Ismail Ferdous

Senior Software Engineer | Product Engineering

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

JavaKafkaElasticsearchSoftware EngineerGoogle Cloud Platform

Languages

English (Native)French (Native)

About me

Intro

Ingénieur Logiciel Senior avec plus de 10 ans d'expérience dans la conception et l'exploitation de plateformes SaaS distribuées. Passionné par le Product Engineering, la responsabilité technique et la conception de systèmes évolutifs. AI-Augmented Software Engineer Release Manager Production Engineer OpenSearch Engineer ElasticSearch Engineer Tech. Lead Java - Spring - Microservices architecture -REST APIs - jOOQ - React - PostgreSQL - OpenSearch - Elasticsearch - Kafka - Kubernetes

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Work experience

Software Engineer

MiraklFreelance

Jan 2022 - Present

4 years 10 months

Remote

Development of a microservices-based SaaS e-commerce platform enabling synchronization (≤15 min) of product data (price, stock, catalog) from 5,000+ sellers to hundreds of marketplaces. AI based transformations and validations per marketplace shop, with strong scalability and high availability constraints. ## Responsibilities • Analyze technical and functional requirements (performance, stability, scalability) • Technical scoping, estimation, and prioritization with Product Managers • Development and optimization of Java services (microservices architecture) • Design of a resilient and scalable catalog management system for sellers across +200 marketplaces • Contribution to AI-based features (import recognition and catalog transformation) • Performance and query optimization • AI Integration: Leveraged Claude Code to accelerate development (Java/SQL generation, performance analysis, and incident investigation automation). • Code reviews and technical mentoring ## Architecture & Data • Real-time pipeline: Kafka + OpenSearch / Elasticsearch • 15M+ updates/day (price & stock) • Rule-based transformation engine using JSON (OpenSearch, PostgreSQL, or in-memory) • Optimized pagination (offset removal) using jOOQ • Versioned and documented REST APIs ## Production & Scalability • Multiple OpenSearch migrations (>700M documents) with <10 minutes downtime • OpenSearch optimization: shards, index management, ingestion • Monitoring & alerting (Datadog) • Infrastructure supervision: Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch (Aiven Cloud) • Zero-downtime deployments ## Incident Management • Cross-team coordination (support, business teams) • Fast resolution + long-term fixes without service interruption • Release management: hotfixes and maintenance of future releases

Java Software Engineer

ING FranceFreelance

Apr 2019 - Dec 2021

2 years 9 months

Paris Area, France

– Developed microservices and digital banking features (payments & life insurance) using Java/Spring and React, improving automation and modernizing legacy integrations in a DDD environment.

Consultant JavaEE

ADP

Feb 2018 - Mar 2019

1 year 2 months

92000 Nanterre, France

– Enhanced HR platforms and resolved critical production issues in a client-facing environment.

Consultant Java/AngularJS

Caisse d'Epargne

Mar 2017 - Jan 2018

11 months

Paris Area, France

– Built features for a public platform enabling users to reclaim unclaimed funds.

Java Software Engineer

ECA-Assurances

Jul 2014 - Feb 2017

2 years 8 months

Clichy, France

– Developed insurance modules and batch systems while supporting production environments.


Education

Université Hassan II Mohammedia

Master's Degree, Software quality

2012 - 2014

2 years 1 month

Portfolio

Scaling Product Creation Across 200+ Marketplaces with AI-Driven Data

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