Owned the backend delivery of a VIP referral module for priority recruitment flows, while supporting an existing production platform in parallel.
Takafo is a recruitment platform used across Mubadala-related hiring workflows. My main delivery was a new VIP Referral module for priority referrals originating from senior leadership, government-level channels and close references, with a dedicated recruitment process around them.
VIP referrals could not move through the platform like normal candidates. They needed dedicated actors, priority flags, 24/48-hour follow-up rules, fast-tracked stages, interview integrations and a fallback path to external partners when no internal opportunity matched.
Designed the module schema with the team software architect and built the backend APIs, with roughly ten new models/tables introduced across the feature.
Implemented VIP referral, VIP recruiter and candidate flows, including direct creation by a referrer or recruiter acting on a referrer's behalf.
Added timed priority flags and notification rules so recruiters could see when a referral needed to move within defined 24/48-hour windows.
Extended the second phase for government referrals and external partner handoff when an internal job was not a fit.
Used Azure Service Bus for scheduled notification work and supported Redis-backed application behavior already present in the platform.
Fixed existing real-time chat issues and Microsoft Teams-linked messaging behavior while the VIP module was being developed.
Worked through business/QA UAT until the module passed all cases before production, reviewed junior PRs during UAT and participated in production releases and support.
The VIP Referral module shipped in two phases after full UAT clearance and now sits alongside the existing recruitment flows while I continue production support and maintenance on the same product.