Find the real pattern
Trace account bursts, network reputation, device reuse, velocity, and behavior—not just one suspicious request.
Ali Shaheer Ejaz · Ubisoft Abu Dhabi · Online platforms & player systems
Online systems
people can trust.Engineering Leader + AI-Native Builder
For 11 years at Ubisoft, I have built reliable platforms behind a long-running live product—from payments and multi-platform releases to fraud, spam, and bots—then applied that experience to web applications and AI-native products of my own.
Ubisoft · Player-first engineering
When bots adapt, the defense must adapt faster.
Botting is not one technical bug. It is a moving system of incentives, automation, proxy networks, device reuse, and changing behavior. My approach is layered: understand the abuse, raise its cost, measure the result, and protect legitimate players from unnecessary friction.
Combine signals
Use rate limits, IP and device controls, login constraints, verification, and behavioral signals so no single bypass wins.
Assume controls will be tested
CAPTCHA and fingerprinting can be bypassed. Tune progressive friction and rules as attacker behavior changes.
Keep real players moving
Reduce spam, fraud, and automated abuse while preserving a smooth path for legitimate players and support teams.
Fair playFight bots, spam, and abusive account creation.
Player trustProtect payments, refunds, rewards, and account journeys.
Always liveAutomate reliable releases across mobile, desktop, and console.
Selected work
Built for the real world.
Products and platforms shaped by scale, reliability, privacy, operational reality—and the people who use them.
01 / UBISOFT2015–Present
Live-service platforms
Built and evolved the systems surrounding a long-running live game: LiveOps tooling, payments and refunds, fraud controls, moderation, analytics, experiments, customer support, and multi-platform build and release automation.
02 / PRODUCTBuilding now
iSayara
A privacy-first vehicle contact system for the UAE. Scan a QR code, choose a reason, and alert the owner through WhatsApp or SMS—without exposing a phone number or requiring an app.
03 / AI-NATIVE DELIVERYFrom brief to system
Business software, accelerated
Architected and built an operations platform for a healthcare distributor—procurement, receiving, stock, sales, invoices, recovery, and reporting—using AI as an execution multiplier.
04 / FOUNDATION2012–2015
Stuffwrap
Founded and built a social marketplace for people to share, sell, and swap within trusted circles—my earliest lesson in owning the whole product.
Engineering range
From architecture to operations.
I work across the full path: clarify the problem, design the system, ship it, observe it, and improve it under real constraints.
- Build
- PHP / LaravelPython / FastAPINode.jsC# / C++GoBash
- Operate
- AWSDockerNginxJenkinsCI/CDObservability
- Data
- PostgreSQLMySQLRedisMongoDBAnalyticsExperiments
- Lead
- ArchitectureMentoringCross-team deliveryTechnical directionIncident ownership
AI-native approach
Faster is useful. Judgment is essential.
I use AI to widen the solution space and compress execution time—while keeping architecture, security, trade-offs, and final accountability human.
AI is not a badge on my stack. It is a delivery layer in how I build.Applied across research, system design, implementation, review, documentation, and repetitive operational work.
Direct with context
Define the problem, constraints, architecture, and success signal before generating output.
Accelerate execution
Use agents to turn clear technical direction into tested product slices faster.
Verify relentlessly
Review the edge cases, security, operability, and real-world behavior that prompts cannot own.
Quick profile
What I do, clearly.
A concise view of my experience, technical focus, and the products I am building now.
Who is Ali Shaheer Ejaz?
I am a Lead Online Programmer and engineering leader based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, with 12+ years in software engineering and 11 years at Ubisoft.
What systems do I build?
I build online platforms and web applications, including LiveOps tooling, backend services, payment and refund flows, bot and fraud defenses, moderation platforms, analytics, experiments, and multi-platform release automation.
What does AI-native building mean to me?
I combine system design and engineering judgment with AI agents to accelerate research, implementation, testing, review, and documentation without outsourcing accountability.
What am I building independently?
iSayara is my privacy-first QR vehicle contact platform for the UAE. I also build practical operational software for small businesses using AI-assisted development workflows.
12+years building software
11years growing with Ubisoft
24/7live systems mindset
∞commitment to learning
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Building something that needs to work?
I’m interested in ambitious engineering problems, AI-native product development, platform architecture, and teams that care about useful outcomes.