Mohamed Ali May · Lead Software Engineer

Based in Tunis, Tunisia · 2026

Building PlatformsThat Scale.

Lead software engineer, 8+ years in Java, Kubernetes and the cloud. I build backend systems, and the delivery and observability that keep them running.

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About Me

Building reliable backend systems for long-lived production environments

Mohamed Ali May
Tunis, Tunisia

I'm a lead software engineer with 8+ years of building cloud-native backend systems, for enterprise clients and for startups. Most of my work is in Java and Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS and CI/CD. I focus on how software gets delivered and run: test quality, reliable releases, and being able to see what production is doing. I'm comfortable owning architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and taking a system from build through to running it in production.

  • 8+ Years Experience
  • Backend & Cloud Engineering
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Core strengths

  • Architecture & System Design

    Modernizing legacy services into modular backends

  • Cloud-Native Infrastructure

    Hybrid-cloud Kubernetes platforms, provisioned as code

  • CI/CD & Release Engineering

    Shared pipeline templates for predictable, safe releases

  • Observability & Reliability

    Dashboards and alerting for faster production diagnostics

  • Team & Delivery

    Mentoring engineers and auditing startup architectures

Skills & Expertise

Technologies and tools I use to build and operate cloud-native backend systems

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Experience

7+ years across consulting, product teams and embedded systems

  1. Jul 2022 – Present

    MaibornWolff GmbH logo

    MaibornWolff GmbH

    Lead Software Engineer · Jul 2024 – Present

    Senior Software Engineer · Jul 2022 – Jun 2024

    Tunis, Tunisia

    A consulting and delivery partner for enterprise and public-sector clients. I build cloud-native backend systems, automate how they ship, and put platform practices in place that make them more reliable.

    • Led the Spring Boot 2.7 to 3.5 modernization of 10+ microservices, upgrading the security layer and 5 services directly and moving the core services to Java 25.
    • Raised test coverage from 50% to 85% through test-driven development and cut GitLab CI pipeline time by 60%.
    • Owned the work-order backend end to end: REST APIs, Azure Service Bus workflows decoupling 4 services, Cosmos DB persistence, PDF generation, and Azure Monitor and Grafana alerting.

    Case studies

    JavaSpring BootPythonAWSAzureKubernetes

  2. Sep 2021 – Jun 2022

    Coffee & Brackets SARL logo

    Coffee & Brackets SARL

    Senior Software Engineer

    Tunis, Tunisia

    I built multi-tenant back-office and CRM platforms for franchise operations, and owned features, data migrations and the internal tools business teams used every day.

    • Migrated 12M+ records from PostgreSQL to Elasticsearch with automated backfill and validation steps that could be rerun. That made real-time analytics possible.
    • Shipped CRM reporting and operations features used across 70+ franchise sites.
    • Built a canvas-like document editor and shared file storage for the marketing team. Campaigns launched 50% faster.
    PHPSymfonyAngularReactPostgreSQLMySQL

  3. Aug 2017 – Sep 2021

    Akkurad GmbH logo

    Akkurad GmbH

    Senior Software Engineer · Sep 2018 – Sep 2021

    Software Engineer · Aug 2017 – Aug 2018

    Tunis, Tunisia

    I built keyless access products across mobile, backend and embedded systems, and led architecture and delivery for a small team.

    • Led a team of 5 engineers that shipped 4+ mobile apps for BLE-based keyless access and access sharing.
    • Automated mobile CI/CD with Fastlane and Bitrise. Release time dropped by 80%.
    • Containerized the backend services and automated their deployments, which cut infrastructure cost by 60%.

    Case studies

    JavaSpring BootFlutterC/C++PythonBLE

Projects

Products I design, build and run

Writing

Articles I've published on Medium

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Education & Achievements

Academic background and professional recognition

  1. 2015 – 2018

    Engineer's degree in Software Engineering

    University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

    ThesisVoice-controlled car / offline voice recognition in noisy environments (embedded systems focus)

  2. 2012 – 2015

    Fundamental Licence in Computer Science

    University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Awards & Recognition

  1. Mar 2020

    Smart Green Island Hackathon

    Mentored and coached participants in a 3-day hackathon

    Gran Canaria, Spain

  2. May 2018

    MEB Robotic Competition

    8th place out of 105 teams

    Sivas, Turkey

  3. Mar 2015

    Microsoft Imagine Cup Tunisia

    2nd place out of 60 teams

    Tunis, Tunisia

Professional Memberships

  • Meta Developer Circle

Certifications

Professional certifications and credentials

Jun 2026

Completed

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

HashiCorp

TerraformIaCCloud ProvisioningHCL
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Expected Nov 2026

In Progress

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

AWS

AWSCloud ArchitectureEC2S3VPC

Let's build something.

Interested in working together or have questions about my experience? I'd love to hear from you.

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