Elwalid Aboulaakoul

About Me

Salam! I'm Elwalid Aboulaakoul, an Engineering student specializing in Information Systems and Big Data at ENSA Berrechid. I work at the intersection of MLOps, distributed systems, and AI research, with a focus on building production-grade systems and exploring sovereign AI architectures.

My interests span from agentic AI systems and RAG pipelines to performance optimization and decentralized inference. When not coding, I'm fascinated by vintage ships and historic trains, which inspire my sense of craftsmanship and engineering elegance.

Work Experience

Software Engineer Intern (MLOps & Cloud) - Intelcia

June 2025 - September 2025 & September 2024 - October 2024

• Architected end-to-end MLOps pipeline for call volume forecasting using Temporal Fusion Transformers (TFT) processing monthly records
• Deployed modular training and inference workflows on Google Cloud Platform, replacing manual processes with fully automated, serverless architecture
• Implemented "Freeze-Eval" quality gate system to automatically prevent model regression before production promotion
• Exposed predictions via high-performance FastAPI microservice with auto-scaling capabilities
• Built feature-flagged NL→SQL retrieval layer for ConverseQuery RAG app (chat-to-data), routing queries between local data and BigQuery with automatic legacy fallback; added fast-mode toggles to isolate bottlenecks
• Achieved ~24% median latency improvement and ~7.7% average speed-up on standardized KPI queries

Software Engineering Fellow - Headstarter

July 2024 - October 2024 | Remote

• Completed intensive software engineering fellowship focused on full-stack development and AI integration through weekly project builds and deployments

Data Science Fellow - ALX, African Leadership Group

2023 - 2024 | Remote

• Completed intensive ML engineering program covering end-to-end model deployment

Awards & Certifications

• Moroccan National Informatics Olympiad (2022) - Semi-Finalist, solving complex algorithmic problems
• LLM Agents Certification - UC Berkeley (November 2024)

Research Interests

Exploring distributed AI systems, sovereign intelligence architectures, and agentic workflows. Interested in contributing to research at the intersection of systems optimization and machine learning deployment.

Contact

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