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Deependra Vishwakarma

Where I work · Saudi Arabia

Engineering for Saudi transformation programs, planned around your Sunday-to-Thursday week.

Transformation programs and product teams that need data kept in the right place under Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Law.
Your week
Sunday to Thursday
Cities
Riyadh
Language
Arabic and English
Currency
SAR

Sound familiar?

  • Your platform processes personal data of people in the Kingdom and must follow the Personal Data Protection Law.
  • A transformation program needs senior engineers who document decisions for stakeholders, not only ship code.
  • Your product must work fully in Arabic, right to left, without feeling translated.

Working across the time difference

Saudi Arabia works Sunday to Thursday and is two and a half hours behind India, so four of your five working days overlap fully with mine. Anything time-critical for a Sunday is planned in writing the week before.
When my day overlaps with Saudi Arabia
MarketCityOverlap, local timeWork week
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh GMT+3Mon–Thu, Sun 09:00–18:00Sun–Thu

Work week: Saudi Press Agency: weekly holiday on Friday and Saturday

Contracts and payment

Invoices in Saudi riyals or US dollars, per milestone, paid through Wise or Payoneer. Data residency is agreed at the start, and I can work under your contract.

  • Intellectual property is assigned to you on payment.
  • An NDA before we discuss details, if you'd like one.
  • A written update every week, and a demo whenever there's something to see.
  • Working hours that overlap yours.

The rules your product lives under

Engineering guidance, not legal advice: what these rules mean for how software is built, with the official source for each. Your lawyer decides what applies to you.
  • Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL)

    Enforceable since 14 September 2024 and supervised by the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA), which has published implementing regulations and rules for transfers outside the Kingdom.

    Source: SDAIA: Personal Data Protection Law

Questions

How do you handle Sundays?

Four of your working days overlap with mine. Sunday questions are answered on Monday, so we plan anything time-critical around that.

Can our data stay in the Kingdom?

Yes, if we host in a Saudi cloud region and I work inside it. The PDPL's rules on transfers outside the Kingdom are part of the design review.

Do you work in Arabic?

I build Arabic-first interfaces, right to left. The Arabic copy should be written or reviewed by a native writer.

Working from Saudi Arabia? Start with a brief.

Tell me about the problem. I’ll reply with the smallest useful first step, when I could start and how our hours line up.