Q: How long have you been with Membersy? / How has the company changed since you’ve been here?
A: September 19th, 2022. There have been a lot of new faces that have joined the engineering team. Every day we are getting a little bit more resilient and faster as everyone gets their footing.
Q: What does your typical day look like?
A: I typically have a day sketched out in my head, but by 8:15 there’s a good chance everything changes, haha! But in general everything falls in the realm of: helping out the engineering team to achieve their goals, monitoring application and server performance so customers can get the best experience, writing / editing pipelines to speed up processes, and documentation of things that have been done or need to be done.
Q: How does your role impact customers on a daily basis?
A: We are an online company; I make sure the ‘online’ stays that way. Behind the scenes, I make sure the customer’s data is safe and content is delivered without a hitch.
Q: What is your favorite part about working for Membersy?
A: The Bevy machine by far. Second to that is being able to work from home. Unfortunately I can’t get a Bevy machine for my house.
Q: What is a fact that would surprise your coworkers?
A: I grew up in Saudi Arabia and have a Masters of Music in trombone performance.
Q: What drew you to Membersy originally?
A: At my last job I was the Director of Development and Technology for almost 10 years, and felt things were getting too easy. I wanted to hone my skills in something more technical and have a more specialized skill set in a challenging environment.
Q: What's the most exciting project or achievement you've been involved in at work?
A: Building new software almost from scratch with the team. Greenfield projects are always exciting, and a little stressful, because you can make huge decisions early on that casts the direction of the company in the future.
Q: What’s the most interesting or unique hobby you’ve had outside of work?
A: I play music every weekend! It’s great because I sit by myself behind a computer screen on the weekdays and get to talk with and meet new people on the weekend.
Q: What is something that’s on your bucket list?
A: Visit all 7 continents. Australia, South America, and Antarctica are still on the list.
Q: Who were your top artists on Spotify this year?
A: Too Many Zooz, Ott, deadmau5, Meshuggah, Marc Rebillet
Q: What's the best piece of advice you've ever received?
A: You don’t get to choose it, but you have to play the hand you’re dealt.
Q: What's your go-to karaoke song and why?
A: Mr. Brightside…. Because I sing it every weekend!