Abdelhakim Boutafi

Data & AI Engineer @ Hightech Payment Systems (HPS Switch)

Brabant flamand, Belgique

Highly motivated Data & AI engineering professional with over 6 years of experience specializing in Azure Cloud solutions and end-to-end Machine Learning systems. Expert in designing and operationalizing high-volume data pipelines (Spark, Kubernetes) and deploying sophisticated AI/ML models (Autoencoders, LSTMs) for financial fraud detection. Proven track record in technical leadership, MLOps, and driving data-driven innovation.

Rôles occupés

Data Analyst2 - 5 years

Machine Learning Specialist< 2 years

Back-end

SQL

Python

Cloud

Azure

Kubernetes

Systems

Apache HTTP Server

Langues

Maternelle English

English

Maternelle

Français

Maternelle

Dutch

Moyen

Expériences professionnelles

Since 2019

Data & AI Engineer @ Hightech Payment Systems (HPS Switch)

01 April 2024 - 30 September 2025

Spearheaded the end-to-end design and MLOps implementation of an AI-powered Fraud Detection System to analyze high-volume financial transactions in near-real-time. Engineered and deployed Autoencoder and LSTM deep learning models on a Kubernetes (AKS) cluster.

Data Management Consultant @ International Aluminium Institute

01 January 2023 - 01 April 2024

Developed Python applications for processing complex greenhouse gas emissions, energy, and trade data, reducing manual data processing time by 70%.

Data Analyst Team Leader @ Facepoint Morocco

01 June 2019 - 01 August 2022

Orchestrated OSINT data factory operations, leading a team of 21 data operators for web intelligence data collection.

Études et diplômes

Since 2022

Artificial Intelligence @ KU Leuven

01 September 2025 -

Big Data & Data Science @ University of Northumbria at Newcastle

01 September 2022 - 01 October 2023

Abdelhakim Boutafi

Rôles occupés

Back-end

Cloud

Systems

Bon retour parmi nous

Bienvenue à bord!