# Zain

> Engineering Lead — Distributed Systems & AI Architecture | London, United Kingdom

Staff engineer with over 10 years of experience building large-scale distributed systems at Amazon, JPMorgan, and high-growth fintech. Currently leading engineering at Healf, focusing on AI-native systems and infrastructure.

## Profile Data
- [Profile](https://path.cv/zaingz): Full professional profile
- [facts.json](https://path.cv/zaingz/facts.json): Structured JSON with professional data
- [profile.md](https://path.cv/zaingz/profile.md): Markdown resume
- Last updated: August 2026

## Current
Engineering Lead at Healf

## Experience
- Engineering Lead at Healf (Nov 2024 – Present)
- Staff Engineer (Contract) at Thredd (Dec 2024 – Jul 2025)
- Lead Engineer at The Bank of London (Nov 2023 – Nov 2024)
- Lead Software Engineer, Risk at JPMorgan Chase (Dec 2022 – Nov 2023)
- SDE II, Prime Video & AWS at Amazon (Mar 2020 – Dec 2022)

## Skills
Distributed Systems, AI Architecture, Python, TypeScript, Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis, LangChain, OpenAI, RAG, Event Sourcing, System Design, Elasticsearch

## Projects
- Helix: A production AI agent using LangChain that takes autonomous actions including order tracking, support resolution, and personalized recommendations.

## Links
- [Substack](https://substack.com/@zainzafar)