About

An engineer who still builds.

I'm Saeid Manhooei. Most people call me Alex.

Saeid Manhooei

I'm a principal engineer. My career has run through Google, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Chewy, Abercrombie & Fitch and Target, mostly designing the systems that sit under products people use every day.

As a principal-level individual contributor, I sit in interview loops, review promotion packets, give calibration input and set technical direction. That vantage point is where The Manhooei Method comes from: the mechanics that decide careers, explained by someone close to them.

Outside that work, I write books on AI and engineering and build small apps of my own. Manhooei Solutions Lab is the home for all of it, and for the consulting I take on.

Where I've worked
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Hewlett Packard
  • Chewy
  • Abercrombie & Fitch
  • Target
What I go deep on
  • Enterprise architecture
  • Distributed systems
  • Privacy and data governance
  • AI and machine learning
  • AI agents
  • Mentoring engineers
The work

Everything I make, in one place.

The show

The Manhooei Method, on YouTube and Spotify.

Watch and listen →

The book

The Last Human Software Engineer, on staying relevant as AI writes more of the code.

See the book →

The apps

Inner Weather, ScribbleSong, Movesong and DuskMoment.

Try the apps →

Consulting

Architecture, AI and privacy work through the Lab.

Work with me →

The views on the show, in the book and on this site are my own and don't represent any employer.

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