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.

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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

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 BL.INK and Founder of The Real Kabil.

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.

Jul 2024 – Present

Quality Assurance Manager

BL.INK · Remote

Lead 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.

Mar 2020 – Present

Founder

The Real Kabil · San Antonio, TX

Full-cycle creative and technical studio for entrepreneurs and businesses. I design it, build it, and ship it — no handoffs. Clients range from funded startups to established local brands.

Aug 2015 – Mar 2020

Lead Interactive Designer

BrickSimple · 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.

Mar 2013 – Sept 2015

Co-Founder & UI Engineer

GPOP · San Francisco, CA

Co-founded and served as CTO of an early connected-device startup. Designed and engineered web-driven UIs for emerging hardware platforms — responsible for product direction, design, and front-end engineering.

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.

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.

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.

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

What People Say

Recommendations

Words from colleagues and collaborators, via LinkedIn.

“

Ibrahim excels in both collaboration and communication, maintaining a consistently high standard of performance. He is proactive, frequently offering support beyond his immediate responsibilities, and actively seeks opportunities to assist colleagues. His positive attitude and composed demeanor make a significant contribution to a constructive team environment.

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.

Karl Smith

Supervisor · Loftware

“

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.

Mike Saenz

Senior Director, Engineering · BL.INK

“

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.

Ahmed Kabil

Editorial Director · Long Now

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

Ibrahim H.Kabil

The person everyteam actually needs

Experience

Portfolio

BL.INK API

Creating a QR Code

Belonging Assessment

Services

UX / UI Design

Web Development

QA Leadership

Recommendations

Ready to hire?Let's talk.

Ibrahim H.
Kabil

The person every
team actually needs

Ready to hire?
Let's talk.