About
Ziad Hilal — staff software engineer with 25 years of building: deep backend, infrastructure, and real-time systems at scale, plus a founder past (bootstrapped and ran a CMS company for seven years before selling it).
The current focus is agentic engineering — how teams move from vibe coding to disciplined, agent-driven development, and how correct, reliable software gets shipped faster because of it.
Recent work includes leading the backend for Squarespace Blueprint AI, recognized in TIME's Best Inventions of 2025.
This site is where the thinking gets written down — the version from the trenches, not the hype.