Engineering Manager · Engineering Lead · AI-Native Platforms

Building platforms,
teams & AI‑native
products at scale.

Engineering leader with 20+ years delivering scalable digital platforms across automotive, retail, finance, and hospitality — from hands-on architecture to leading multi-squad organisations.

George Amalan — Engineering Manager & Head of Experience Engineering
George William AmalanEngineering Manager & Head of Experience Engineering
20+
Years experience
15+
Countries delivered
18
Engineers led
40%
AI productivity uplift
135+
Articles published

Delivered for

PolestarTescoL'OréalHolt RenfrewbareMineralsRadisson HotelsWorld BankCitiICICI BankMastercardMGM ResortsBritish TelecomGodivaTargetClas OhlsonJohn HancockOracle Financial
Core Strengths
What I bring to every engagement
01

Engineering Leadership

Building and scaling high-performing teams of 12–18 engineers. OKRs, DORA metrics, career laddering, hiring, structured 1:1s, and growing engineers into leads.

Team ScalingDORA MetricsHiringMentorshipCareer Laddering
02

Frontend & Platform Architecture

MACH-aligned micro-frontends, design systems at brand scale, SSR/ISR performance, Core Web Vitals, and WCAG 2.1 AA — across 15+ global markets.

React / Next.jsMicro-frontendsDesign SystemsMACHWCAG 2.1 AA
03

AI-Native Engineering

Embedding LLM workflows, RAG pipelines, and agentic systems as production standards. Built in-house AI tools and governed adoption across squads.

RAGAgentic AIAzure AILLM WorkflowsPrompt Engineering
Case Studies
Selected work & outcomes
Recommendations
What colleagues say

20 recommendations from VPs, Directors, Engineering Managers, Architects, and engineers across Polestar, Nike, Publicis Sapient, IBM, and more.

VP · Director · C-Suite
He is a fine technologist, architect and an effective communicator. His people management skills are exceptional. He believes in creating a friendly, caring atmosphere and motivation by being a role model. He ensures his team keep progressing and delivers complex modules with utmost quality. He has been very successful in delivering large scale projects with many stakeholders — his never say die attitude has been an asset to the team.
Sunil Arunodaya
Vice President of Technology · Head of India GCC
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Recognition
Awards & industry honours
2017

Impact Award — Enabling People Growth

Recognised for mentoring and developing engineering talent — with measurable career progression outcomes across the team.

2016

Gold Partner — Capacity Acceleration

Awarded for scaling team capacity and delivery throughput — enabling the studio to take on larger, more complex client engagements.

2015

Jedi Award — India Studio

Awarded by Publicis Sapient India for mastery and leadership — the Jedi designation marks engineers who have achieved a high level of technical and delivery excellence.

Open to engineering leadership roles.

Based in Malmö — available at short notice. Swedish citizen with full EU work rights. Engineering Manager, Engineering Lead, VP Engineering.