Sofiane Ouafir
Toronto,ON
Summary
Throughout my career, I have successfully led diverse teams and projects across Canada, France, and the UK, significantly enhancing user engagement and platform growth. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Computing Science from the University of Nice and bring over 8 years of software engineering experience.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Co-Founder & Engineering Lead
Joyn
04.2021 - Current
- Role and Impact:
- Led the creation of Joyn, a blockchain-based content creation studio, enhancing digital art interactions through NFT technology.
- Developed a suite of tools for artists to create, share, and monetize digital content, including an NFT marketplace and thematic open calls.
- Grew the platform to 50,000 users, facilitating over 1,000 open calls with 100,000+ submissions, generating $200k in transaction volume.
- Technical Contributions:
- Architected the platform using Node.js, Next.js, Docker, AWS (ECS, EC2, Fargate, SQS, SNS, Lambda, S3), and Solidity for smart contracts.
- Built robust CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy, with 200+ e2e tests using Puppeteer.
- Implemented SQS for Twitter integration and blockchain event indexing, enhancing system reliability and scalability.
- Used SNS for notifications and fan-out image processing tasks triggered by S3 uploads.
- Responsibilities:
- Engineering management, technology and product research, and recruiting engineers.
- Managed an engineering team of 4 and 1 product managers in a company of 10.
Senior Software Engineer
Humi
03.2020 - 09.2021
- Role and Impact:
- Worked as part of the payroll team at Humi, a leading HR/Payroll software for Canadian companies.
- Contributed to the development of a vacation pay management system, automating accrual and payout processes.
- Integrated features with the HR system, enabling employees to request time off and dynamically calculate potential payouts.
- Technical Contributions:
- Utilized a tech stack including Docker, Angular.js, Ruby on Rails, Lavarel and AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, ElastiCache, CloudFormation).
- Developed microservices architecture with load balancers, auto-scaling groups, and ECS deployment using dynamic port mapping.
- Implemented a robust database solution using RDS Postgres.
- Team and Growth:
- Part of a team of 5 engineers and 1 product manager within a company of 50+ employees.
Software Engineer
Resi
09.2017 - 02.2020
- Company Overview:
- Resi is the leading architectural practice focused on streamlining the home extension process in the UK.
- The mission is to simplify and make affordable the traditionally expensive, lengthy, and complex home extension journey.
- Technical contributions:
- Digitized the UK home extension process, covering everything from initial quotes to final regulatory approvals, and supported customers throughout the building phase.
- Developed key features such as a screen sharing tool for client consultations and an instant quote tool, significantly boosting lead generation for the sales team.
- Built internal tools to enhance sales team productivity and aid in-house architects with project management.
Technical Contributions: - Utilized a tech stack including Ruby on Rails, Redis, RDS MySQL, and React (Next.js).
- Played a crucial role in transitioning the infrastructure from a monolithic to a micro-service architecture, migrating from Heroku to AWS and leveraging ECS, Load balancers, Auto scaling groups, SQS, SNS, and CloudFormation.
Software Engineer
European Society of Cardiology
09.2016 - 09.2017
- Role and Impact:
- Developed, maintained, and deployed web applications used by hundreds of cardiologists across Europe.
- Enhanced data collection processes and contributed to the publication of cardiovascular research findings, supporting the nonprofit's mission to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease worldwide.
- Technical Contributions:
- Utilized a tech stack including C#, ASP.NET, IIS Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, and SVN for version control.
- Worked within a hybrid infrastructure managed by an internal IT team using Microsoft Azure.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Computing Science
Université Côte d'Azur
01.2017
Skills
- React
- Node
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Blockchain
- Docker Swarm
- Kubernetes
- Ruby on Rails
- Amazon SQS
- Amazon Kinesis
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS), 06/2024, 07/2027
- AWS Certified Developer Associate - Amazon Web Services (AWS), 05/2024, 05/2027
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Amazon Web Services (AWS), 03/2024, 03/2027
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Co-Founder & Engineering Lead
Joyn
04.2021 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Humi
03.2020 - 09.2021
Software Engineer
Resi
09.2017 - 02.2020
Software Engineer
European Society of Cardiology
09.2016 - 09.2017
Bachelor's Degree - Computing Science
Université Côte d'Azur
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS), 06/2024, 07/2027
- AWS Certified Developer Associate - Amazon Web Services (AWS), 05/2024, 05/2027
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Amazon Web Services (AWS), 03/2024, 03/2027
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