Summary
Fouad Wahabi is an Engineering Lead with 11 years of experience building scalable web and mobile systems, currently leading engineering at Datadog in Paris. He blends enterprise software architecture and full-stack development expertise—spanning React, GraphQL, Node.js and Java Spring Boot—with hands-on cloud and Kubernetes production experience on AWS and Azure. A founder who scaled freelance teams and led distributed projects, he pairs people-first leadership with practical workflow and delivery improvements. Beyond high-level design, Fouad pursues low-level interests in Linux kernel internals, binary analysis and reverse engineering, and competes in programming and security contests like Codeforces and CTFs. His background also includes machine learning work for real-time facial expression recognition, reflecting a curiosity that crosses systems, security and ML domains.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Computer Software Engineering, Engineer's degree Computer Software Engineering at INSAT - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Central Missouri
English, French, Spanish