Staff Software Engineer & Cloud Architect. Backend and data platforms, primarily Go and Python on Kubernetes. Currently at Ordaos Bio (biotech AI). Co-founder at SAUVIE, building CloudCare — an EHR for Algerian private clinics.
MSc Computer Science (AI specialization), 2020
cronkit — A CLI for auditing cron schedules. Explains, validates, and audits cron expressions; analyzes whole crontab files for overlaps, runaway frequencies, and command hygiene. Go. Distributed via Homebrew, .deb, .rpm, and the AUR.
ensvae — A variational-autoencoder method for fusing heterogeneous expert models in a shared latent space, with base models swappable per task. Demonstrated on recommendation via a GloVe + GRU pairing. MSc research, published in IEEE Xplore. Python, TensorFlow.
I write occasionally about backend infrastructure, caching strategies, application-layer encryption, and the kinds of platform problems that don't make it into product demos.
- Website: hzerrad.dev
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hzerrad
- Email: contact@hzerrad.dev
