AI & Data systems engineer · Tunisia  |  LinkedIn  ·  Credly  ·  houcem0508@gmail.com

Over seven years I moved from IT Department Head to Enterprise Programme Director to AI Platform Engineering Lead — each step taking on larger teams, more complex systems, and more ambiguous AI problems. I currently lead a 15-person AI & Data Platform team delivering 4 concurrent AI projects, while pursuing applied research at LATICE Laboratory, ENSIT, Université de Tunis on LLM-native ETL architectures. My work spans both sides of the Technical Manager role: the engineering depth to make architecture decisions, and the programme management rigour to deliver on schedule and on budget.

realtime-streaming-pipeline · Python · Kafka · Docker

Stateful micro-batch drift detector for Apache Kafka streams. Detects 5 drift types (schema rename, type, missingness, value, distribution) validated across 4 public datasets. Includes full evaluation framework with F1/Precision/Recall/FPR reporting, threshold calibration documentation, and two Architecture Decision Records explaining the design choices.

kafka · drift-detection · mlops · streaming · python

modern-data-platform-demo · dbt · Airflow · PostgreSQL · Power BI

4-layer Kimball star schema (staging → dimensions → fact → consumption) with 9 data quality gates (6 source-level + 3 dbt tests), 9-task Airflow DAG with email alerting, Power BI semantic layer with rolling window DAX measures, and 34 unit tests across ingestion and validation modules.

dbt · airflow · postgresql · power-bi · data-engineering

aml-fraud-detection-platform · GNN · XGBoost · Kafka · FastAPI

Anti-money laundering platform combining a 3-model ensemble — XGBoost tabular scorer, LightGBM behavioural scorer, and HybridGAT graph neural network — with context-aware fusion (ISOLATED vs DENSE transaction network contexts), BCT/ACPR/FinCEN regulatory rule engine, SHAP explainability, and nightly RLHF recalibration with automatic rollback. Full model card and ADR included.

fraud-detection · graph-neural-network · aml · kafka · fintech · regulatory

ConversaETL-Showcase · LLM · Python · Research

Converts natural-language ETL requests into validated, reproducible dataframe transformations via LLM-assisted typed planning + deterministic compiler stack + output contract validation. ConversaBench evaluation: Hybrid Compiler F1=0.964 vs. direct LLM code generation baseline F1=0.308. No LLM-generated code executed at runtime. Research under review at Big Data Mining and Analytics (Tsinghua / IEEE).

llm · etl · typed-compilation · nlp · research · generative-ai

superstore-analytics · dbt · DuckDB · Streamlit · Live Demo →

End-to-end serverless analytics pipeline: raw CSV → dbt transformation layer (staging → warehouse → 3 mart models) → DuckDB embedded OLAP → Streamlit interactive dashboard. 8 chart sections, 4 sidebar filters, CI on every push. Zero server setup required.

dbt · duckdb · streamlit · analytics · python

imdb-sentiment-analysis · NLP · DistilBERT · HuggingFace · Live Demo →

End-to-end NLP pipeline on 1,273 scraped IMDb reviews: zero-shot labelling, class balancing with contextual augmentation, and 5-model comparison (Logistic Regression → SVM → 1D-CNN → LSTM → DistilBERT fine-tuning). DistilBERT accuracy: 88.6%. Live inference demo via HuggingFace Inference API with VADER fallback.

nlp · distilbert · huggingface · sentiment-analysis · python

ai-platform-engineering · AI Governance · MLOps · Release Management · 2025–Present

Engineering management playbook for a 15-person AI & Data Platform team delivering 4 concurrent AI projects. Covers team structure, AI governance framework with model cards and ethics checklist, MLOps standards (experiment tracking, staged promotion, drift monitoring), blue/green release management at 2 releases/month, and architecture decision records.

ai-governance · mlops · engineering-management · release-management · platform-engineering

it-department-leadership · Digital Transformation · Budget Management · Team Leadership · 2017–2020

Management case study for an 8-person IT department: 5 digital transformation initiatives delivered in 3 years, 30% operational cost reduction through infrastructure consolidation and vendor renegotiation, availability raised from 96% to 99.3%, service desk SLA compliance from 72% to 94%. Includes budget breakdown, vendor management framework, and team development approach.

digital-transformation · it-management · budget-management · team-leadership · governance

agile-ai-delivery-playbook · TPM · Scrum · Product Owner

Full Scrum delivery playbook from a real programme: AI Intelligence Analytics Platform at Navy HQ (2023–2024). 12-person team, 4 sprints, 30% delivery cycle reduction, 4/4 sprint objectives met. Covers product vision, team/ceremonies, backlog (63 pts across 4 epics), sprint journals with burndowns, velocity analysis, and full release retrospective.

agile · scrum · tpm · product-management · pmp

it-modernization-program · PMP · PMO · Data Platform

PMO documentation for a real enterprise data modernisation programme (2021–2023): Kafka + Spark streaming ETL, PySpark + dbt + PostgreSQL warehouse, Power BI dashboards. Delivered 2 months ahead of schedule. 99.7% infrastructure availability. Documents cover charter, RACI, WBS, risk register, 3 COPIL steering committee records, and closure report.

pmo · program-management · data-engineering · pmp · governance

The technical repos in this portfolio include:

• ADRs — architecture decisions with rejected alternatives and review triggers
• Model cards — evaluation metrics, fairness considerations, limitations
• Runbooks — operational procedures and failure recovery steps
• Sequence diagrams — system interaction flows in Mermaid
• Engineering standards — contribution guidelines and quality gates

→ working-with-me.md — communication style, decision framework, 1:1 structure, engineering standards, and what I expect from teams.

Technical Manager / AI Engineering Manager / Data Engineering Manager / Technical Program Manager / AI Platform Lead

Remote · Tunisia · Open to relocation worldwide for senior roles.