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Chief Race Engineer
Umair Mateen
Founder & Lead Engineer
Driver TelemetryACTIVE
Architecture
95/100
Full-Stack
92/100
AI/ML
80/100
// Onboard Data
"Shipped first SaaS at 19. Still drives too fast."
On Track
LinkedIn → // Meet the Crew
The People Behind the Machine
We're a tight-knit crew of engineers, designers, and strategists who believe that great software is a team sport.
// Origin Story
Born in the
Late-Night Garage
The Dev Drift started the way most good things do — with a ridiculous idea and a whiteboard full of diagrams at 2am. Our founder Umair had shipped three products for other people's visions and decided it was time to build a studio that did things differently.
The rule from day one: build it like you'd run it yourself. Every architecture decision, every UX choice, every line of infrastructure code should be something you'd stake your own product on.
Seven years and 30+ shipped products later, the garage is still the same. The tools are better. The crew is sharper. The obsession with performance hasn't changed one rev.
Garage Stats
LIVE1📅
Founded2021
2🏁
Projects Shipped30+
3⭐
Happy Clients20+
4🔧
Core Crew6
5🌍
Countries Served5+
6⚡
Avg. Experience7 yrs
// The Pit Crew
Meet the Engineers
Specialists, not generalists. Each crew member owns their domain and pushes it to the limit.
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BF
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Aerodynamics Lead
Habiba Afzal
Head of Design
Driver TelemetryACTIVE
UI/UX
98/100
Design Systems
94/100
Motion
88/100
// Onboard Data
"Figma wizard. Has 47 open tabs and zero regrets."
On Track
P2 3
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Engine Specialist
Mariyam
Senior Backend Engineer
Driver TelemetryACTIVE
Node.js
96/100
Databases
91/100
Cloud/DevOps
85/100
// Onboard Data
"Optimised a query from 4s to 8ms. Framed the before/after."
On Track
P3 4
ZM
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Suspension Engineer
Zubair Mateen
Mobile Lead
Driver TelemetryACTIVE
React Native
93/100
iOS/Android
87/100
Performance
90/100
// Onboard Data
"50K+ downloads shipped. Still manually tests every release."
On Track
P4 5
AR
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Fuel Injection Specialist
Amara Mateen
AI Engineer
Driver TelemetryACTIVE
LLMs
90/100
Python
94/100
Data Science
85/100
// Onboard Data
"Trained a model on garage music playlists. Unironically useful."
On Track
P5 6
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Pit Lane Director
Ibrahim
DevOps Engineer
Driver TelemetryACTIVE
Kubernetes
92/100
CI/CD
95/100
Security
88/100
// Onboard Data
"Reduced deployment time from 4 hours to 8 minutes. Personal best."
On Track
P6V
// What We Stand For
Our Values
The principles that govern every decision in the garage.
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PRINCIPLE_01
Speed Without Sacrifice
We move fast because our process is tight, not because we cut corners. Quality is non-negotiable.
ACTIVE
V1.0 02
🔧
PRINCIPLE_02
Engineering First
Beautiful products start with solid architecture. We never let aesthetics compromise the engine block.
ACTIVE
V2.0 03
🏁
PRINCIPLE_03
Ship. Learn. Iterate.
Perfection is a moving target. We believe in launching, measuring, and relentlessly improving.
ACTIVE
V3.0 04
🤝
PRINCIPLE_04
Client as Co-Driver
You're not a passenger. We brief you in every sprint, every decision, every trade-off.
ACTIVE
V4.0 05
🌍
PRINCIPLE_05
Built for Scale
Every product is architected as if it will serve a million users — because someday it might.
ACTIVE
V5.0 06
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PRINCIPLE_06
No Dark Magic
We don't hide complexity behind buzzwords. If we can't explain it, we don't build it.
ACTIVE
V6.0