About Ahmed
Backend & Cloud Engineer, contributing to the design and deployment of scalable AWS infrastructure with Terraform while implementing containerized workflows using Docker, ECR, and GitLab CI/CD for efficient and seamless deployments. Integrated OpenAI APIs and OpenSearch into backend services, and managed RDS, S3, and Lambda operations to enhance backend functionality.
Holds a Bachelor in Computer Systems from the University of M'hamed Bouguerra Boumerdes and has pursued a Masters in Software Engineering & Information Processing. Focused on delivering reliable, maintainable, and production-ready cloud-native solutions. Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), cloud platforms, and modern DevOps practices.
English
Native or bilingual
French
Conversational
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- CareerBoosterBackend & Infrastructure EngineerDIGITAL AND ITSeptember 2025 - Today (9 months)Paris, France– Architected AWS infrastructure from scratch using Terraform (IaC), provisioning EC2, VPC, ECR, ECS, ALB, RDS, S3, Lambda — reducing manual provisioning effort by ~70%.– Migrated workloads from ECS to EC2 after cost analysis, achieving an estimated 30% reduction in monthly compute spend with zero downtime.– Implemented Blue-Green deployment strategy via ALB, eliminating deployment downtime and enabling safe rollbacks on every release.– Containerized multi-service backend with Docker + ECR, standardizing build and release cycles across environments (dev/staging/prod).– Integrated OpenAI API and AWS OpenSearch to power AI-assisted search features, shortening feature delivery from specification to production.– Automated full CI/CD pipelines via GitLab CI, cutting manual release steps and enabling developer self service deployments.
- AYRADEBackend Software EngineerDecember 2024 - September 2025 (9 months)AYRADE, Algiers, AL, Algeria– Refactored a monolithic Laravel codebase to a service-layer architecture (thin controllers), improving testability and reducing average feature development time.– Led adoption of Laravel + Vue (Inertia.js) over Blade-heavy views, eliminating redundant rendering overhead and improving frontend maintainability.– Defined team-wide backend coding standards (Gitflow, feature branching, service pattern), mentoring 2 junior engineers from zero Git knowledge to autonomous contributors in under 3 months.– Drove component decomposition initiative applying Atomic Design principles to the Vue layer, reducing UI duplication across the codebase.
- M2i-servicesBackend & Fullstack EngineerDecember 2023 - October 2024 (10 months)– Delivered a full fleet management platform end-to-end (Laravel + Vue.js) from requirements to production, handling all backend, API, and database layers.– Designed and optimized relational schemas across PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Oracle, improving query performance on reporting-heavy workflows.– Built reusable Vue.js component library and implemented Vuex state management, reducing redundant API calls and improving UI responsiveness.– Managed a small engineering team, establishing delivery cadence and ensuring on-time feature releases across multiple sprint cycles.
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Education
- M.Sc.University of M'hamed Bougara2022M.Sc.
- B.Sc.University of M'hamed Bougara2017B.Sc.