00 · INDEX
— A single-page document, maintained by hand, last built today
DOCUMENT API · DOCS / HOUR
~9,800
from ~600
LAB → DMP · 72 H → 5 H
$ jstack houssem
Wraptor.Mssante:24
Anywr.Bonita:23
Atos.Registry:23
Keyrus.Orange:20
Keyrus.Holdup:20
Houssem
Mekhelbi, senior Java developer
Most backend systems fail silently — until they don't. For six years I've built the kind that hold up under real-world pressure: high-traffic telecom platforms, regulated healthcare messaging, enterprise-grade APIs — with Spring Boot, Quarkus, Kafka and PostgreSQL.
$ mvn dependency:tree
houssem:backend:6y
├─java17
├─spring-boot2.7
├─quarkus3.x
├─kafka-clients
├─keycloakoauth2
├─postgresql+ redis
├─jakarta-mailsmtp · imap
└─dockergh-actions
scroll
01 · RUNTIME
Six years, allocated.
— effort · stacks · shipping events
Backend engineering, for me, is mostly about watching objects being born and dying — so here's my career profiled the only way I know how: as an allocation graph, a thread dump, and a log stream.
FOCUS · backend focus over the years (relative scale)
year —
at —
ship events 0
peak —
SHIP LOG · git · deploys · incidents2026.04
02 · WORK
Selected projects.
03 · CASES
Proof-backed work: issue, investigation, fix, result.
04 · LAB
Things I try to reproduce, prove, or disprove.
05 · STACK
The tools I work with.
06 · TIMELINE
Six years, five stops.
2026
CURRENT
07 · LANGUAGES
Four languages, English first.
— 07.1 SPOKEN LANGUAGES
08 · CONTACT
Hiring for a backend that has to not fail silently?
Let's talk.
LinkedIn/in/mekhelbi-houssem
GitHub/houssemMekhelbi
BasedHamburg · Germany
Open tofull-time · Hamburg or remote in Germany
Visano sponsorship required
08 · 01 · DIRECT MESSAGEtypically replies < 24h
Send a direct message.
Fastest way to reach me. Short or long, detail-heavy or one-line — however you think best.
MESSAGE · hello@houssemmekhelbi.com
Message sent.
I'll get back to you at the address you provided — usually within a day.