# Mahir Oberai > Product-Focused Founding Engineer Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/mahir Passionate about emerging technologies, philosophy and music. Currently owning the iOS product @ Whop! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Whop Jan 2024 – Present | Brooklyn, New York, United States ### Software Engineer, iOS @ Discz Music Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States Consumer startup backed by Y-Combinator and other top VCs (e.g. Greycroft). 1m+ users. • Managed the iOS team transition from UIKit/Objective-C to SwiftUI, modernizing architecture and interface, which tripled development velocity and enabled over 50 app version releases within 6 months • Led the development and launch of "Spaces," a multimodal content feature with generative AI and gestural input, boosting user engagement, content creation, session times, and achieving a 1000% rise in external sharing, significantly increasing K-factor • Spearheaded performance optimization, reducing memory usage by 90% and doubling app speed via Xcode profiling and debugging, enhancing user experience and session times • Developed a new zero-to-one iOS and web-app focusing on "Spaces" feature, leading both the technical creation and strategic product management of key features • Drove product strategy and analytics; leveraged KPI analysis to refine product direction, resulting in large increases in retention and growth metrics ### Founding Engineer @ Alinea Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States Personalized investing app for Gen-Z backed by Y Combinator • Led iOS development effort in SwiftUI and UIKit, responsible for scaling usage from 100 to 30k active users • Developed core investment and social APIs using Node and MongoDB, later reducing average server response times by 95% using a distributed Redis caching strategy • Improved frontend app build times by 60% using a modular Swift Package Manager architecture • Innovated and developed competitive features including social investing “Playlists”, cryptocurrency and equity portfolios, and automated risk-based funds • Implemented portfolio recommendation and optimization based on AI graph-embedding and Markowitz models • Held regular design meetings and workshops to hone product roadmap, user experience, and marketing strategy ### Full-Stack Engineering Intern @ Beryllium Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Singapore Sports-based fantasy stock market startup under Beryllium Ventures • Evaluated and debugged current Python machine learning pricing and scoring models to improve accuracy • Utilized Hasura serverless backend and GraphQL to identify and mitigate data flow issues • Enhanced main website by developing front-end responsive functionality and animations using React Native ### Technical Solutions Intern, Watson IoT @ IBM Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Boston Area Summer IBM Summit technical sales training program • Developed simulator web-app connected to IBM IoT sensors using React to enable technical demos • Selected to pitch simulator project at quarterly conference to enhance business value of IoT solutions ### Financial Analyst Intern @ Everstone Group Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Singapore Summer training program at largest South Asia based private equity fund in Singapore and Mumbai • Built bottom-up leveraged buyout models for M&A valuations • Conducted comparative financial analysis and sector market mapping in three key sectors: medical technologies, online travel agencies, and quick service restaurants ### Head of Epiphany Music (Arts Initiative) @ UWC South East Asia Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Singapore • Organized weekly discussions to promote music on campus • Managed team member video submissions to the platform • Coordinated live performances and exhibitions as a part of larger Epiphany Arts initiative ### Event Producer (Rockshow) @ UWC South East Asia Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Singapore Produced the annual high school Rock Show, with 35 acts and an audience of 500 people • Main technical (sound) engineer and live support • Auditioned and selected performers from 80 acts • Marketed and promoted through social media, resulting in highest ticket sales in 30 years • Guitarist (performer) in 6/35 acts ### Co-Chair (UWCSEA) @ Magic Bus India Foundation Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Singapore Co-chaired Magic Bus Singapore Chapter: an NGO focused on improving lives of marginalized children in India ### Lab Research Intern @ A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Singapore Summer training program at Singapore government sponsored research institution • Independently conducted experiments with post-doc mentor in a prestigious research program • Focused on synthesizing ternary metal oxides to test and optimize lithium battery anodes ### Clinical Assistant @ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Ladakh, India Accompanied Doctors without Borders team in the Himalayan Foothills, Ladakh, India • Assisted with routine dental care and root canal surgeries for local community ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science Columbia University Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ### UWC South East Asia Jan 2007 – Jan 2017 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mahiroberai --- Source: https://flows.cv/mahir JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/mahir/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-20