I'm Monam Ben Gouta, a Senior Backend Engineer and Tech Lead with 5+ years of professional experience in JavaScript/TypeScript, specializing in micro-service architecture and secure, scalable REST & tRPC APIs. I currently lead a team of 4 engineers at We-Settle, building a fintech payments platform processing 150,000+ transactions/month — and I'm increasingly spending time in the AI/LLM space, building agentic pipelines and training my own models.
role: Senior Backend Engineer / Tech Lead
company: We-Settle
location: Tunis, Tunisia
portfolio: monam.bengouta.com
languages: [French (fluent), English (professional), Arabic (native)] # + German (learning)
experience: 5+ years — fintech, B2B SaaS, AI microservices
currently: Building custom LLM models, agentic workflows with LangChain/LangGraph
status: Open to Senior Backend / Tech Lead roles — Europe & CanadaBackend
Frontend
Databases & ORM
Auth, Testing & DevOps
Currently building agentic systems and training custom LLM models — daily-driving Claude, OpenCode, and Codex as core tooling.
- 🔗 Building agentic workflows and orchestration graphs with LangChain & LangGraph
- 🧠 Training and fine-tuning custom LLM models
- 🛠️ Daily tooling: Claude, OpenCode, Codex for AI-assisted engineering
Treating my own skill set like a system under load — because in fintech, everything eventually gets measured.
| Metric | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ⚡ API Response Time (debugging speed) | p99: fast |
Diagnosed a MongoDB slow-query prod incident via explain() + compound indexing |
| 🛡️ Uptime (reliability under pressure) | 99.9% |
Secure on-premise fintech deployment processing 150K+ tx/month with zero-tolerance for data drift |
| 🔁 Throughput (delivery velocity) | High |
Leads 4-engineer teams across Agile Scrum sprints, from architecture to delivery |
| 🧩 API Protocols Supported | REST tRPC |
Designs and exposes secure, typed APIs for third-party integrations |
| 🌐 Latency to New Stacks (ramp-up speed) | Low |
Cross-domain: fintech, insurance CRM, EdTech, AI microservices, workflow automation |
| 🗣️ Protocol Support | FR EN AR +DE (beta) |
Fluent in 3, actively compiling a 4th |
| 🔒 Security Patch Rate | Proactive |
JWT, Azure AD, HashiCorp Vault, HTTPS/TLS as defaults, not afterthoughts |
| 🧠 Model Training Runs | In progress |
Actively building custom LLM models + agentic pipelines with LangChain/LangGraph |
| Company | Role | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| We-Settle | Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead | Fintech payment platform (150K+ tx/month) & SoftPOS reconciliation, leading a team of 4 |
| Bysur | Backend Team Lead | B2B insurance CRM, workflow automation platform with visual decision trees |
| HorizonLux | Mid-Level FullStack Developer | AI micro-services (OpenAI), review automation, digital signage systems |
| Groupado | Junior Developer & QA Engineer | Certification exam platform with anti-cheat, LMS QA automation |
I'm actively exploring Senior Backend Engineer and Tech Lead opportunities across Europe and Canada.
