Abdul Samad Shahid

Abdul Samad Shahid

Technical Delivery Lead | Platform & CI/CD Systems

Delivering scalable platforms, predictable releases, and cross-functional execution from planning to production.

I am a Technical Delivery Lead with 10+ years of experience delivering complex platform and backend systems across CI/CD-driven, multi-team environments at scale.

My core strength is execution. I operate at the intersection of engineering and delivery, ensuring teams ship reliably through disciplined planning, clear ownership, and tight coordination across engineering, DevOps, and QA.

While my background is engineering-led, my focus today is delivery. I specialize in translating technical complexity into predictable, high-quality outcomes that reduce risk and support business goals.

Turning technical complexity into predictable, scalable delivery.

If you're building platforms or systems that demand reliability, scale, and strong execution, I’d be happy to connect.

Currently based in Malaysia and open to local, regional, and remote opportunities.

Career Highlights

Engineering Lead

2023 - Present

  • Led delivery of Playables42, a config-driven playable ads platform adopted by multiple tier-1 studios during development.
  • Owned execution across backend, frontend, and game teams, improving delivery throughput by 200 percent and enabling non-technical teams to generate and iterate playables at scale.

Platform Specialist

2021 - 2023

  • Owned platform delivery for cross-platform releases, coordinating SDK integrations, CI/CD pipelines, and certification readiness across console and PC storefronts.
  • Enabled predictable, first-pass releases while reducing time-to-market through disciplined delivery practices.

Game Development

2019 - 2021

  • Delivered multiple production mobile titles with over 5 million downloads, coordinating engineering, content, and QA workflows to support reliable releases.
  • Built systems and pipelines that enabled faster feature rollout and improved release stability.