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โšก Currently at Weaviate ยท Vector Database

Mohamed Shahin

Support Tech Lead @ Weaviate

I lead enterprise escalations at Weaviate, tune vector database performance in production, and mentor engineers worldwide.

9+
Years in support engineering
4
Recognition awards
4
Companies worked at
Technical Support Vector Databases Enterprise Escalations Team Mentoring Kubernetes ยท Cloud Python AI / ML Support
Mohamed Shahin

Mohamed Shahin

Support Tech Lead @ Weaviate ยท Senior Support Engineer ยท Enterprise Escalations ยท Team Mentoring ยท Vector Databases ยท AI

Ireland ยท Open to Opportunities Worldwide ๐ŸŒ

I've spent my career on the technical side of customer support. I help customers at every stage, from onboarding and best practices to fixing hard production issues, and I mentor engineers and manage escalations along the way. What I enjoy most is taking a complicated problem and turning it into clear steps a customer can act on.

Career

Work History

  1. Support Tech Lead Now

    Since May 2026

    Weaviate

    Leading enterprise escalations and performance tuning for customers running Weaviate in production.

  2. Product Support Engineer

    Nov 2023 to May 2026

    Weaviate

    Worked as a database administrator, resolving production blockers and improving database performance for customers' AI applications.

  3. Senior Customer Support Engineer

    Dec 2021 to Nov 2023

    Fivetran

    Database connectors specialist. Resolved critical data pipeline issues for enterprise customers across EMEA.

  4. Application Support Engineer

    Oct 2020 to Dec 2021

    Cubic Telecom

    Maintained IoT connectivity systems for global automotive customers across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

  5. Technical Support Representative

    Aug 2017 to Oct 2020

    Retail inMotion

    First line technical support for airline retail applications used by carriers around the world.

Recognition

Honors & Awards

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Weavy Award Pressure Pilot 2026

Issued by Weaviate ยท 2026

For keeping a steady hand and leading the diagnosis during critical incidents.

Recognition Award โ†’
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User Centric Award 2025

Issued by Weaviate ยท 2025

For putting users first and giving enterprise customers fast, thorough technical help.

Recognition Award โ†’
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Customer Champion Award 2022

Issued by Fivetran ยท 2023

For standout work as a support engineer and real commitment to customers.

Recognition Award โ†’
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Cubic Telecom Recognition Award 2021

Issued by Cubic Telecom ยท 2021

For strong application support work that kept operations running smoothly.

Recognition Award โ†’
Open Source

Support Tools & Projects

Weavy Admin

A desktop admin console for Weaviate vector database clusters. Early open source release for cluster administration.

Weaviate Desktop App Python Admin Console
View on GitHub โ†’

Weaviate Cluster WebApp

A web app for managing Weaviate clusters. Connect to a local or cloud cluster, manage collections with full CRUD, use vectorizers and run searches. 35 โญ๏ธ

Weaviate Vector Database Python Streamlit
View on GitHub โ†’

Weaviate Optimization Guides & Scripts

Python client snippets, scripts and optimization guides for Weaviate, ready to use in production. 2 โญ๏ธ

Python Weaviate Weaviate Python Client Jupyter Scripts
View on GitHub โ†’
Learning

Education

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Bachelor's in Computer Technology

Technological University Dublin

2014 to 2018 ยท Grade: Distinction
Graduation Project: "Watch-Now" Android Application

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Certifications

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Google Prompting Essentials

Google ยท Coursera Specialization (4 Courses)

2026

View Certificate โ†’
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Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Workloads

Google Cloud ยท Coursera

2026

View Certificate โ†’
Toolkit

Core Skills

Technical Support

Owning issues from first report to fix, whether it's functionality, UI or configuration. Supporting customers through their whole lifecycle, handling escalations and running technical training.

Troubleshooting

Reproducing issues, reading stack traces and debugging performance and data processing problems. I go after the root cause and push for a permanent fix where one is possible.

Vector & Relational Databases

Weaviate database administration, plus SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Cloud & DevOps Environments

AWS and GCP. Docker and Kubernetes every day for troubleshooting applications, watching deployments and supporting infrastructure.

RESTful APIs

Working with REST APIs to integrate and connect systems.

Monitoring & Observability

Grafana, Dash0 and Datadog for performance monitoring, alerting and analysis.

Programming & Tools

Python for scripting and tooling, with experience in Java and C# (IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio). Git, software testing and a working knowledge of AI/ML concepts.

Data Engineering & Pipelines

ELT and data pipelines, from supporting Fivetran's database connectors.

Customer Success & Communication

Building long term relationships with customers, starting from onboarding. Working closely with other teams to get customers the right fix and keep them happy.

Kind Words

Customer Feedback

Mohamed provided very proactive support. He was knowledgeable and really cared about helping me to solve the problem. This makes me want to use Weaviate even more. THANK YOU!!

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Weaviate Customer

Data Engineer

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Mohamed provided fantastic support through a critical migration. His guidance was clear and he was very fast to respond through multiple iterations of our conversation as we figured out what we needed to do. We sincerely appreciate it!

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Weaviate Customer

CEO

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I can honestly say this was one of the best support experiences I have had in almost 25 years. The knowledge and team approach of the Weaviate team and the ownership of the case and responsiveness (staying in touch) that our support engineer (Mohamed Shahin) was nothing short of stellar.

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Weaviate Customer

Software Engineer

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Fantastic support from Mohamed Shahin! I'd hope every customer's success manager would be like him. Everything was solved very quickly.

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Weaviate Customer

CTO

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Absolute pleasure dealing with Mohamed, never doubted him for a second, proactive updates on challenges, follow ups with me etc great job! I'll totally poach him for my company soon.

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Weaviate Customer

CEO

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Mohamed is incredibly knowledgeable and always goes above and beyond to help. His technical expertise combined with his patient and friendly approach makes working with Weaviate support a great experience.

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Weaviate Customer

Operations Manager

Outstanding support! Mohamed helped us resolve a critical production issue within hours. His deep understanding of vector databases and clear communication saved our launch. Truly exceptional service.

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Weaviate Customer

Startup Founder

Shoutout to @Mohamed Shahin (Weaviate) for helping us with this launch ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ”ฅ

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Weaviate Community

Head of Engineering

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Even though the issue hasn't been resolved yet because I sent the email literally 2 minutes ago.... your quick replies here have single-handedly solidified my confidence in Weaviate

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Weaviate Community

Software Engineer

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Peers & Mentees

Colleague Endorsements

Super big shoutout to Mohamed Shahin for taking it like a champ. Big hero there, enabling the team to run faster these last weeks.

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Weaviate

Site Reliability Engineer

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Look at this awesome feedback from a community user who is being helped by Mohamed Shahin!! Time and time again we see users won over by our quick reaction time and kind attitude. Love to see it in action.

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Weaviate

Director

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I wanted to give a shout out to Mohamed Shahin, we recently had to... no need to take my word for it either, this is just a sample of the types of comments users leave about him! ... "Mohamed Shahin was great - very responsive and adaptable to what we needed" ... Keep up the great work with our users!

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Weaviate

Director

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After working with Mohamed for almost 2 and a half years now, I cannot emphasize enough his professional, but also his social skills. He has been extremely cooperative and a great mentor from the first day I joined his team. He is excellent at taking critical actions and making good decisions for our team on a daily basis, while his working ethics and IT skills make him a great asset to our company.

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Hrvoje Vukovic

Payment Operations Analyst at Retail inMotion ยท LinkedIn

Mohamed is a dedicated and hard-working team player. He has excellent technical capabilities and is always willing to go the extra mile to bring an issue to resolution. He is an excellent problem solver who steps up to new challenges. Mohamed was a key technical support to me on several key accounts at Retail inMotion and played an important role in their success.

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Lauren Maxwell

Account Manager @ Rippling ยท LinkedIn

Let's Talk

Get In Touch

Hiring for a support engineering or team lead role? I'd love to hear about it. Email me, message me on LinkedIn, or grab my CV below.

Off the Clock

About Me

I'm Irish, living in Ireland, and I like to stay active. Most days you'll find me doing calisthenics or lifting weights, which keeps me disciplined.

On weekends I go hiking around Ireland with my camera and photograph the landscapes along the way. I'm also into DIY. Fixing or building something with my own hands is really satisfying.

I love to travel, see new places and get to know different cultures.

I also make content online. You'll find all of it at shah91n.pages.dev.

๐Ÿคธ Calisthenics ๐Ÿ‹๏ธ Weightlifting ๐Ÿฅพ Hiking ๐Ÿ“ท Photography ๐Ÿ”ง DIY โœˆ๏ธ Travel ๐ŸŽฌ Content Creation