Houda Ferchichi
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Salary / Daily rate
Frankfurt, Germany
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Backend engineer with 7+ years building Java/JEE, Spring Boot and Quarkus services for regulated industries, with delivery ownership across the CI/CD chain. Ships features from commit to production on Kubernetes/OpenShift using Jenkins, Docker, SonarQube, Nexus and Harbor, with automated quality gates and JUnit coverage. Certified Scrum professional with hands-on Scrum Master experience, currently deepening Kubernetes and cloud platform expertise. Works daily in German and English.
Work experience
Backend Developer
Atos
Jul 2019 - Present
7 years 4 months
Frankfurt, Germany
IT consultant delivering backend systems for enterprise clients in statutory health insurance, financial services and industrial energy. • Build and maintain Java/JEE, Spring Boot and Quarkus microservices with Oracle persistence and JUnit test coverage. • Own delivery from commit to production through CI/CD on Kubernetes/OpenShift (Jenkins, Docker, SonarQube, Nexus, Harbor). • Integrate backend services with external systems, handling data exchange and validation across system boundaries. • Adapt quickly across changing client projects, domains and technologies.
Backend Developer
Tech11
Dec 2018 - May 2019
6 months
84529 Tittmoning, Germany
Developed and maintained backend modules of the Digital P&C Core Insurance Platform for EMEA carriers using Java/JEE and Oracle DB. Implemented features, wrote JUnit tests and supported deployments through Jenkins.
Web Application Developer
Beaconinside - Proximity DMP
Jan 2018 - Jul 2018
7 months
Berlin, Germany
Built backend services in Python and Flask for a proximity platform (Beacon, NFC and venue-based services). Integrated Mapbox to visualise venue and geospatial data. Delivered features and tests within an Agile team.
End of studies training
Agence Foncière d'habitation
Feb 2014 - May 2014
4 months
Intern as Android developer
Education
Ecole Supérieure Privée d'Ingénierie et de Technologies - ESPRIT
Engineer's degree, Computer Software Engineering
2016 - 2018
2 years 1 month
Time Université
Computer Software Engineering
2015 - 2016
1 year 1 month
Licenses & certifications
Building with the Claude API
Issued: Oct 2026
Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
Issued: May 2026
GitHub Copilot
Issued: Feb 2025
German as a Foreign Language, CEFR B1
Issued: Feb 2024
Scrum Foundation Professional Certificate (SFPC)
Issued: Dec 2020
Mendix Rapid Developer
Issued: Feb 2020