Ahmed Sayed
Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAhmed Sayed is a software engineering manager based in Austin with six years of experience leading backend and DevOps work at Microsoft after a broad engineering career across healthcare, fintech, and enterprise software. He pairs an MEng in Computer and Software Engineering and an MBA with hands-on expertise shipping server-side systems, CI/CD, and cloud-native tooling. At Microsoft he has driven Java worker integration and release work for high-profile open-source Azure Functions projects, showing a focus on runtime compatibility and dependable releases. Earlier roles show full lifecycle delivery—from designing Django-based financial integrations and OCR pipelines at a fast-growing startup to building monitoring and ETL systems. He combines technical leadership with pragmatic release management and a history of mentoring and teaching, including adjunct instruction in programming. Colleagues would describe him as a steady engineering leader who bridges deep implementation experience with operational and product-minded thinking.
6 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MEng, Computer and Software Engineering, 4.0/4.0, MEng, Computer and Software Engineering, 4.0/4.0 at Widener UniversityBSc, Computer and Systems Engineering, Very good with honors, BSc, Computer and Systems Engineering, Very good with honors at Ain Shams UniversityMaster of Business Administration - MBA, 3.92, Master of Business Administration - MBA, 3.92 at University of Washington Bothell School of Business
Github Skills (12)
dependency-management10
javas10
azure-functions10
docker10
dockers10
java10
maven9
dotnet8
net8
asp-net8
dotnet-core8
csharp8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-functions-host
Jul 2019 - Jan 2021
The host/runtime that powers Azure Functions
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 release, 47 reviews, 15 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Ahmed primarily focused on updates and modifications related to the Java worker within the Azure Functions host. They integrated and updated the Java worker version across the project, adjusting dependencies in both test and source code files. Their contributions involved upgrading and reverting Java worker releases, indicating a role in maintaining and ensuring the compatibility of the Java runtime environment. This suggests a focus on the server-side aspects of the Azure Functions platform.
hostazure-functionsserverlesspowersruntime
Azure/azure-functions-core-tools
Sep 2019 - Jun 2020
Command line tools for Azure Functions
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:9 reviews, 11 commits, 22 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Ahmed primarily focused on updating and managing dependencies within the Azure Functions CLI project, specifically concerning the Java worker. They updated the Java worker version and included changes to the Dockerfile for building Java-based Azure Functions, optimizing image versions and build processes. Their contributions also included reverting changes related to the Java worker and reapplying those changes, indicating a role in release management and potentially bug fixing related to dependency updates.
command-line-toolsazure-functionsazure
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