Karim Abuzaid

Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer with a track record of designing and delivering scalable SaaS and platform systems from zero to production. Experienced in system architecture, full-stack execution, and technical leadership, with a focus on building reliable, integration-heavy products and leveling up engineering teams.

Technologies

Experience

Original Ventures

Jul 2025 – PRESENT

Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer

  • Platform owner for MLS, API, and ingestion systems powering IYBA.org internal systems.
  • Identified and remediated architectural mismatches across legacy billing, access control, and enforcement systems.
  • Stabilized production by resolving infrastructure, deployment, and ingestion reliability issues.
  • Built internal tooling and admin workflows to reduce operational overhead.

Lockhop

Jun 2024 – PRESENT

Head of Engineering

  • Designed and owned the end-to-end architecture, taking the product from concept to MVP while actively contributing hands-on development.
  • Built the cloud-native architecture using serverless services and Terraform, enabling fast, repeatable environment provisioning and safe scaling.
  • Partnered with leadership on product strategy and roadmap, aligning technical decisions with early market validation.
  • Delivered a RESO-compliant MLS ETL, improving data reliability and enabling scalable listing updates.
  • Established CI/CD and team workflows, increasing delivery speed and production reliability.

DevBase

Feb 2019 – Mar 2024

Principal / Lead Software Engineer

  • Progressed from Senior to Principal Engineer, taking increasing ownership across architecture, delivery, and team leadership.
  • Led a major platform re-architecture, migrating CommonGround to a multi-tenant SaaS model and reducing operational overhead.
  • Spearheaded a ~90% system overhaul, coordinating in-house and offshore teams to deliver a scalable, high-performance marketplace.
  • Designed and maintained cloud-based backend and ETL systems supporting large-scale ingestion and marketplace operations.
  • Built and standardized CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows, improving release speed and production stability.
  • Acted as a technical interviewer during early-stage growth, helping scale the engineering team significantly while maintaining hiring quality, as the company grew to over 100 total employees across engineering, product, design, and operations.

Toptive

Aug 2015 – Oct 2020

Senior Full Stack Engineer

  • Progressed from Junior to Senior Engineer, contributing across the full SDLC while delivering 10+ production products for a global client base.
  • Built multiple platforms from zero to production, including SaaS, mobile, e-commerce, and real-time applications.
  • Served as Lead Engineer on Shoptimized, an all-in-one Shopify app integrating 80+ third-party tools, mentoring a small team and defining engineering standards.
  • Contributed to early-stage SaaS (Nectir), real-time social platforms (OppaMeet), and mobile apps (StoreAdvise), owning features across frontend, backend, and integrations.
  • Took on increasing technical leadership responsibilities, including mentorship, code quality, deployment, and production rollouts.
  • Contributed across the full software development lifecycle: requirements gathering, architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.