Experience
Amazon — AdRisk
Software Development Engineer II (L5)
Edinburgh, UK
Apr 2024 – Present
- Human-In-The-Loop UI Revamp: centralised all valuable data into a single security-engineer review UI; average time for complex manual case review dropped by +60%.
- Data "KeyRing" Project: restructured central data model to link IDs across multiple systems; reduced investigation research times from 30 minutes to sub-second.
- Simulated Detection & Signature Validation (Hybrid V2): automated +70% of reviews; processed 1,000+ signatures/week; new manual-review UI cut avg handling time from 4 min to 30 sec.
- Production AI model for landing-page threat analysis running at 100K+ pages/day scale.
- TDI infrastructure revamp: resolved 2 major OpenSearch outages; added monitoring across 9 critical components; managed 50+ production incidents with detailed RCAs.
- Regulatory compliance automation: cut on-boarding checks from hours to seconds; on-boarded FCA, Spain, Turkey; handled cross-jurisdiction cases.
- Salesforce malware on-call lookup: auto-attached contextual intel, saving 2–20 mins per urgent ticket.
Microsoft — Clarity for Mobile Apps
Software Development Engineer II
Cairo, Egypt
Jul 2022 – Mar 2024
- Built a tool to inject the Clarity Mobile SDK into any installed test app, cutting deploy/test time from hours to 3 minutes and reducing release bugs by 40%.
- Built a Google Play analysis tool to download & statically analyse APKs (API levels, libraries, market share), processing 40% of the store.
- Shipped SDK features: sensitive-data masking, asset compression, and complex gesture collection.
Incorta — Engine Team
Software Engineer
Cairo, Egypt
Apr 2020 – Jun 2022
- Closed gaps and implemented core structure for Schema Update Revamp; fixed 40% of in-dev bugs and 30% post-release.
- Built a calculation formula testing pipeline that preemptively caught 1 fatal, 4 critical, and 36 minor bugs.
Affectiva — Platform Team
Data Engineer
Cairo, Egypt
Apr 2019 – Apr 2020
- Optimised data ingestion/processing pipelines (runtime −60%); created "Data-Split" tool for datasets (prep time −40%).
- Cleaned the central database (query time −20%, storage −50%); built utilities for visualisation/analysis.
Zewail City of Science and Technology
Teaching Assistant
Cairo, Egypt
Sep 2020 – Jun 2022
- Revamped Big Data Analytics projects to use real-world datasets (League of Legends, Reddit, Twitter); helped set up a high-performance distributed computing lab.
- Taught Big Data Analytics — Fall 2020, Fall 2021; Computer Vision — Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
Skills
Programming
Java
Python
C#
Node.js
Kotlin
SQL
Frontend
React
CloudScape
Backend
ASP.NET
Spring
Flask
ExpressJS
Cloud / DevOps
AWS
Azure
Docker
Terraform
Jenkins
Data
Spark
Hadoop
HDFS
Presto
OpenSearch
Projects
Squickers
PlayableMicrosoft Hackathon Game Jam — Oct 2023
Unity3D puzzle-platformer built in 4 days for the "Perspective" Game Jam. Features unique perspective-shifting mechanics and challenging level design.
Unity3DC#Game DesignPhysics
Belladonna
In ProgressCustom Guitar Build — Edinburgh, 2025–Present
Building a custom electric guitar with hybrid magnetic–piezo electronics. Integrating Bare Knuckle pickups, Graph Tech Ghost system, and custom artwork. Documenting design and craftsmanship for an upcoming video series.
HardwareElectronicsGuitarDesign
Education
B.E. in Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Sep 2014 – Jul 2019
Contact
Open to SDE / ML engineering roles. I currently require employer sponsorship for a new UK Skilled Worker visa.