El Mehdi Benyoussef
Software & Big Data Architect
I’m El Mehdi Benyoussef, a Software and Big Data Architect with over 7 years of experience in designing scalable, high-performance systems. I specialize in software architecture, data transformation, and cloud solutions, leading teams to deliver innovative digital products. My expertise spans AI, big data, and no-code/low-code platforms, with a passion for solving complex challenges.
Professional Experience
Software and Data Architect, Leyton (Nov 2021 - Present, Casablanca, Morocco)
Reviewing and scaling projects to ensure reliability, maintainability, and security while leading teams to create top-tier products and training senior engineers in solution architecture.
Software and Data Architect (Entrepreneurship), Archipel Cognitive (May 2021 - Present, Casablanca, Morocco)
Designing internal solutions, guiding clients in data transformation, and leading teams to develop high-quality digital products.
Consultant for Big Data Systems Architecture (Aug 2020 - Oct 2021, Casablanca, Morocco)
Architected solutions, stabilized Ambari clusters, and set up industrialized processes for Spark jobs using Livy, Jenkins, and Airflow.
Co-Founder and Head of Technologies, DECOD SARL (Jan 2020 - Jan 2022, Casablanca, Morocco)
Supported companies in data transformation and led the development of AI solutions.
Head of Data Science, The Good Data Factory S.A. (Dec 2019 - Jul 2020, Rabat, Morocco)
Advised on strategies as an executive board member, led the data science team, and deployed machine learning solutions on MSFT Azure.
Product Lead Data & Machine Learning Engineer, The Good Data Factory S.A. (Dec 2017 - Dec 2019, Rabat, Morocco)
Led a team to develop an AI platform for marketing, leveraging Python and Azure for scalable machine learning solutions.
Solutions Engineer - Big Data & Data Science, Optimum Solutions (Jan 2017 - Nov 2017, Casablanca, Morocco)
Contributed to big data and data science projects, focusing on system design and implementation.
Key Projects
Load Balancer for Azure OpenAI Services, Archipel Cognitive
Implemented a load balancer using Azure OpenAI, API Management, Active Directory, and Managed Identity.
Data Pipeline for Automated Social ETLs, Archipel Cognitive
Designed a pipeline architecture with Azure ADF, Serverless Functions, Configs, and Managed Elastic Search.
Middleware for Data Syncs (Salesforce and Odoo), Leyton
Built a middleware architecture using Celery, Redis, Kafka, PushTopics, and Debezium for change data capture.
Reference Architecture for Asynchronous Task Execution, Leyton
Developed a solution with FastAPI, Celery, Redis, Airflow, and Flower Monitoring.
Automated Pipeline for Spark Batch Jobs, Leyton
Created an industrial pipeline for Spark jobs submission using Hadoop, Spark, Livy, Airflow, Elasticsearch, and Kibana.
Technical Skills
Architecture & Design: Software Architecture Principles, Data Architecture, System Design, Design Patterns.
Programming: Python, PySpark, SQL, NodeJS; Frameworks: FastAPI, Celery, Flower.
Big Data: Ambari (Hadoop), Azure HDInsight, Databricks, Hive, Spark, Livy, ELK, Jenkins, Airflow, Kafka, Redis.
Cloud: Azure (AKS, Blob Storage, Functions, Data Factory), AWS (CloudFront, S3, EC2, ECS, Lambda).
No Code/Low Code: Mendix, OutSystems, Bubble, AppSmith, FlatLogic.
Education & Certifications
Master’s in Engineering and Systems Optimization (2014 - 2016)
Faculty of Science Ain Chock, University of Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.
Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science (2011 - 2014)
Faculty of Science Ain Chock, University of Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.
Certifications: Big Data Developer (Mastery Award for Students 2016, IBM), Azure AZ900 (2023, Microsoft).
Get in Touch
Reach out to discuss opportunities or collaborations. Contact me at ebenyoussef@archipel.group or call me at (+212) 657507236.