Ahmed Belhaj

Timeline

Career

From computer science student to platform engineering lead — architecture, leadership, and product delivery.

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  1. 2018

    Computer Science — ISTIC Borj Cedria

    Studied computer science before joining Holberton School.

  2. 2020

    Holberton School Tunis

    Software engineering with an AR/VR specialization — systems programming, Python, and full-stack projects.

    Kingdom of Lore — specialization project (Holberton blog)
  3. 2021

    Teaching Assistant → AfricaTek Academy

    Holberton TA, then Full Stack Engineer at AfricaTek — international pathway delivery (Cyber, Cloud, DevOps, Data), auto-grading systems, and Santander and Dauphine programs. Coordinated meetings across Holberton engineering teams on all campuses, aligning curriculum tooling and platform integration with the global organization.

    Holberton student testimonial
  4. 2022

    Graduation & field programs

    Holberton C12/C13 graduation. Python boot camps with ELIFE and Paris Dauphine Tunis. Continued into Technical Manager role at Campusna.

    C12 & C13 graduation (Holberton blog)
  5. 2022

    Technical Manager — Campusna

    Platform and infrastructure ownership from day one — Terraform automation, LMS operations, client migrations, and DevOps culture.

  6. 2023

    CTO & Co-founder — DarDev Solutions

    Built an 8-person engineering organization. Technical strategy and platform architecture in parallel with Campusna platform work.

  7. 2023

    TechLink & ELIFE delivery

    TechLink program for Expertise France — auto-graded platform and hackathon finale. Python training at ELIFE centres across Tunisia.

    TechLink hackathon finale
  8. 2023–2025

    National delivery & cloud governance

    Led teams of up to 35 people. MTN Cameroon E-Campus architecture. Multi-account AWS Organization (100+ accounts managed). EKS platform through rationalization to ECS.

  9. 2026

    Platform Engineering Lead

    DarDev product launches (20, Hesabi). ECS Fargate production for MTN. Continuing platform and product delivery.

More program links on the links page.