Brahim Elhoube

Platform & Site Reliability Engineer

Hey, I'm Brahim! I build and operate the platforms that engineering teams run on. Kubernetes clusters, observability stacks, IAM, and cost controls, end to end in production.

My work focuses on reliability, security, developer tooling, and keeping systems operationally honest.

Featured Projects

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DevOps & SRE

Network Traffic Visualization Data Pipeline

A real-time observability pipeline for capturing, streaming, transforming, storing, and visualizing network traffic data.

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DevOps & SRE

Serverless Chatbot App

A serverless AWS chatbot architecture designed around managed identity, event-driven compute, NoSQL persistence, static hosting, and AI integration.

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Web Development

Fuel Station Management System

A Laravel and MySQL management system for tracking fuel tanks, pump activity, daily sales, prices, and operational inventory.

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Work Experience

Platform Engineer · Qantev

Feb 2025 - Present

  • Built pipelines and internal tools to sync dashboards, alerts, and infrastructure changes across client environments.
  • Led the migration to a new Kubernetes cluster focused on lower costs, better observability, and stronger alerting.
  • Improved platform reliability and security with autoscaling, service mesh, updated charts, and resource tuning based on production usage.
  • Worked on production readiness checks and high availability improvements across core platform services.

Founding Engineer · DUP

Sep 2021 - Feb 2025

  • Worked as the sole engineer on management systems for local businesses at an early-stage startup.
  • Introduced an Agile workflow with clients, from requirement gathering to planning delivery deadlines.
  • Built and deployed the systems in on-premise environments with attention to data integrity, security, and availability.
  • Supported incident response and intrusion detection for deployed applications.

Associate Software Engineer · CyberDefenders

Jul 2023 - Sep 2023

  • Improved user retention features by building rewards, badges, and notification systems.
  • Migrated production storage from on-premise infrastructure to AWS S3.
  • Moved hundreds of GBs of data while updating the application codebase to support S3 with fallback handling.

Software Engineer Intern · AJICOD

Apr 2022 - Jun 2022

  • Created a Figma-based design system to improve UI consistency across an e-learning platform.
  • Built documented Laravel API endpoints for cleaner integration across the development team.
  • Communicated requirements and technical decisions with stakeholders to keep design and implementation aligned.

Software Engineer Intern · Administration regionale Souss Massa

Jun 2021 - Sep 2021

  • Led development of a PHP employee management system for regional administration workflows.
  • Redesigned the HR database schema to improve how employee records were stored and retrieved.
  • Integrated document generation and printing flows with HR stakeholders to reduce manual record handling.

Recent Writing

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What I learned in 2025

Reflecting on the lessons and experiences of 2025 as I transition from student life to the next chapter.

Dec 30, 2025 · General

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Handle Data Growth With Database Scaling

Handling data growth with effective database scaling is essential for maintaining application performance and user satisfaction.

Oct 20, 2024 · Database

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Stop Playing Small - The Trap of the "Junior" Mindset

It's fine to be a junior developer, but staying there without actively trying to grow is a mistake. Simply waiting for time to pass, assuming that more years of experience will automatically make you a senior, is a mistake.

Aug 26, 2024 · General

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Let's Connect

I'm always interested in discussing infrastructure, AI products, developer tooling and interesting ideas.