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zakaria soukeur

@zakariasoukeur

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Backend and Cloud Software Engineer building secure, high-performance APIs and event-driven serverless systems on AWS.

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a backend/cloud role where I can own systems end-to-end—building secure, high-performance REST APIs and event-driven serverless architectures on AWS, improving latency and reliability with IaC and orchestrated workflows.

I’m a Backend / Cloud Software Engineer with 3+ years building production-grade serverless and distributed systems on AWS—Lambda, ECS Fargate, DynamoDB, and S3. I specialize in high-performance, secure REST APIs and event-driven architectures, with a strong end-to-end mindset from infrastructure as code to application workflows.

In my most recent role, I reduced API response times from 50s to 1s (98%) by re-architecting around asynchronous serverless workflows, and I improved payment processing speed by 20%. I’ve also implemented HMAC-authenticated communication between distributed microservices, architected cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK, and used Temporal to orchestrate asynchronous workflows—often partnering with ML and frontend teams to ship production-ready features.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Backend Engineer

Current

Sunthetics

May 2025 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Designed high-performance backend APIs for AI-powered R&D workflows and owned an end-to-end feature for handling missing/invalid user input variables. Re-architected serverless workflows to reduce API response times from 50s to 1s (98%) and built pipelines using AWS Lambda, ECS Fargate, DynamoDB, and S3.

fastAPI AWS Lambda AWS Fargate DynamoDB Amazon S3 AWS CDK Serverless Microservices

Software Engineer

Dzirium-Lazdek

Oct 2023 - May 2025 (1 year 7 months)

Engineered backend services for production web applications using Go and FastAPI. Architected Temporal-based asynchronous document-processing workflows and developed secure payment APIs, reducing payment processing time by ~20%, while delivering real-time analytics via Server-Sent Events (SSE).

Go fastAPI PostgreSQL Temporal Docker Server Sent Events (SSE)Document Processing

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University Constantine 2 Abdelhamid Mehri

Master's in Computer Science, Information Technology & Communication

2018 - 2023

Master's degree in Computer Science with a focus on Information Technology & Communication. Completed studies from 2018 to 2023 at University Constantine 2 Abdelhamid Mehri.