Senior Developer/DevOps
2018 - 2021Sapera- Implemented infrastructure as code (IaC) for different projects using Terraform and Ansible.
- Standardized the deployment process (and maintained the process documentation).
- Built templates to provision infrastructure on different cloud providers and development stages.
- Built standardized workflows, using CircleCI to automate deployments for internal and external projects.
- Implemented and maintained the (Rails 5) JSON API serving our infographics portal.
- Maintained more than 99% of the documentation coverage of the infographics portal API and more than 90% of the test coverage.
- Worked with Docker to provide deliverables for some of our external projects.
- Provided support and tutoring to work with our standard deployment workflows internally and externally.
- Worked closely with our systems engineer to support various DevOps tasks.
- Rewrote, maintained, and provisioned some of the data pipelines to adhere to better security standards.
Technologies: Ansible, Terraform, AWS, Docker, Vagrant, Makefile, Ruby on Rails (RoR), PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, MySQL, React, TypeScript, Next.js, Python, Bash, Git, Tmux, Sidekiq, CircleCI, Travis CI, Asana, Jira, Notion, DevOpsSenior Back-end Developer
2016 - 2018LIQID GmbH- Maintained the RESTful API used by admins and front-end.
- Implemented and maintained the integration with Deutsche Bank.
- Applied and maintained the integration with the Intercom CRM.
- Executed and maintained the internal invoicing system.
- Implemented the new authentication layer using JWT (RFC 7519).
- Carried out the two-factor authentication (2FA) for user/client login.
- Integrated other services like DocuSign, Postident, etc.
- Implemented day-to-day business, marketing, and technical requirements.
Technologies: JSON, XML, PostgreSQL, Docker, Sidekiq, Ruby on Rails (RoR), RubyFull-stack Developer
2015 - 2016Priori Data GmbH- Maintained the external Rails web (dashboard) app.
- Optimized the scraping process of getting data from the Apple and Google Play stores.
- Reimplemented the queueing and monitoring around the scrapers.
- Migrated acquired data from different resources to Google BigQuery.
- Maintained and provisioned different purpose VM instances on Google Cloud Platform, using Chef.
- Reimplemented the “extract” step in the ETL process, using an API-based crawler instead of the PhantomJS browser.
Technologies: Google BigQuery, Bash, Ruby on Rails (RoR), RubyBack-end Developer
2013 - 2015AskNative- Reimplemented large portions of the API to follow better design patterns, such as the hexagonal architecture and pub/sub patterns.
- Implemented the test suite for the API with 80% coverage and mutation testing.
- Executed the events-booking feature via Stripe API.
- Carried out caching for better API response times.
- Maintained the Heroku stacks for staging and production.
Technologies: Stripe Payments, MongoDB, Memcached, Redis, Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Software Developer in Berlin, Germany
Member since August 6, 2014
Ahmed is a senior API-focused, back-end, and infrastructure developer with more than nine years of experience. He has over four years in infrastructure automation and DevOps with experience in security analysis and red teaming exploit-testing. An avid fan of automation, sustainability, design patterns, and clean code, Ahmed is always interested in deriving a better problem-solving method for challenging tasks and learning sensible new technologies and tools when the need arises.
Ahmed is now available for hire
Portfolio
- SaperaAnsible, Terraform, AWS, Docker, Vagrant, Makefile, Ruby on Rails (RoR)...
- LIQID GmbHJSON, XML, PostgreSQL, Docker, Sidekiq, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
- Priori Data GmbHGoogle BigQuery, Bash, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Git, Docker, Vagrant, Bash, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Vim Text Editor, MacOS
The most amazing...
...fun project I worked on was Conway's Game of Life terminal CLI in multiple languages.
Employment
Experience
- Game of Life CLIhttps://git.sr.ht/~a14m/game-of-life
A repo that includes different implementations for Conway's Game of Life in various programming languages (currently in Ruby and Rust) as a command-line interface (CLI) to simulate a Game of Life cyclic and periodic boundary condition and animate the GoL universe on the terminal.
- Gitsubmodulehttps://github.com/mad-raz/gitsubmodule
A Bash script that wraps features for adding and removing submodules to a Git project. It is mainly used to manage installing and removing of Vim plugins.
- RMhttps://github.com/mad-raz/rm
A Bash script for new users to protect against deleting important data via the "rm" command. The script uses the system trash instead of deleting the files completely.
- EGP Rates CLIhttps://github.com/mad-raz/EGP-Rates-CLI
A small CLI to show the exchange rates of EGP from twenty different banks in a cool terminal table
- EGP Rateshttps://github.com/mad-raz/EGP-Rates
A gem that scrapes the exchange rates of EGP from twenty different banks.
- Clean Code and the Art of Exception Handling (Publication)Exceptions are as old as programming itself. An unhandled exception may cause unexpected behavior, and results can be spectacular. Over time, these errors have contributed to the impression that exceptions are bad. But exceptions are a fundamental element of modern programming. Rather than fearing exceptions, we should embrace them and learn how to benefit from them. In this article, we will discuss how to manage exceptions elegantly, and use them to write clean code that is more maintainable.
- The Publish-Subscribe Pattern on Rails: An Implementation Tutorial (Publication)The publish-subscribe pattern] (or pub/sub, for short) is a messaging pattern where senders of messages (publishers), do not program the messages to be sent directly to specific receivers (subscribers). Instead, the programmer "publishes" messages (events), without any knowledge of any subscribers there may be. This article provides insight in how to use the pub/sub pattern, in Rails, to communicate messages between different system components without these components knowing anything about each other's identity.
- Toptal MentorAhmed is a mentor in the Toptal Global Mentor’s Program. This program is a partnership between Toptal and General Assembly to provide high quality mentorship for students from minority and low income backgrounds who are looking to begin their careers as professional software engineers. Ahmed shows commitment to diversity in tech by mentoring a General Assembly student every week for a year, covering everything from coding tips and tricks to advice on making it in the industry.
Skills
Languages
Ruby, Bash, XML, Python, TypeScript, RustFrameworks
JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Ruby on Rails (RoR), Next.jsLibraries/APIs
Ruby on Rails API, GitHub API, Sidekiq, Google APIs, Facebook API, ReactTools
Codeship, Travis CI, Wercker, GitLab, GitHub, Terminal, Vim Text Editor, RSpec, Git, Basecamp, Vagrant, Ansible, Terraform, BigQuery, Makefile, Tmux, CircleCI, Asana, Jira, NotionParadigms
Continuous Integration (CI), REST, Continuous Delivery (CD), Test-driven Development (TDD), Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Continuous Deployment, DevOpsPlatforms
Heroku, MacOS, Docker, Software Design Patterns, Amazon Web Services (AWS), LinuxStorage
JSON, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, NoSQL, Memcached, MySQLOther
APIs, Stripe Payments, Google BigQuery, SOAP, Big Data, Unix Shell Scripting
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering2005 - 2011Arab Academy for Science and Technology - Alexandria, Egypt
