Principal Software Engineer · Frontend, Product & AI

Hi, I’m Saif. I build frontend products and improve how teams work.

I’m a Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat. I joined StackRox in 2015 as its eighth engineer and first UI engineer, then stayed with the product through its acquisition and open source release. Today I lead product work, frontend modernization, and AI adoption for our UI team.

How I work

I stay close to the work from the first question through release.

That means working across product, design, and engineering. I care about the result, but I also want the next change to be easier than the last.

  1. 01

    Understand

    Start with the problem.

    I work with product and design to understand what people are trying to do. We question assumptions early and agree on the problem before committing to a solution.

  2. 02

    Shape

    Work through the details.

    I help turn the idea into clear flows and interactions. I stay involved as those decisions become software, because small implementation details often shape the whole experience.

  3. 03

    Build

    Make the next change easier.

    I use clear boundaries, reusable components, and focused tests so the frontend can keep changing without becoming harder to understand.

  4. 04

    Share

    Pass on what worked.

    I write down what we learned and turn the repeatable parts into skills, workflows, and conventions. That helps the improvement spread beyond one project or engineer.

How I got here

My path

From StackRox to Red Hat

I’ve worked on the same product since 2015. I’ve seen it grow from a startup prototype into an open source Red Hat platform, while my role grew from building the first UI to leading product and engineering work.

  1. August 2015

    I joined StackRox as employee #8 and its first UI engineer

    I partnered with three backend engineers to build a new React product from near zero. It became StackRox’s main product and replaced the legacy platform.

  2. 2016–2020

    I helped the product and UI team grow

    I worked across the platform, helped hire and onboard UI engineers, and established frontend conventions we could rely on as the product grew.

  3. January 2021

    Red Hat acquired StackRox

    StackRox became the foundation of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security.

  4. May 2021

    The platform became open source

    The codebase I helped build became public at github.com/stackrox/stackrox.

  5. Today

    I now lead product work and AI adoption at Red Hat

    I’m a Principal Software Engineer on Advanced Cluster Security. I lead product delivery, modernize the frontend, and help our UI team turn AI experiments into shared skills and workflows.