I am a Senior Cloud & Backend Engineer with over 10 years of experience designing and delivering scalable backend systems and cloud-native SaaS platforms on AWS. I specialize in building reliable, cost-efficient architectures with strong DevOps practices and robust observability. I have a hands-on approach and thrive in cross-functional teams, translating business needs into practical technical solutions, from concept to production while maintaining strong collaboration with product and operations teams.

Firdaws Aboulaye

I am a Senior Cloud & Backend Engineer with over 10 years of experience designing and delivering scalable backend systems and cloud-native SaaS platforms on AWS. I specialize in building reliable, cost-efficient architectures with strong DevOps practices and robust observability. I have a hands-on approach and thrive in cross-functional teams, translating business needs into practical technical solutions, from concept to production while maintaining strong collaboration with product and operations teams.

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I am a Senior Cloud & Backend Engineer with over 10 years of experience designing and delivering scalable backend systems and cloud-native SaaS platforms on AWS. I specialize in building reliable, cost-efficient architectures with strong DevOps practices and robust observability.

I have a hands-on approach and thrive in cross-functional teams, translating business needs into practical technical solutions, from concept to production while maintaining strong collaboration with product and operations teams.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

French
Fluent
English
Fluent
German
Beginner

Work Experience

DevOps/Cloud Engineer at IP Labs
January 1, 2020 - November 9, 2025
Led end-to-end implementation of a cloud-native file storage backend API (TypeScript, AWS Lambda, S3, SQS, DynamoDB); built a resilient CI/CD pipeline; implemented automation scripts; established comprehensive observability using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, Loki; simulated high-load performance testing with Locust; collaborated with product and operations to translate business needs into scalable cloud solutions.
Cloud & Backend Engineer (Contractor) at IP Labs
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Designed and developed an API for claims file storage; delivered a fully automated CI/CD process to streamline deployment and maintenance; built a pricing service with automation for new price versions; contributed to the contract renewal workflow; integrated Stripe for payment recovery and reconciliation.
Tech Lead at IP Labs
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2020
Designed and implemented invoice archiving and retrieval workflow using BPMN (Activiti) and RabbitMQ with AWS S3, MongoDB as backend; led end-to-end delivery and production deployment of invoice archiving services; architected and optimized MongoDB for large-scale data, reducing indexing overhead; migrated key services to AWS with lifecycle policies; containerized services with Docker and deployed at scale using Rancher; implemented authentication and authorization with SAML and Spring Security; managed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and automated infrastructure provisioning with Ansible.
DevOps/Cloud Engineer at IP Labs
January 1, 2020 - November 15, 2025
Led end-to-end implementation of a cloud-native file storage backend API using TypeScript, AWS Lambda, S3, SQS, and DynamoDB; built and operated a resilient CI/CD pipeline with AWS CodePipeline and Terraform; automated Python scripts for CI/CD workflows; established comprehensive monitoring with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki; validated scalability with high-load testing using Locust; collaborated with product and operations teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
Cloud & Backend Engineer (Contractor) at Genix Group
December 31, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Designed and implemented cloud-native backend services with AWS SAM, Terraform, and Terraform; improved release reliability via fully automated CI/CD pipelines; built a claims file storage API, enabling automated deployment and maintenance; developed pricing service for auto versioning; contributed to contract renewal workflow; implemented an unpaid payment recovery system integrated with Stripe; ensured secure API communications via SAM LV2; managed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Ansible; supported observability via CloudWatch, Grafana, Loki, ELK.
Tech Lead at Genix Group
December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Architected end-to-end invoice archiving and retrieval systems using BPMN Activiti and RabbitMQ; deployed scalable storage with AWS S3 and MongoDB back-end; led production deployment and ensured compliance, scalability and reliability; migrated core services to AWS with data lifecycle policies; containerized services with Docker and deployed on Rancher; implemented authentication with Spring Security; built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Ansible.
Cloud Architect / AI Platform (Project) at AI-powered eCommerce Platform (Project)
January 1, 2024 - November 15, 2025
Designed microservice architecture (Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) deployed on EKS; built a Multi-Agent Control Plane (MCP) to orchestrate AI agents for pricing & recommendations; deployed with GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Helm; established full observability using Grafana + Loki; ensured security via IAM roles and regular scans.

Education

Master’s Degree – Network and Distributed Systems at Université de Franche-Comté
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2014
Master’s Degree – Software Engineering at Ibn Tofail University
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012
Master’s Degree – Network and Distributed Systems at Université de Franche-Comté (Besançon, France)
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2014
Master’s Degree – Software Engineering at Ibn Tofail University (Kenitra, Morocco)
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012

Qualifications

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
January 1, 2020 - November 9, 2025
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 1, 2019 - November 9, 2025
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
January 1, 2019 - November 9, 2025
Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 8 Programmer
January 1, 2018 - November 9, 2025
Kubernetes Administrator – Associate
January 1, 2025 - November 9, 2025
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
January 1, 2020 - November 15, 2025
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 1, 2019 - November 15, 2025
Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 8 Programmer
January 1, 2018 - November 15, 2025
Kubernetes Administrator
January 1, 2025 - November 15, 2025
Kubernetes Application Developer
January 1, 2025 - November 15, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services