Ahmed Massoud

Software Development Engineer @ AWS | Focused on Infrastructure & Developer Tools.

About

I'm a backend-focused software engineer with experience in fault injection systems, GenAI-based diagnostics, and internal developer tooling. At AWS, I focus on building reliable systems and improving developer operations through automation, testing, and observability.

Experience

Software Development Engineer II @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Berlin, Germany | Sept 2024 – Present

Improved error diagnosis quality by 20% using formal methods and GenAI for IAM permission errors.

Software Development Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Berlin, Germany | Feb 2023 – Sept 2024

Developed chaos testing strategies and internal load testing tools for API scalability validation.
Built one-command Gameday tool, improving reliability of weekly failure simulations.
Migrated DynamoDB data structure during a major system refactor.
On-call for incident investigations, CI/CD stability, and issue resolution.

Full Stack Developer @ NovaLabs

Doha, Qatar | Sept 2021 – Nov 2022

Solved multi-database migration challenges and reduced codebase by 20% through architecture improvements.
Contributed to open source by implementing BIDI algorithm for RTL PDF rendering.
Implemented idempotent payment system for an E-commerce SaaS platform.

Software Developer @ QuickByte

Doha, Qatar | Dec 2020 – Aug 2021

Built social food ordering features and admin dashboard for React Native app.
Integrated analytics using Amplitude and crash tracking with Sentry.
Implemented CI/CD using Docker and GitHub Actions.

Skills

Kotlin

TypeScript

JavaScript

Java

Python

SQL

AWS

Docker

Postman

Nginx

CI/CD

Git

Linux