Summary
Roc Khalil is a VP of Engineering based in Dubai with 11 years of experience building resilient, high-throughput systems across web, mobile, and blockchain stacks. He has led engineering teams at HAQQ and served as CTO for a Web3 gaming startup, shipping Solana and EVM applications and a bidding system that handled 500+ bids per second. Equally comfortable in Ruby on Rails, Rust, React, TypeScript and React Native, he combines hands-on development with strong delivery practices like CI/CD and reusable libraries to reduce time-to-market. As a technical consultant and fractional backend engineer he’s driven 10+ MVPs to launch, optimized deployments, and introduced AI-driven improvements for product performance. Known for negotiating cost savings and coaching teams on engineering best practices, he blends technical depth with business-minded decision making.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Collège Notre Dame De Nazareth
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General at Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General at IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School
Arabic, French, English