ML/AI Technical Leadership · Atlassian

Mohamed
Elkamhawy

I lead ML/AI for developer products like Rovo Dev, from early ideas to systems that ship.

Mohamed Elkamhawy

About

I'm part of ML/AI technical leadership at Atlassian, leading initiatives for developer-focused AI products like Rovo Dev Code Review and Rovo Dev. With 14+ years of experience, I build and scale intelligent systems that bridge research and product, from early ideation to production.

Previously at Microsoft, I drove Responsible AI work for GitHub Copilot and Azure OpenAI, including PII redaction, code vulnerability detection, and IP harm filtering. I also built benchmarking pipelines for OpenAI models in Bing.

Before that, at AWS AI, I designed NLP pipelines powering Lex, including real-time utterance expansion and conversation generation tools that improved customer onboarding.

I lead with clarity: aligning cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and driving org-level impact. Academically, I earned my Master's from the University of Washington in Seattle and I'm enrolled in Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Professional Program.

Education

Formal study that anchors how I think about language, models, and production AI.

Experience

A short path through the roles that shaped how I build and lead ML systems.

  1. 2025 – present

    Atlassian · ML/AI Technical Leadership, DevAI

    Leading ML/AI for developer products including Rovo Dev, Rovo Dev Code Review, and code search.

  2. 2022 – 2025

    Microsoft · Principal → Sr. Principal ML Engineer / TLM

    Responsible AI for GitHub Copilot and Bing; IP and copyright commitments; security models and evaluation pipelines.

  3. 2017 – 2022

    Amazon / AWS AI · Tech Lead → Science Lead

    Lex conversational AI, large-scale product understanding, and ads ranking systems with major business impact.

  4. 2013 – 2017

    Microsoft · Applied Scientist → ML Engineer

    Web-scale NLP, Windows feedback intelligence, and Azure Spark / HDInsight platform work.

  5. 2011 – 2013

    TripleSoft · Co-founder / Tech Lead

    Healthtech startup in Egypt: clinic tooling, early Android apps, and building a small engineering team.

Selected work

A few systems I led or heavily shaped. Full detail lives on the resume.

Atlassian

Rovo Dev for software teams

Leading ML/AI initiatives behind developer-focused products: Rovo Dev, Rovo Dev Code Review, and code search, so engineers get useful AI help in the IDE, PRs, and day-to-day workflow.

Microsoft

Responsible AI for Copilot and Bing

Shipped systems for PII redaction, code vulnerability detection, malware safeguards, and IP harm filtering. Built benchmarking pipelines so model quality and safety could be evaluated consistently across markets.

AWS AI · Amazon Lex

Conversation generation and NLP tooling

Designed real-time utterance expansion and conversation generation under Lex latency constraints, plus data augmentation and benchmarking tools that became part of Lex's language stack.

Amazon Ads

Sponsored Products ranking

Designed and launched a ranking feature that improved ad relevance and drove about $750M in additional revenue, while hardening auction infrastructure and engineering velocity.

Advising

I advise startups and organizations building AI products, including work with Islamic groups and community-focused teams in the MENA region and beyond.

Research and IP

Public research and patents connected to secure, edit-time code AI.

Contact

Send a note here, or reach me on LinkedIn.