Remote & Hybrid  ·  San Antonio, TX

Ibrahim H.
Kabil

I design it. I build it.
I make sure it works.

Most teams need three people between whiteboard and working product — a designer, an engineer, and a QA lead. I'm the rare one who covers all three. 20 years in. Fortune 500 clients. Zero silos.

Loftware BrickSimple The Long Now Foundation
Recommended by colleagues at Apple, Loftware, BrickSimple & Long Now
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Ibrahim H. Kabil
Creative Technologist
Ibrahim H.
Kabil
Available · San Antonio, TX
UX / UI Design 15 yr
Front-End Engineering 10 yr
QA Leadership 5 yr
Bank of America · Nestlé · Northrop Grumman
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Years of range
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Bugs caught, year one
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Releases QA'd
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Disciplines mastered

Brands & Orgs I've Delivered For

Coca-Cola Bank of America Northrop Grumman Lockheed Martin Nestlé Dave & Buster's Loftware San Antonio Spurs

About

The person every
team actually needs

I'm Ibrahim Kabil — a Creative Technologist based in San Antonio with 20 years in digital. I design products, build them in code, and make sure they ship without bugs. That combination is rarer than it sounds.

Over two decades I've moved across the full product lifecycle — from UX systems in Figma and front-end development in React, to video campaigns scripted and animated from scratch, and QA leadership for enterprise SaaS. Currently QA Manager at Loftware, following their acquisition of BL.INK.

Design — 20 yr
Figma Design Systems UX Research Responsive Web Mobile UI
Engineering — 10 yr
React HTML / CSS JavaScript PHP & MySQL REST APIs
Quality — 5 yr
QA Leadership API Stewardship Jira & Agile Test Planning
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University of Texas at Austin
B.S. Advertising · Texas Interactive Sequence · 2009

Work History

Experience

20 years of compounding range — from startup co-founder to Fortune 500 QA manager.

Apr 2025 – Present
Quality Assurance Manager
Loftware · Remote

Continuing QA leadership following Loftware's acquisition of BL.INK. Managing quality assurance processes for blink QR and API systems, maintaining high standards for Fortune 500 clients across web, API, and mobile surfaces.

Jul 2024 – Apr 2025
Quality Assurance Manager
BL.INK · Remote

Led QA operations for an enterprise link management SaaS platform serving Fortune 500 companies. Promoted to senior QA lead within first year. Sole technical resource for the BL.INK API — partner integrations, developer onboarding, and all cross-functional problem-solving. 116 bugs reported. 188 releases QA-approved. In one year.

Aug 2020 – Jul 2024
Founder
The Real Kabil · San Antonio, TX

Full-cycle creative and technical studio for entrepreneurs and businesses. Designed, built, and shipped projects without handoffs. Clients ranged from funded startups to established local brands.

Aug 2015 – Mar 2020
Lead Interactive Designer
BrickSimple LLC · Doylestown, PA

Led creative direction and delivery for interactive, web, and video projects — medical devices, industrial training, enterprise sales tools. Managed client relationships from concept to launch across a Fortune 500 account roster including Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin.

Nov 2013 – Jul 2015
Co-Founder & UI Engineer
GPOP · San Francisco, CA

Co-founded an innovative startup focused on connected devices, driving product direction and vision. Designed and engineered web-driven UIs for emerging hardware platforms, leading all front-end engineering and design systems.

May 2008 – Jan 2013
Interactive Designer
Sparksight · Austin, TX

Developed and managed lead-gen tradeshow applications for Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and Blue Coat Systems.

Selected Work

Portfolio

Design, product, and production work — every piece proof of a different dimension of the same range.

Product / API 01

BL.INK API

Worked alongside Fortune 500 clients — Bank of America, JAMF, and Nestlé — supporting partner integrations, developer onboarding, and cross-team problem-solving on an enterprise link management platform.

API Stewardship Enterprise SaaS Technical Writing
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Creating a QR Code

A step-by-step tutorial on QR code creation for enterprise use — part of a broader effort to make technical workflows more accessible to cross-functional teams.

Video Production Technical Tutorial Education
Belonging Score
78 Overall
Identity
82
Agency
74
Power
68
Flow
91
UX / Interactive 03

Belonging Assessment

A 20-question interactive assessment that helps teams understand workplace belonging across four dimensions — Identity, Agency, Power & Flow. Built to open conversations about culture and inclusion.

UX Design Data Visualization Interactive
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What I Offer

Services

Hire me for a role or engage me for a project. Either way, you get the full stack.

UX / UI Design

End-to-end product design for web and mobile — from discovery and user research to high-fidelity Figma systems ready for engineering handoff.

Figma Design Systems UX Research Prototyping Mobile UI

Web Development

Responsive, performant front-end builds — React, HTML/CSS, WordPress, REST APIs — as clean under the hood as they look on screen.

React HTML / CSS JavaScript WordPress REST APIs

QA Leadership

End-to-end quality strategy for web, mobile, and API products — test planning, regression coverage, bug triage, and release approval.

Test Strategy API Testing Jira Regression Release QA

In Their Words

Recommendations

From people who've worked alongside me — via LinkedIn.

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I've collaborated with Ibrahim at each stage of my career, on everything from Snapchat news series to event marketing campaigns to multimedia web documentaries. He makes everything I do better, and I know the same would be true for whomever he works with next.

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Ahmed Kabil
Editorial Director · Long Now Foundation
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Ibrahim has stepped up to be a senior leader for the BL.INK QA team and takes the initiative to not only lead the other members but take on the challenging tasks. He consistently provides the QA perspective when engineers are discussing tasks and his input has become invaluable.

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Mike Saenz
Senior Director, Engineering · BL.INK
verified
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Ibrahim played an essential role in the growth and success of BrickSimple's VR/AR division. He is an excellent communicator who maintains a positive attitude no matter what. He is a highly intelligent individual and I would recommend him to anyone looking to hire someone to grow their innovative technology firm.

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Tyler C. Roach
VR/AR Lead · BrickSimple LLC
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Ibrahim is a highly valued member of the team, consistently demonstrating extensive expertise and strong technical proficiency — and a highly regarded presence on any team he joins.

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Karl Smith
Supervisor · Loftware
verified

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Get in Touch

Ready to hire?
Let's talk.

I'm actively looking for the right role — remote or hybrid preferred, open to San Antonio. If you've read this far and think I'd be a fit, don't hesitate. I respond within 24 hours.

ibrahim@therealkabil.com
San Antonio, TX · Open to Remote
linkedin.com/in/ibrahimkabil