Based in Rabat · Open to relocation

I engineer the backend systems businesses rely on.

Senior Backend Engineer and Application Manager with 5+ years of experience building, integrating and shipping business-critical platforms with PHP and Symfony.

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PHP 7.4 / 8Symfony 3–7REST APIsDoctrineDockerCI/CDPostgreSQLRabbitMQ

01 / Selected work

Products built for real operations.

Energy, mobility and local commerce — different contexts, the same focus on dependable delivery and useful software.

Energy · B2C platform01

OHM Énergie subscription platform

A multi-channel electricity and gas subscription platform spanning web, call-centre and back-office journeys. I lead application delivery while contributing to Symfony development, production releases and integrations with payment, banking, CRM and energy-network services, including ELD subscription journeys for the R-GDS area in Strasbourg and the Bas-Rhin region.

ContributionApplication leadership · Backend engineering

Core stackPHP 7.4 · Symfony 5 · MySQL · Docker

IntegrationsStripe · Open Banking · Salesforce · Enedis · GRDF · R-GDS / ELD

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Real estate · National platform02

Milkiya real-estate platform

A nationwide platform supporting property discovery and Morocco’s network of independent real-estate agents. I built the application from initial conception through software architecture, backend development and production delivery.

ContributionProduct conception · Backend architecture · Development · Production

Core stackPHP 7/8 · Symfony 4 · API Platform · PostgreSQL

IntegrationsAvito · Mubawab · Sarouty · RabbitMQ · Redis

Delivery & qualityDocker · PHPUnit · GitHub CI/CD · PHP CS Fixer · Rundeck

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Mobility · SaaS03

Nexora Rent

A multi-tenant SaaS product for car-rental agencies, designed to centralize vehicles, customers, reservations, contracts, payments and maintenance in one operational workspace.

ContributionProduct design · Full-stack development

Core stackSymfony · MySQL · Responsive UI

Product scope8 connected management modules

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Beauty · Local business04

Maison Jawhara

A conversion-focused digital presence for a beauty salon in Témara, combining service discovery, local visibility and direct contact paths for appointment requests.

ContributionWeb delivery · Digital launch

FocusMobile experience · Local SEO

Business flowDiscovery · Trust · Contact

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02 / Experience

Engineering depth. Delivery ownership.

I work across product requirements, architecture, implementation, quality and release — keeping technical decisions close to business outcomes.

Aug 2026 — Present

Application Manager

OHM Énergie · France / Morocco

Lead a 3–6 person team across sprint delivery, code reviews, technical coordination and reporting with the Product Owner.
Manage pre-production and production releases for web, phone and back-office subscription channels.
Coordinate quality, delivery readiness and operational follow-up across business-critical subscription journeys.

Feb 2025 — Aug 2026

Backend Engineer PHP / Symfony

OHM Énergie · France / Morocco

Built Symfony business features for web, phone and back-office energy-subscription journeys.
Designed and integrated ELD subscription journeys for the R-GDS area in Strasbourg and Bas-Rhin, adapting business rules beyond standard national network flows.
Delivered integrations across Stripe, Open Banking, Salesforce, MuleSoft, Enedis and GRDF.
Contributed to production incident analysis, code reviews and controlled application releases.

Jan 2023 — Jan 2025

PHP / Symfony Software Engineer

ALTEN Morocco · ManyMore & NOVA

Developed REST APIs for a wealth-management SaaS and optimized complex SQL workloads.
Maintained hospital information modules covering patient records, billing and laboratory workflows.
Delivered PHPUnit coverage, CI improvements and production-incident analysis.

Oct 2021 — Dec 2022

PHP / Symfony Software Engineer

HiiT Co · Milkiya · Full-time · Casablanca-Settat

Joined full-time after my end-of-studies internship to continue designing and building the Milkiya real-estate platform.
Developed secure REST APIs and modules for properties, mandates, agents, commissions, compensation and multi-level referrals.
Integrated Avito, Mubawab and Sarouty to automate property-listing publication and synchronization.
Improved delivery and performance with RabbitMQ, Redis, PostgreSQL optimization, PHPUnit, Docker and GitHub CI/CD.

Apr 2021 — Sep 2021

Backend Developer Intern

HiiT Co · Milkiya · End-of-studies internship · Morocco

Gathered requirements and produced functional and technical specifications for a real-estate management system.
Contributed to service architecture and backend development with Symfony and API Platform.
Worked in Agile Scrum using Jira, Git, Docker and Rundeck from analysis through initial delivery.

03 / Expertise

A backend profile with a product mindset.

Backend engineering

PHP, Symfony, API Platform, Doctrine ORM, EasyAdmin, Twig and secure REST API design.

Architecture & integration

Service-oriented systems, async processing, webhooks and third-party integrations across regulated workflows.

Delivery & quality

Agile planning, code review, PHPUnit, CI/CD and controlled pre-production and production releases.

Data & infrastructure

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, Docker, Linux, Apache and Nginx.

Technical stack

Technologies I use to deliver complete applications.

Organized by capability so recruiters and engineering managers can quickly identify where I contribute.

Backend

PHP 7.4/8 · Symfony 3–7 · API Platform · Doctrine ORM · EasyAdmin · Twig

Architecture

MVC · Hexagonal architecture · SOA · REST APIs · Webhooks · Asynchronous processing

Frontend

HTML5 · CSS3 · JavaScript · AJAX · Bootstrap · Responsive interfaces

Data & messaging

PostgreSQL · MySQL · MariaDB · Redis · RabbitMQ · SQL optimization

DevOps & quality

Docker · Linux · Windows · Jenkins · DeployBot · PHPUnit · CI/CD · Apache · Nginx

Delivery

Agile · Scrum · Jira · Sprint planning · Code review · Pre-production · Production

AI-assisted workflow

ChatGPT · Cursor · Claude · Code exploration · Documentation · Test generation · Debugging · Human review

Digital growth

E-commerce websites · Technical & local SEO · Meta Ads (Facebook/Instagram) · TikTok Ads · Conversion journeys

Education

State Engineering Degree in Computer Engineering

EMSI · 2021

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering

UIR · 2019

Languages

04 / Contact

Let’s build software that holds up in production.

I’m open to senior PHP/Symfony, backend engineering and application leadership opportunities in Morocco and internationally.

hassanihicham13@gmail.com +212 6 24 98 72 72 LinkedIn · Hicham Hassani