SEI Robotics · Shenzhen · On-site
Tarek Adra
Senior Engineering Program Manager | AI-enabled delivery
I run engineering programs and key-account relationships, and I use AI — Cursor, n8n, and agents — to automate follow-ups, handoffs, and delivery work.
About
Senior engineering program manager at SEI Robotics in Shenzhen. I coordinate delivery across hardware, firmware, web, and e-commerce, and I work directly with international customers and key accounts.
Before SEI I led software teams at OcuMap and Tripnologies, including years as a PHP and full-stack team lead. I still use that technical depth to unblock engineering, ship sites, and automate operations with Cursor, n8n, and agents.
Education: Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam), France
Nationality: Lebanese
Languages: Arabic · English · French · Chinese (HSK 2)
Experience
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Jul 2023 – Present
Senior Engineering Program Manager
SEI Robotics — International smart-home solutions · Shenzhen, China · On-site
- Lead engineering programs spanning firmware, Android TV, web, and product launches — Jira coordination, stakeholder communication, testing, and release follow-through.
- Own key-account and B2B relationships: customer communication, order follow-up, and program oversight for international partners (including early Deutsche Telekom client delivery: meetings, Jira, and issue testing).
- Planned and tracked the FreeBox Android 9 to 14 upgrade, including recurring progress reviews with engineering.
- Deliver web and e-commerce programs: Emerson, IAI SMART, Oasis, HOMA/Homatics storefronts, CES product pages, company and product sites, SEO, and HubSpot / email campaigns.
- Run day-to-day logistics and support operations — shipments, customer email, and escalation — and ship AI-assisted delivery (n8n workflows, Cursor, agents).
- Built a Yanwen logistics agent that reads follow-up emails, notifies the customer when a parcel needs action, and alerts an employee when the case needs human care.
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Dec 2020 – Jun 2023
Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead
OcuMap · Lebanon · Remote
- Led software delivery for mapping-focused product work, from implementation through release.
- Coordinated engineers and stakeholders to keep features moving without losing technical quality.
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Jul 2016 – Nov 2020
Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead
Tripnologies Inc · Lebanon
- Took projects from concept to delivery: requirements, build, and handoff with clients.
- Led development across web and mobile products for the studio.
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Sep 2014 – Jul 2016
Senior PHP Developer / Team Lead
Tripnologies Inc · Lebanon
- Built and led PHP-backed products; grew into team leadership on client work.
How I work
Cursor
Daily use for code, reviews, and documentation so program work and engineering stay in the same loop.
n8n
Workflows that connect sheets, project tools, and alerts so status and notifications are not copy-paste.
Yanwen logistics agent
Reads Yanwen follow-up emails, tells the customer when their parcel needs action, and notifies an employee when a human should take over.
Program planning
LLMs for briefs, meeting notes, and risk lists — with a person in the loop before anything customer-facing ships.
Selected work
Personal products and sites. SEI client work stays in Experience.
Skills
Programs & accounts
- Engineering program management
- Key accounts / B2B
- Jira
- Customer support operations
- Logistics coordination
- HubSpot & EDM
- SEO
AI & automation
- Cursor
- n8n
- AI agents
- Workflow automation
- LLM-assisted planning
Engineering
- PHP (Laravel, Yii2, CodeIgniter)
- JavaScript
- React
- Android / Java
- AWS
- UX & front-end
- Git
Outside work
- Cooking from scratch
- Guitar
- Strength training
- Games