KaRa Tech Solutions · Ramin Shahriari
VP of Engineering with 25 years scaling SaaS platforms, modernizing cloud architecture, and building high-performance engineering organizations. I help growth-stage companies accelerate delivery, eliminate technical debt, and adopt AI-first engineering practices — without sacrificing team health or organizational clarity.
Selected Impact
Measurable outcomes from direct leadership and advisory work across SaaS platforms, cloud infrastructure, and engineering organizations.
Supported technical diligence for capital raises and acquisitions — evaluating architecture risk, team capability, and integration feasibility across multiple transactions.
Led and advised on AI-first delivery workflows including AWS Bedrock integrations, developer productivity tooling, and AI-assisted QA and review processes.
Service Pillars
Hands-on leadership and strategic advisory across the domains that matter most to scaling engineering organizations.
Fractional VP Engineering or embedded advisor for teams that need senior leadership without a full-time hire.
Systematic modernization of legacy platforms, cloud infrastructure, and developer toolchains.
Practical AI integration that accelerates delivery without creating new complexity or dependency risk.
Also available for: Technical Due Diligence (M&A, capital raises), Acquisition Integration, and QA Coordination.
Impact in Practice
Representative engagements. Client names withheld by agreement.
Joined a Series B SaaS company as VP Engineering with a team of 4. Defined org structure, built hiring pipelines, introduced engineering-wide processes, and scaled the team to 86 engineers over several years. Maintained delivery velocity and team health throughout a 10× revenue growth period.
Led multi-year cloud modernization across AWS and Azure environments at a growth-stage software company. Introduced infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, formalized CI/CD pipelines, and established DevOps ownership model across engineering squads.
Advised a growth-stage company on integrating AI into core engineering workflows. Evaluated AWS Bedrock and complementary tooling, designed an AI-assisted QA and review process, and helped the team ship product features faster with measurably fewer post-release defects.
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KaRa Tech Solutions is Ramin Shahriari's consulting practice, focused on engineering leadership, platform modernization, and AI-enabled delivery for growth-stage software companies.
With 25 years spanning individual contributor, architect, director, and VP Engineering roles, Ramin brings a hands-on perspective to every engagement — understanding both the technical realities engineering teams face and the business outcomes leaders must deliver.
Engagements range from targeted advisory and technical reviews to embedded fractional leadership over multi-month horizons. All work is grounded in measurable outcomes, not deliverables for their own sake.
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