CTO · BACKEND ENGINEER

Ismail Rabah

I design and ship the systems behind products: APIs, data models, pipelines and infrastructure. Ten years in PHP, Python and Node.js, now leading engineering at 4Tech Lab in Agadir.

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10 yrsbackend experience
6–8engineers led
3languages spoken
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  "role": "Chief Technology Officer",
  "core": ["Symfony", "Laravel", "Django", "Node.js"],
  "data": ["PostgreSQL", "MongoDB", "Redis", "Elastic"],
  "ops":  ["Docker", "Kubernetes", "Terraform", "AWS"],
  "ai":   ["Ollama", "LM Studio", "LangChain"],
  "status": "open to interesting problems"
}

/stack

Backend

PHPSymfonyLaravelPythonDjangoFlaskNode.jsExpress

APIs & Architecture

RESTSOAPMVCOOPDesign patternsUML

Data

PostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBRedisElasticsearchChromaDB

DevOps & Cloud

DockerKubernetesTerraformGitLab CIGitHub ActionsNginxAWSGoogle CloudUpsunCloudflare

AI / LLM

OllamaLM StudioLocal LLMsLocal coding agentsOpen-weight modelsLangChainVector search

Frontend

Vue / NuxtReact / NextFlutterTailwind

/experience

Oct 2023 – Present

CTO · 4Tech Lab

  • Own architecture and delivery for client products, including Eveho and Puls.
  • Lead a cross-functional team; mentoring and code review.
  • Run CI/CD and deployments across staging and production.
  • Run local LLM workflows (Ollama, LM Studio) and coding agents on open-weight models.
Aug 2022 – Oct 2023

Senior Engineer & Team Lead · Eveho

  • Led 6–8 engineers on Symfony and Nuxt platforms for automotive distributors.
  • Managed environments with Docker, Nginx, Sentry, Cloudflare and DigitalOcean.
Jan 2021 – Present

Senior Backend Developer · Freelance

  • APIs and back-ends in Django, Flask, Laravel, Symfony and Express for international clients.
2016 – 2020

Full Stack Developer · L’NKBOOT, Implemental Systems, G-Concept, Uselekt

  • REST APIs, internal management platforms, e-commerce and .NET accounting software.

/projects

BMW Reporting

Stock and statistics reporting across global zones, importers and sellers.

PythonDjangoPostgreSQLDocker

Qoloc

Social platform with Laravel API, Nuxt back-office and Flutter apps.

LaravelNuxtFlutterFirebase

Webili

Delivery app built from scratch: API, back-office and mobile apps.

LaravelVueFlutterMySQL