Mustafa Leithy is a Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft with eight years of experience leading backend teams for high-scale products like Microsoft Clarity and Bing. He progressed through engineering roles at Microsoft—from Software Engineer to principal manager—driving backend architecture and delivery for analytics and commerce features. Based in Cairo, he combines hands-on engineering with people leadership, mentoring teams to ship reliable, data-driven systems. His background in computer engineering from The American University in Cairo underpins a pragmatic approach to building scalable services. Notably, he has moved between product domains (search, maps, commerce, and user analytics), giving him a rare cross-product perspective on telemetry and backend performance. Colleagues describe him as a steady technical leader who translates complex requirements into operational, high-throughput solutions.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at The American University in Cairo
The Bing Maps Fleet Tracker is a tracking solution for small to medium sized teams. Easily track vehicles and mobile devices. Previously known as "Project Hurghada".
Contributions:1 release, 53 commits, 27 PRs in 1 month
trackerfleet-managementbing-mapstrackingvehicles
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Mustafa Leithy - Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft