. He specializes deeply in JavaScript and its ecosystem, including TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Angular, Angular Material, NgRx, RxJs, and anything that involves JS/JSON in any layer of the system. He enjoys tinkering with these tools to build simple mental models of how they work under the hood. Syed believes in reasoning from first principles to learn deeply and commits to putting in the 'reps', betting on the power of tiny gains compounding over time. He has a flair for all things simple, loves to discover new perspectives, and tries hard not to be a perfectionist. He is on a quest to uncover the hidden lessons in the myriad experiences of life and loves to be in the arena than be judging from the stands. Currently, Syed works as a Senior Software Developer at Epam Systems, where he performs project/deliverable management, application requirements and design, application development, functional testing, and automated testing services for Mastercard’s Payments Gateway Services solution. In the past, he has worked at Global Logic and Technosoft Corporation, where he contributed to game-changing projects for some of the world's most recognized brands such as HiTachi, AirBus, Phyron, Honeywell, and more. Syed completed his Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the College of Engineering and Technology, Moradabad, in 2011. His tech stack includes Software Engineering, JavaScript, AngularJS, testing, TypeScript, Mobile, and Frontend. With 9.44 years of relevant experience, Syed is a valuable asset to any organization that values excellence, innovation, and leadership.