Moustafa Zein
@moustafazein
Experienced Software Engineering Manager with a passion for innovation.
What I'm looking for
I am an experienced Software Engineering Manager with over 11 years in building scalable web and data systems, and more than 5 years in engineering leadership roles. My journey has been marked by a proven track record of leading high-impact teams and delivering innovative ML and MLOps solutions across startups and enterprises, including Microsoft and Ford's Autonomic company.
Throughout my career, I have adeptly deployed large-scale data infrastructure and end-to-end applications using tools like Kubernetes, Spring, Django, Flink, Redis, and Kafka. I excel at aligning technical strategies with business objectives, driving product growth, and mentoring cross-functional teams. My experience includes building engineering processes and enhancing team technical skills, which have significantly contributed to the success of leading startups in Egypt.
My ability to collaborate with business stakeholders and translate requirements into technical solutions has consistently resulted in timely project deliveries within budget. I am passionate about leveraging my expertise to foster innovation and drive success in future endeavors.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead Engineer and Tech Advisor
Haat Delivery
Oct 2024 - Present (8 months)
Hired and established the ML algorithms and data infrastructure team, developing data infrastructure using Azure cloud solutions. Implemented an automated vehicle routing system to cover 24 areas, resulting in a 100% increase in daily orders from 9.8K to 18K within 8 months.
Senior Engineering Manager
Microsoft
Jul 2022 - Sep 2024 (2 years 2 months)
Managed a team of 15 engineers, improving coordination between the team, product managers, and business partners. Led the development of a highly scalable and reliable data ingestion platform for the auto marketplace, processing 20 million automotive records daily.
Lead Engineer
Autonomic
Dec 2021 - Jul 2022 (7 months)
Led the Java track and managed five engineers in the observability team, establishing the code review process and contributing to a GCP migration that cut costs by 27%. Built InsightData and AlertManager microservices, enabling Ford users to trace platform activity, access logs, and set alerts.
FinTech Technical Lead
MaxAB
Jan 2021 - Sep 2021 (8 months)
Hired and managed a Fintech squad of 14 engineers, launching two products from scratch and increasing team productivity by 45%. Led a cross-functional team to deliver secure, scalable wallet, credit, and e-money services used by 55K daily users, generating EGP 900M in revenue.
Senior Backend Engineer
elmenus
Dec 2019 - Oct 2020 (10 months)
Developed the core of the fleet operations system using an event sourcing approach, improving delivery time by 50% and enabling the company to launch its own fleet. Refactored the search module, boosting search accuracy from 40% to 86% in the first phase and up to 93% in the second.
Senior Java Software Engineer
TheGroup Securities
Mar 2018 - Nov 2019 (1 year 8 months)
Contributed to building a real-time application offering financial microservices, including price streaming and handling 20K daily stock market orders, funding, and money transfers. Developed securities APIs supporting over 50K concurrent users and processing 2 million transactions per second.
Junior/Senior Java Software Engineer
Asset Technology Group
Jul 2015 - Feb 2018 (2 years 7 months)
Developed a correspondence and document management system (web and mobile) using the Java technology stack. Optimized core workflow functions in the Arrow product, reducing average response time from 20 seconds to 2 seconds.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Cairo University
M.Sc. in Computer Science, Computer Science
Focused on Psychoinformatics, leveraging machine learning and optimization systems. Completed a master's thesis on 'A Reality Mining Model in Human Behavior'.
Cairo University
B.Sc. in Computer Science, Computer Science
Grade: Very Good
Specialized in Intelligent Systems, completing a bachelor's thesis on 'RFID-based Cashier and Inventory Management Units for Supermarket and Retail stores'. Achieved a 'Very Good' grade.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
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