Philippe Asmar
Software Development Engineer SDE2 at Amazon
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolPhilippe Asmar is a Software Development Engineer II at AWS in New York with six years of commercial experience and an M.Eng. in Computer Science from Cornell. He focuses on making .NET first-class on AWS, contributing to high-profile open-source projects like aws-lambda-dotnet and the AWS .NET SDK by improving serialization, API gateway support, and SDK robustness. Previously at Murex he built large-scale automation and developer tooling—version control, production pipelines, documentation generators and dynamic data modeling—demonstrating a blend of backend systems design and developer productivity. Known for attention to serialization edge cases and production-readiness, he pairs strong C#/.NET expertise with practical automation skills that accelerate delivery across distributed BI and cloud services.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.81, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.81 at Notre Dame University - Louaize (NDU)Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science, 3.97, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science, 3.97 at Cornell Tech
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Github Skills (19)
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serializer10
net-sdk10
aws-lambda10
serialization10
deserialization10
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dotnet-sdk10
dotnet-core10
aws-s310
netcore10
csharp10
json9
asp-net-core9
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-sdk-net
Jul 2020 - Aug 2022
The official AWS SDK for .NET. For more information on the AWS SDK for .NET, see our web site:
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:51 reviews, 13 commits, 14 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Philippe primarily contributed to the .NET SDK for AWS, focusing on bug fixes and documentation improvements. Their work included addressing decoding issues and enhancing class constructors, specifically within the S3 service. Additionally, the user updated copyright statements and made minor code adjustments within the AmplifyBackend and DynamoDBv2 service components. These contributions suggest a focus on maintaining code quality, updating documentation, and ensuring the proper functioning of the SDK across various AWS services.
dotnetweb-sitesdkaws-sdkcsharp
aws/aws-lambda-dotnet
Jul 2020 - Nov 2022
Libraries, samples and tools to help .NET Core developers develop AWS Lambda functions.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:264 reviews, 33 commits, 169 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Philippe primarily focused on enhancing the serialization and deserialization capabilities of the .NET Core Lambda functions by modifying the `Amazon.Lambda.Serialization.SystemTextJson` library. They introduced features to customize JSON serialization options, ensuring correct handling of quotation marks. Furthermore, the user updated project versions and configurations, including the `Amazon.Lambda.AspNetCoreServer` project and related dependencies, and added cookie support to the `APIGatewayHttpApiV2ProxyFunction`.
dotnetlambda-functionsaws-lambdaserverlessnet-core
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