Ayoub Ezzini

Senior Software Engineer

Profile

Senior software engineer with 9 years of experience building web products with PHP, Laravel and Symfony. Former lead engineer at YouCan, where I spearheaded YouCan Pay. Founder and sole engineer of three live products. Obsessive about details, fluent with AI tools, and used to owning things from the database schema to the DNS record.

Products I own

  • Khlass · khlass.ma

    Invoicing and compliance for Moroccan auto-entrepreneurs.

    Laravel 13 · PHP 8.4 · Chromium PDF · YouCan Pay · MySQL · Redis · Cloudflare R2

  • eStock · estock.ma

    Sales, purchases and inventory for Moroccan businesses.

    Laravel 13 · PHP 8.4 · ClickHouse · MySQL 8.4 · Redis · Pest · Cloudflare R2

  • Nuvo · nuvo.ma

    An online store built for cash on delivery across Morocco.

    Laravel 13 · PHP 8.4 · Claude API · MySQL · Redis · Turnstile · Alpine.js

Experience

  1. Dennenboom

    Ghent, Belgium · Remote

    Senior Software Engineer Jun 2024 – Present

    • Build and maintain several client applications with Laravel, Symfony, Vue.js and Alpine.js.
    • Run MySQL and PostgreSQL databases and keep them fast as data grows.
    • Containerise development and deployment environments with Docker.
    • Tune response times across the stack and keep the infrastructure scalable and reliable.

  2. YouCan

    Rabat · Hybrid

    Lead Software Engineer Aug 2023 – Sep 2024

    Software Engineer May 2022 – Aug 2023

    • Spearheaded the development of YouCan Pay, streamlining payment processing for merchants.
    • Designed and built features across YouCan’s e-commerce services, with a focus on user experience.
    • Led engineering initiatives and helped shape the company’s technical direction.
    • Onboarded and mentored junior developers until they were autonomous.

  3. Wave

    Témara · On-site

    Technical Lead Jan 2021 – May 2022

    Full Stack Web Developer Nov 2018 – Jan 2021

    • Led the Maline Immobilier platform and owned its delivery.
    • Mentored new developers with guidance, reviews and training.
    • Built web applications and products for the agency’s clients.

  4. VPI Info

    Kénitra · On-site

    Software Developer Nov 2017 – Nov 2018

    • Built and maintained the OMAG solutions.
    • Handled support and troubleshooting, improving the user experience along the way.

  5. Surnaturel Agency

    Fès · Internship

    Web Developer Intern Sep 2016 – Nov 2016

    • First professional steps: websites built with PHP, CSS and JavaScript.

Open source

  • Verdant UI · UI component library for Laravel: more than 70 Blade components
  • Pinert · Exception reports from every Laravel project, straight to Slack
  • Findle · GDPR-friendly page-view analytics with bot detection
  • Harvest · SSH deployment automation, inspired by Laravel Envoy

Writing

Skills

Back end
PHP · Laravel · Symfony · REST APIs · Multi-tenant SaaS · Queues · SOLID
Front end
Blade · Alpine.js · Vue.js · React · Tailwind CSS · HTML5 · CSS3 · Accessibility
Data
MySQL · MariaDB · PostgreSQL · Redis · ClickHouse · MongoDB · Elasticsearch · ELK
Infrastructure
Docker · NGINX · Linux · Coolify · Hetzner · Cloudflare · GitHub Actions · GitLab CI
Quality & process
Pest · PHPUnit · Code review · Agile / Scrum · Jira · Confluence
AI
Claude Code · Claude API · Prompt design · Structured outputs · Agentic workflows

Education

  • Specialised Technician in Computer Science 2015 – 2017

    Specialised Institute of Applied Technology NTIC

  • High School Diploma, Mathematics and Engineering Science 2013 – 2014

    Ibn Hazm High School

Languages

Arabic Native/ English Fluent · C2/ French Advanced · C1

Interests

Chess, eight-ball and escape games. Anything with a puzzle in it.