Moataz Elmasry
Founder at Contensi
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMoataz Elmasry is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience building cloud-native systems, embedded firmware, and research-driven robotics solutions from Berlin. He blends hands-on backend and DevOps expertise—architecting scalable production environments on DigitalOcean and AWS and extending router firmware for remote management—with a strong research pedigree in computer vision and robot perception. His contributions to the well-known SoftEtherVPN project strengthened IPSec cryptography support, reflecting an uncommon mix of security-minded networking and applied R&D. Comfortable across Swift iOS apps, Python research code, and low-level networking, he repeatedly turns academic ideas into production tools that save time and cost. Persistent about learning every day, he thrives at the intersection of problem solving, robotics, and backend engineering.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) DSH German proficiency track, Master of Science (M.S.) DSH German proficiency track at Bonn UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Helwan University CairoMaster Computer Science, Master Computer Science at The University of Bonn
Arabic, English, German
Github Skills (11)
c1710
ipsec10
mtls10
diffie-hellman10
tls1210
c1110
vpn10
tls1310
libtls10
openvpn9
l2tp8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN
Jan 2017 - Aug 2018
Cross-platform multi-protocol VPN software. Pull requests are welcome. The stable version is available at https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN_Stable.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 28 commits, 69 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Moataz primarily contributed to the SoftEther VPN project by adding support for various cryptographic algorithms and Diffie-Hellman groups used in the IKE (Internet Key Exchange) protocol for IPSec. Their commits included the addition of HMAC-SHA2 algorithms, extending the available hashing methods, and also included supporting new Diffie-Hellman groups, enhancing the security options for VPN connections. This work directly impacts the security and compatibility of the VPN software by allowing for stronger encryption and key exchange protocols.
vpn-tunnelmulti-protocoll2tpv3multi-platformwfh
moatazelmasry2/softether.js
Dec 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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