Tamer Ahmed
Sr Software Engineer at SpaceX
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTamer Ahmed is a senior software engineer with 15+ years of cross-domain experience in embedded systems, wireless communications, and cloud networking, currently improving Starlink performance at SpaceX. He combines deep algorithm and systems design skills with a strong track record of measurable impact—e.g., raising Ka/E backhaul spectral efficiency from 55% to 85% and delivering crash-free MAC-layer logging. His work spans from low-level memory- and bit-packing optimizations to high-level architecture for Azure dual ToR and DHCP services, for which he received a Microsoft patent award. An active contributor to SONiC tooling and build infrastructure, he focuses on automation, testing, and resilient network services. Tamer’s background in telecom standards and simulation-driven modeling informs efficient designs for real-time and resource-constrained systems. He is motivated by hard engineering problems that translate into tangible operational gains.
6 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Electrical Engineering, CAD/CAE for Electronic Circuits, Master, Electrical Engineering, CAD/CAE for Electronic Circuits at University of Ottawa / Université d'OttawaB.Sc, Computer Science and Automatic Control, B.Sc, Computer Science and Automatic Control at Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University
Github Skills (24)
network-configuration10
docker10
sonic10
pytest10
python10
testing10
bash10
dockers10
automation10
command-line-utility10
ansible10
ansible-galaxy10
automations10
devops10
json9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sonic-net/sonic-buildimage
Jan 2020 - Aug 2021
Scripts which perform an installable binary image build for SONiC
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:264 reviews, 105 commits, 106 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Tamer primarily contributes to the build and deployment infrastructure of the SONiC project. Their work includes packaging and integrating third-party libraries like libnl, creating scripts for managing configurations, and optimizing build processes. They also implemented monitoring functionality for DHCP relay, addressing potential issues in network operation. The contributions span across system configuration, infrastructure automation, and network service monitoring.
armv6installableimage-buildsonicbinary-image
sonic-net/sonic-mgmt
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
Configuration management examples for SONiC
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:38 reviews, 43 commits, 81 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Tamer primarily contributed to configuration management examples and testing related to SONiC. Their work involved enhancing Ansible playbooks by adding type definitions for parameters, improving DHCP relay functionality by addressing MAC address uniqueness in PTF interfaces, and developing pytest tests for Broadcom SER functionality. They also made various improvements to the Ansible modules used for BGP speaker tests and testbed setup. Their contributions highlight a focus on automation, testing, and network configuration within the SONiC environment.
configuration-managementansibleconfigurationsonic
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