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Cairo, Egypt

• Created a Platform Policy Engine for Linux using eBPF and LSM for granular system call and network control
• Developed a Cloud Admission Controller with a secure HTTPS tunnel for real-time policy enforcement
• Enhanced policy performance by 60% through profiling and strategic optimization and k6 load testing

Cairo, Egypt

• Led the design of a Disaster Recovery strategy using AWS DMS for replication and failover, improving RPO by 5x
• Automated infrastructure patching using Ansible and AWS SSM, saving 50 hours of engineer time monthly
• Architected a scalable multi-tenant EKS Kubernetes platform with Terraform and Helm, onboarding 8 new clients

Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

• Enhanced the Go SDK for Kubewarden, achieving feature parity with the Rust SDK by implementing container signing and expanding available APIs.
• Improved code quality by integrating comprehensive mock tests for all API calls, leading to increased test coverage.
• Simplified policy development by creating helper functions to interact with higher-level Kubernetes objects beyond Pods.

Cairo, Egypt

• Optimized CloudFront log processing using AWS Kinesis Firehose to stream and buffer data, and AWS Glue toparition it, reducing S3 PUTs by 50% and Athena costs by 10x, saving $6,000 annually
• Boosted security compliance 30% by integrating Open Policy Agent (OPA) with ArgoCD for policy enforcement
• Collaborated with the development team to re-architect task processing workflows by utilizing Kafka as a messagebroker to decouple microservices, increasing task execution success from 99.9% to 99.999%
• Augmented CI/CD pipelines by incorporating OWASP ZAP and Trivy, lowering production vulnerabilities by 35%
• Maintained a multi-region AWS infrastructure with 99.99% uptime, leveraging Transit Gateway and ELB

Cairo, Egypt

• Identified and addressed a critical need for database agnosticism within the existing system. Developed a generic database abstraction layer in Rust, enabling support for multiple database backends without code.

Cairo, Egypt

• Successfully implemented the Proactive Market Making (PMM) algorithm within Solana's Token Swap program, optimizing liquidity provision and enhancing the efficiency of token swaps on the platform.
• Collaborated effectively with a team of open-source developers, contributing code, participating in code reviews, and actively engaging in online communities.

Cairo, Egypt

• Successfully implemented key XFS file system structures and algorithms in a performant and memory-safe manner using the Rust programming language.
• Leveraged the FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) subsystem to create a user-space file system, enabling seamless integration with the FreeBSD operating system.
• Gained deep experience in file system architecture, kernel/user space interaction, and low-level systems programming.

Cairo, Egypt

• Conducted resilience testing using Istio’s fault injection, uncovering 3 bugs and bolstering service availability
• Established service monitoring with Grafana Loki and Prometheus, improving incident response time by 3x

Cairo, Egypt

• Improved Adreno 3xx GPU performance by implementing a tiled memory layout, resulting in a significant reduction in bandwidth consumption during drawing operations.
• Accelerated development and debugging by creating a specialized debugging tool, streamlining the implementation process and reducing development time.
• Enhanced testing infrastructure by adding cubemap tests to the driver’s testing suite to ensure consistent functionality, bolstering overall driver stability and reliability.
• Documented project progress and technical insights through regular blog posts, fostering knowledge sharing and community engagement within the open-source graphics community.

Cairo, Egypt

• Led the technical development and launch of URrevs, a content review platform, successfully securing pre-incubation funding from iHub.
• Designed and implemented a scalable RESTful API using Node.js and OpenAPI, ensuring standardized documentation and smooth integration.
• Enhanced security by implementing user authentication with JWT tokens and password hashing using Scrypt, protecting sensitive data.
• Developed a server-side rendered frontend with Next.js (React), based on a Figma sketch, optimizing for SEO and implementing the PRPL model for faster page loading and improved performance.
• Integrated WebSockets for real-time interactions, replacing traditional HTTP long polling to improve communication speed and responsiveness.
• Developed a responsive frontend using MUI, transforming the web application into a Progressive Web App (PWA) for offline functionality and better user experience across devices.

Cairo, Egypt

• Designed 3D Android games based on customers’ specifications.
• Integrated 3rd party APIs for social services.
• Monetized and published games to the Play Store.