Summary
Emil Aliyev is a systems-focused engineer with 8 years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure and distributed systems, currently building the European Sovereign Cloud at AWS with a focus on DynamoDB, Redshift and NoSQL technologies. Promoted rapidly through AWS support tiers, he has deep operational experience troubleshooting large-scale customer environments across CDN, media services, serverless platforms and custom Node.js/Python solutions. Emil pairs cloud expertise with a strong networking background from university IT roles and practical security/CTF experience (Hack The Box), reflecting both defensive and offensive curiosity. He is transitioning toward AI-related software development, bringing practical production-operational insight to model-driven systems. Outside work he explores low-level topics like malware development, maintains a technical blog, and even finds balance playing violin, running and chess—hints of a methodical problem-solver who enjoys both systems and craft.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur, Physics, IT, Math, English, Abitur, Physics, IT, Math, English at Thomas Muentzer Gymnasium
Ernst Barlach Gynmasium Kiel