Mehdi El-Amine

Product Manager

Building products at scale, from Instagram to startups

About

Product leader with 10+ years of experience building data platforms, ML-powered products, and digital experiences at scale. Currently at Instagram working on user well-being and integrity systems that protect millions of users.

I've led teams across fintech, social media, and analytics—from transforming small business banking at Capital One to protecting sensitive user populations at Meta. I combine deep technical fluency with business acumen, holding an MBA in Finance and a BE in Computer Engineering.

Outside of tech, I own and operate Brazen Fitness, a CrossFit gym in Arlington, VA. Dad of 3 girls. Fan of hip-hop, Patriots football, and dad jokes. Fluent in English, French, and Arabic.

Experience

L5 Product Manager

Jul 2022 - Present

Instagram (Meta)

  • Lead roadmapping and execution for the Entity Quality Platform team, reducing bad user experiences through ML-based account-level integrity enforcements
  • Developed 2-year strategy for protecting sensitive user populations on Instagram through personalized integrity enforcements, launching first use case for US teens in Q1 2022
  • Introduced process improvements including lean cross-team interaction model, internal communication standards, and lightweight project management to better surface execution risks

Sr Product Manager

Oct 2016 - Jul 2022

Capital One

  • Led Small Business Bank's integration with Capital One's enterprise platform, syncing 165M customers across 5 lines of business—one of bank's top 3 priorities in 2021
  • Built the Digital Account Opening platform, transforming a 30-45 minute manual process into a 6-7 minute digital experience with sub-second decisioning
  • Unlocked $4M+ opportunity and new digital market for Small Business Bank; received Exceptional rating (95th percentile)
  • Led team of 6 data analysts to deliver SPOT, Small Business Bank's first consolidated data & metrics warehouse

Data Analytics Lead

Jul 2014 - Oct 2016

Circleback

  • Developed and maintained last-mile analytics pipeline, including data augmentation and classification ML models
  • Managed remote team of 15+ data QA testers for human-in-the-loop activities including test set labeling and manual verification

Database & BI Tech Lead

2010 - 2013

comScore, Inc

  • Led database and business intelligence technical initiatives

Projects

Brazen Fitness

Took over a failing CrossFit gym in 2017 and built it to $600K revenue in 2019 (highest in 9-year history) with 13% profit margin and 10 employees. Successfully executed rebrand and marketing reboot in 2021, recovering from 50% pandemic losses.

EntrepreneurshipOperationsMarketing

Instagram Well-Being Platform

ML-based integrity platform protecting sensitive user populations through personalized enforcements at scale.

ML/AITrust & SafetyPlatform

Digital Account Opening

First-of-its-kind extensible API suite powering digital application decisioning and account booking for Capital One Small Business.

FintechAPIsAutomation

Get in Touch

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or just having a chat about product management.