Mohamed Elasmar
SDE III at Amazon
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolMohamed Elasmar is an experienced SDE III and technical architect with over a decade in multinational IT engagements across banking, government, and transportation, now based in Vancouver and working at AWS. He blends hands-on backend and DevOps expertise with architecture and team leadership, proven at AWS, Amazon, HP, and IBM. Mohamed actively contributes to high-profile open-source projects such as aws-cdk and aws-sam-cli, where he fixed critical asset-handling bugs and added integration tests for API Gateway and serverless workflows. A competitive problem-solver, he brings ACM contest pedigree and regular online-judge practice to drive robust, performant solutions under tight timelines. Comfortable both leading teams and diving into code, he adapts quickly to varied client environments and evolving project requirements. He pairs a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset with a curiosity for new technologies and practical tooling improvements.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science , Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science , Computer Science at Cairo University
English, Arabic
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Github Skills (25)
unit-testing10
apim10
docker10
aws-cdk10
python10
api-design10
testing10
typescript10
dockers10
terraform10
terraformer10
aws-sam10
aws-cloudformation10
api10
aws10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-sam-cli
Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
CLI tool to build, test, debug, and deploy Serverless applications using AWS SAM
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:1014 reviews, 295 commits, 519 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Mohamed primarily contributed to the AWS SAM CLI tool, focusing on testing and enhancing the functionality of API Gateway features. Their work included adding integration tests for various API Gateway configurations (HTTP, REST) and ensuring accurate handling of requests. They also addressed issues related to large input requests and container management. Furthermore, the user updated the codebase by fixing V2 API gateway issues and introducing Terraform support for managing API gateway resources.
api-gatewayclipythonserverless-applicationsserverless
aws/serverless-application-model
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
The AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) transform is a AWS CloudFormation macro that transforms SAM templates into CloudFormation templates.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:91 reviews, 9 commits, 25 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Mohamed primarily focused on bug fixes and improvements to the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) transformation tool. Their contributions included resolving issues related to request parameter parsing, ensuring correct string resolution for QueueLogicalId, and validating the "responses" section in OpenAPI definitions. Additionally, the user updated the codebase to address edge cases and integrate with the framework. The user has also implemented a feature to disable integration test cases for S3 events.
aws-cloudformationaws-serverless-application-modelserverless-application-modelserverless-applicationsaws-serverless
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