CEO & Founder
Umer Malik
Founded ESS in 2016 and sets the direction of the firm, from long-term strategy and growth into new markets to the senior client partnerships that define how ESS works.
StrategyClient partnershipsGlobal delivery
Leadership
The people accountable.
ESS is run by engineers who still read the architecture. Every function is owned by someone whose name is on the outcome.
COO / Director
Farrukh Ahmad
Sits on the board and owns how the firm runs day to day, from commercial operations through to delivery capacity and margin.
Company operationsCommercialBoard
CTO / Director
M. Sahab Tariq
Sits on the board and owns technical direction: architecture standards, engineering practice and the technology choices behind every build.
ArchitectureEngineering standardsTechnical strategy
Director, Operations
Khurram Shahzad
Runs delivery operations across engagements and offices, keeping resourcing, process and client commitments aligned.
Delivery operationsResourcingProcess
CFO
Zeeshan Malik
Owns the firm's financial position: planning, controls, reporting and the commercial terms behind every engagement across the three regions.
Financial planningControls & reportingCommercial terms
Associate VP, HR, Marketing & PMO
Danyal Mughal
Leads three connected functions: hiring and retention across the engineering bench, the ESS brand and its market presence, and the project management office that governs delivery.
HR & hiringMarketingPMO governance
Europe Chapter
Our people in Europe
Porto is our base for the European market, running EU-timezone delivery and client relationships across the EU under its own leadership.
CEO, Portugal Chapter
Amilcer Nuno Malta
Leads the Portugal chapter from Porto, running European delivery and client relationships across the EU market.
European deliveryEU client partnershipsPorto operations
Operations Manager
Sofia Almeida
Runs the Porto office day to day, from resourcing and scheduling through to the processes that keep European delivery predictable.
Office operationsResourcingProcess
Technical Project Manager
Tiago Martins
Takes European builds from kick-off to release, holding scope, technical decisions and delivery dates together.
Project deliveryTechnical planningReleases
Delivery Manager
Ricardo Costa
Owns delivery across the European engagements, keeping teams, timelines and quality aligned with what was promised.
Delivery managementTimelinesQuality
Client Relationships Manager
Inês Ferreira
Looks after the firm's European client relationships, from first onboarding through to the long-running accounts.
Client relationshipsAccountsOnboarding
Business Development Manager
Miguel Pereira
Opens new European markets and partnerships, and shapes the commercial side of the engagements that follow.
Business developmentPartnershipsCommercial
How we lead
01
Loyalty and integrity
We tell clients what they need to hear rather than what closes the deal, and we stand behind the work long after the invoice has cleared.
02
One standard, everywhere
Work delivered from any ESS office is held to the same benchmark. Location changes the timezone, never the calibre.
03
Engineers who own outcomes
Our people are accountable for whether a system works in production, not for whether a ticket was closed.
04
Depth over headcount
We grow the bench by raising the bar, not by lowering it to fill a seat faster.
Want to work with this team?
Whether you are hiring us for a build, embedding our engineers in yours, or looking to join the bench, the conversation starts the same way.