Curriculum vitae
Youssef Khaya
Senior Backend & Distributed Systems Engineer
Backend and distributed-systems engineer with a background spanning semiconductor design, embedded software, backend platforms and cloud-native distributed systems. Hands-on with Go and Python, with a particular interest in event-driven systems, messaging, concurrency, reliability, security and platform architecture.
Core expertise
Backend & distributed
Go, Python, FastAPI, asyncio, REST, gRPC, microservices, multiprocessing, IPC, backpressure
Event & messaging
Kafka, RabbitMQ, MQTT, Redis, AWS SQS/SNS, asynchronous processing
Data
PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, sqlx, Redis Cluster, connection pooling, async database access
Platform
Docker/Compose, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Linux
Observability
Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry/OTLP, Datadog, CloudWatch
Engineering
System modelling, architecture exploration, PoCs, benchmarking, integration testing, CI/CD, troubleshooting
Professional experience
HiQ Ace AB / Ericsson GIC
Backend / Distributed Systems Engineer · Oct 2024 — Present
System-level performance and reliability investigations across FastAPI/Gunicorn multiprocessing, IPC, backpressure, SQLAlchemy and PostgreSQL; backend APIs and integrations; highly available Kafka; Docker Compose deployment; Prometheus, Grafana and OpenTelemetry.
Emulate AB
Backend Engineer · Jun 2024 — Sep 2024
Redis-based offloading and priority queues for asynchronous Python/Rust microservices, gRPC and connection-pooling improvements, Redis Cluster support, and PostgreSQL async/concurrency work.
TH1NG AB
Full-Stack / Backend Engineer · Aug 2020 — Jan 2024
Go REST APIs and microservices for IoT services, connected devices, authentication, monitoring and event processing; PostgreSQL/sqlx, MQTT, Redis, Docker and Kubernetes workflows.
HiQ Ace AB / SKF
Backend Engineer · Nov 2021 — Oct 2023
Go microservices, REST APIs, industrial-data domains, AWS ECS/Lambda/SQS/SNS, Terraform, Datadog/CloudWatch and integration testing with Gherkin/LocalStack.
Indentive Operations AB
Backend Developer · Nov 2019 — Jun 2020
Go alarm services, structured logging and RabbitMQ RPC reliability with dead-letter handling.
Zenterio AB
C++ Software Developer · Nov 2014 — Sep 2019
Embedded Linux DVB/IPTV platform development, integration, releases, automated testing and complex system debugging.
Independent engineering
Architecture exploration through working systems.
Independent projects explore distributed systems, event-driven architectures, operational platforms, workflow orchestration, cloud/edge systems, data-sovereignty patterns, event-streaming and legacy-migration scenarios.
Earlier engineering
Semiconductor design and technical leadership.
Earlier work at Ericsson, ST-Ericsson and STMicroelectronics covered DFT architecture, verification, ATPG, physical implementation, timing, cross-site technical collaboration and technical leadership.
Education & languages
Engineering Degree — Electronics & Telecommunications, Mohammadia School of Engineers (EMI), Morocco. Arabic: native · French: fluent/bilingual · English: professional working · Swedish: intermediate.