Mohammad Sarhan

Visionary leadership, charting a 3-year course, formulating strategic roadmaps, and empowering a dynamic team of 150+ engineers, managers, and directors in a vertical that generates $1.8B in revenue. My responsibilities extend to overseeing five directors and two enterprise architects, all steering our core shopping product area across web, iOS, and Android.

• Successfully expanded the shopping engineering organization from 20 to 150 individuals, fostering significant team growth and expertise.
• Orchestrated strategic leadership in critical product launches/releases, elevating revenue metrics and enhancing the end-user experience across web and apps. The outcome: a remarkable $100M+ incremental revenue in 2022.
• Conceptualized and executed a multi-phased roadmap, transforming the organization into a "Mobile App First" entity. Transitioned from a centralized application development team to diverse application teams across all business lines with multiple platforms.
• Mentored and cultivated a group of more than five engineers, facilitating their seamless progression from individual contributor roles to director-level positions, contributing to their professional development.
• Efficiently managed a $30M budget, overseeing AWS Infrastructure and leading engineering operations. Achieved an impressive 80% decrease in AWS spending by developing multiple platforms, concurrently enhancing feature ship times by 200%.
• Revamped backend data stacks and frontend experiences, optimizing property updates to customers from hours to within minutes, resulting in a streamlined and efficient user experience.
• Developed comprehensive career ladder level guides and tooling, impacting over 1,800 engineers, PMs, and managers. Collaborated with 11 executives across Zillow group, 4 brand leaders, and managed coordination across 4 office locations.

• Fostered a unified and cross-functional team dynamic within the Shopping Apps organization by providing leadership and management for both engineers and product managers.
• Oversaw the strategic direction and management of the Shopping Apps organization, achieving a remarkable 120% growth in customer traffic and 80% increase in revenue.
• Drove collaborative planning through meticulously organized offsites, uniting key stakeholders—including our Chief Marketing Officer, founders, designers, and my leadership team—utilizing these sessions as a forum for collective brainstorming. This approach resulted in the development of a comprehensive yearly roadmap, ensuring alignment and a shared vision across the team.

• In the role of Development Manager, oversaw the dynamic iOS app team responsible for the flagship Zillow app.
• Played a pivotal role in mentoring engineers, contributing to their professional development, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Enhanced product development efficiency by implementing Agile methodologies and streamlining processes.
• Established strong relationships with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless collaboration and timely project completion.
• Drove the successful launch of multiple products, overseeing all aspects of design, development, and testing.
• Developed comprehensive project plans and schedules, ensuring projects were delivered on time and within budget constraints.

As Zillow's 11th employee during its early startup phase, I actively contributed to various facets of business and engineering growth. As the company expanded, I played a foundational role in establishing new teams, contributing significantly to their success.

With a primary focus on generating tangible customer value, I dedicated myself to streamlining developer processes, optimizing infrastructure, and driving efficient product development. Proficient in Java, C++, Python, and JavaScript, I applied my expertise to develop robust and innovative solutions..

I played a pivotal role in constructing two of the site's cornerstone pages—the search page and the home details page.

Furthermore, my contributions were instrumental in establishing crucial development processes, testing infrastructure, and build infrastructure. These initiatives significantly enhanced developer velocity and overall satisfaction.