Summary
Mohammed Alfatafta is a software engineer with 9 years of experience and a Master’s in Distributed Systems, currently building scalable infrastructure at Arista Networks after four years of impactful work at Amazon. He designs fault-tolerant, production-grade systems and has published research at OSDI, reflecting a strong bridge between academic rigor and practical engineering. Proficient in C++, Java, Python, MPI and AWS, he has led cross-team features for Amazon.com and Amazon Music—ranging from automated ad translation to notification and language-selection systems. His research background includes dissecting fault tolerance across major distributed systems and implementing cloud-optimized MPI and partitioning plugins. A competitive programmer who has placed in ACM ICPC and Google Hash Code, he combines algorithmic problem-solving with system-level design to tackle complex reliability challenges. Based in Vancouver, he brings both hands-on implementation experience and a demonstrated ability to coordinate launches across large engineering organizations.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Systems Engineering, 91.4%, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Systems Engineering, 91.4% at Palestine Polytechnic University
Computer Science, 96%, Computer Science, 96% at Ibn Sina School for Computer Science
Master's degree, Computer Science, 93.5%, Master's degree, Computer Science, 93.5% at University of Waterloo
English, Arabic