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Backend & Cloud/DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience, certified AWS Solutions Architect Associate. For the past 6 years, I've been at the heart of the Eurosport / Warner Bros. Discovery technical ecosystem, operating 16 production services serving millions of users in 50+ countries, including the APIs for the Paris 2024 and Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Games.
My expertise:
• High-availability APIs: GraphQL (Apollo Server), REST, high-traffic event-driven architectures
• AWS Cloud: ECS Fargate, Lambda, Aurora, Kubernetes, OpenSearch, ElastiCache — Infrastructure as Code via Terraform
• DevOps & CI/CD: GitHub Actions, CircleCI, atomic microservice deployments, dynamic QA environments per PR
• Complex migrations: complete inter-AWS account migration, AWS -> IBM cloud migration, ECS/Beanstalk migration, Redis -> Valkey migration
• Technical leadership: mentoring DevOps teams, mentorship, implementing best practices
I work on critical backend projects for startups, scale-ups, and large enterprises (BNP Paribas, Stellantis/Free2Move, Warner Bros. Discovery). I also lead several personal projects (Hotily PWA sold, Tennis-Minute media, AI/LLM-based SaaS Adjugo).
Available for demanding technical missions — let's discuss your project.
French
Native or bilingual
Arabic
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- BNP Paribas Personal FinanceAWS DevOps Technical LeadBANKING AND INSURANCEJune 2023 - June 2024 (1 year)Paris, FranceAs Lead DevOps, I managed the DevOps team and improved CI/CD pipelines with unit deployments for each microservice. I also handled the migration of the project from AWS to IBM Cloud.Key achievements:• CI/CD Improvement: Refactored pipelines, reducing deployment times and increasing reliability.• Microservice Unit Deployment: Implemented unit deployments, minimizing errors and accelerating production releases.• Re-architecting Cloud Migration: Successful transition from AWS to IBM Cloud.• Training and Mentoring: Coached the team on DevOps best practices and automated testing.• Environment Monitoring and Maintenance: Successful transition from AWS to IBM Cloud.This mission allowed me to strengthen my skills in CI/CD pipeline management, microservice deployment, and cloud migration.
- EurosportLead Software EngineerPRESS AND MEDIANovember 2019 - Today (6 years and 7 months)Issy-les-Moulineaux, FranceContext:Development of a GraphQL API to serve content from Eurosport's sports-focused content management system.Responsibilities:- Development of a GRAPHQL API- Implementation of CI/CD- Development of unit and integration tests- Deployment of multiple APIs via various infrastructures (AWS ECS, Elastic Beanstalk)- Infrastructure deployment via Terraform- Implementation of load tests using K6- Technical interviews for developers- Implementation of architectures for various video encoding workflows- Implementation of caching and auto-scaling strategies for better management of high trafficEnvironment: NodeJs, Apollo Server, ReactJS, Jest, Cucumber, CircleCI, AWS, Docker
- iAdvizeDEVOPS AWSTECHJanuary 2022 - February 2022 (1 month)Paris, FranceImplementation of Terraform at the client's site and a CI/CD process via GitHub Actions. Addition of a development environment.
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Education
- Master's Degree in Software EngineeringUniversity of Avignon2014
Certifications
- AWS Architect AssociateAWS2019