Senior-led software engineering
Senior engineering for products that need to work.
SolidStorm designs, builds, and modernizes SaaS platforms, backend systems, data workflows, integrations, and practical AI features—from architecture to production.
Founder-led · 13+ years of software delivery · Remote B2B engagements in the US and Europe
Services
SaaS and product engineering
Architecture, backend services, data models, frontend workflows, authentication, billing, integrations, deployment, and production support.
Backend modernization and reliability
Refactoring, database optimization, caching, observability, migrations, queues, fault tolerance, and incremental modernization.
Integrations and workflow automation
Partner APIs, webhooks, asynchronous jobs, browser extensions, ingestion, normalization, internal tools, and operational workflows.
Applied AI systems
Retrieval, structured outputs, agent workflows, document processing, classification, evaluation, guardrails, and human-review processes.
Selected Work
View all work →AI-assisted trade and compliance platform
Engineering Scope
Backend and product engineering for structured product data, customs classification, retrieval, regulatory evidence, APIs, long-running workflows, and human review.
Technologies
NestJS, TypeScript, Prisma, PostgreSQL, retrieval, RAG, SSE/WebSockets, observability.
Commerce automation and partner integrations
Engineering Scope
Product acquisition, availability monitoring, automated checkout, order tracking, browser workflows, and logistics, customs, invoicing, payment, and partner integrations.
Technologies
Node.js, Python, browser extensions, REST/SOAP APIs, queues, SQL and NoSQL databases.
Data-intensive product and retrieval systems
Engineering Scope
Ingestion, normalization, entity resolution, search, ranking, enrichment, and evidence-backed AI workflows.
Technologies
TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, analytical storage, vector retrieval, APIs, and background processing.
How we engineer
Clear contracts over clever code
APIs, schemas, permissions, errors, and ownership boundaries are explicit.
Small, reversible releases
Work is delivered in reviewable increments with migration and rollback plans.
Production behavior is measured
Latency, failures, query performance, queue health, and business outcomes are monitored rather than guessed.
AI and providers are untrusted dependencies
Outputs sit behind validation, evidence, permissions, budgets, and human review where appropriate.
Systems must survive handover
Architecture decisions, operational procedures, and important trade-offs are documented.
Founder-led, senior delivery
Ali El Bousklaoui
Founder & Principal Engineer
Ali is a senior backend and full-stack engineer with more than 13 years of experience delivering SaaS products, data-intensive systems, automation platforms, integrations, browser extensions, and applied-AI workflows.
He remains directly involved in discovery, architecture, implementation, code review, deployment, and production decisions.
Tell us what you are building—or what is not working.
Share the current situation, the desired outcome, and any important technical or timing constraints. You will receive a direct response from the engineer who would lead the work.
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