Mohamed Ghoneim
Senior Software Engineer at Airbnb
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMohamed Ghoneim is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building production-grade networking and cloud systems, currently contributing at Airbnb out of the Greater Seattle area. He spent several formative years on Azure Networking at Microsoft, delivering robust backend and systems solutions and bridging low-level networking concerns with scalable cloud services. An active open-source contributor to the SONiC networking project, he implemented configuration management features like apply-patch, rollback and checkpoint support and improved JSONPatch-based config updates and validation. Mohamed combines deep systems engineering and build-image expertise—modifying YANG models and build tooling—with practical backend development to solve operational complexity. He also brings teaching experience from academia and a history of leading small teams on ambitious projects, reflecting both mentorship and hands-on delivery.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Computer Science, Master's Degree Computer Science at The American University in Cairo
English, Arabic
Github Skills (15)
configuration-management10
sonic10
python10
cli10
build-script9
yang9
build-system9
build-tools9
docker8
dockers8
devops7
testing7
test-automation7
bash6
git4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sonic-net/sonic-utilities
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
Command line utilities for the SONiC project
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:215 reviews, 49 commits, 71 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Mohamed implemented and enhanced command-line utilities for the SONiC project, focusing on the configuration management aspects. Their contributions included adding features like apply-patch, rollback, and checkpoint functionalities, along with their respective CLI commands. The user also worked on patch sorting and validation, which involved significant changes to the generic config updater, including handling empty tables and implementing non-strict mode for testing. They demonstrated expertise in config management and the use of JSONPatch for configuration updates.
command-linesonic
sonic-net/sonic-buildimage
Jul 2021 - Apr 2022
Scripts which perform an installable binary image build for SONiC
Role in this project:Back-end & Systems Engineer
Back-end & Systems EngineerContributions:19 reviews, 14 commits, 26 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Mohamed primarily contributes to the SONiC build image, focusing on enhancements and bug fixes related to the sonic-yang-mgmt and yang-models components. Their work involves modifying Python scripts, YANG model files, and build configurations. Key contributions include adding features for logging control, validating data, and addressing issues related to the ACL models and BGP monitor. They also address build and package dependencies.
binary-imagesonic
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