Omar Abdelhafith

Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager with 15+ years of experience building scalable products and high-performing teams at top tech companies. Currently leading GenAI and LLM initiatives at Meta, where I've built deep expertise in AI/ML over the past 4 years, focusing on growing organizations from the ground up, coaching technical leaders, and delivering state-of-the-art solutions at scale.

Now

→ [Meta] Leading engineering teams focused on GenAI, LLM applications, and AI-powered Agentic conversational solutions at scale
→ Vibecoding apps, productivity tools, and workflows

Experience

Engineering Manager

Current

Meta

2021 - Present

Leading engineering teams (scaling from 2 to 30+ engineers) focused on GenAI, LLMs, and SOTA conversational AI. Responsible for building team structure, defining technical direction, and coaching managers and senior engineers. Guiding initiatives in RAG, autonomous agents, and LLM applications. Driving cross-organizational GenAI strategy and supporting AI/ML organizational transformations across Meta's ecosystem.

Staff Software Engineer

Facebook (Meta)

2017 - 2021

Lead Engineer driving the product direction and full-stack development of safety-critical infrastructure for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. My teams build platforms spanning iOS, Android, Web, and Backend to support Integrity efforts, enabling us to match policy-violating content at scale and provide user experiences for appeals and reporting.

Earlier: Various engineering roles across startups and product teams focusing on full‑stack, mobile (iOS), and platform work. Including role at Zendesk, Travelport, and others…