Experience & expertise

iLyas Bakouch

CTO, engineering leader & cloud strategist

Montréal, Canada@isbkch on XLinkedIn

Profile

Technical leader and hands-on architect with experience across cloud platforms, financial services, commerce and life sciences. I connect technical strategy to product delivery, with a focus on resilient systems, clear architecture and the teams that build them.

Experience

Apr 2025 — Present

Chief Technology Officer

ATEK

Decision infrastructure for life sciences: connecting environmental signals, operational context and the actions that protect samples and product quality.

  • Lead technology and product architecture for environmental monitoring.
  • Connect telemetry, alerts and operational evidence across the monitoring workflow.
Apr 2024 — Apr 2025

Senior Solutions Architect

National Bank of Canada

Cloud architecture, platform resilience and technical strategy for the credit cards domain.

  • Designed scalable solutions and multi-region disaster recovery strategies.
  • Advised directors on infrastructure tradeoffs and mentored engineers in an internal cloud consulting unit.
Apr 2023 — Apr 2024

Senior Infrastructure Architect

OneSpan

Secure cloud infrastructure for financial services across Canada and Europe.

  • Led infrastructure architecture for SaaS used by banks.
  • Connected engineering, operations and business priorities around reliability and security.
Apr 2022 — Apr 2023

Senior Staff Solutions Architect

SSENSE

Platform architecture for shipping and returns in global commerce.

  • Led three engineering squads and introduced scalable design patterns.
  • Developed observability practices and quality automation across teams.
Apr 2020 — Apr 2022

Senior Solutions Architect, ISV/DNB

Amazon Web Services

Helped independent software vendors and digital businesses design and scale on AWS.

  • Worked with early-stage businesses on cloud architecture and product launches.
  • Delivered technical workshops and architecture guidance with engineering and executive teams.
Jul 2018 — Apr 2020

Principal Solutions Architect

Mavtek

Product and platform architecture for large-scale content delivery.

  • Led the transition from legacy systems to event-driven microservices on AWS.
  • Aligned product roadmaps, platform scalability and business priorities.
2011 — Jul 2017

Software engineering

Earlier engineering work

Architecture and implementation of backend systems for web and mobile products.

Expertise

Cloud architectureDistributed systemsEngineering leadershipProduct engineeringAWS, GCP & AzureIoT systemsPlatform resilienceTechnical strategyMentoringCost optimization

Products & teaching

EyeRehab — vestibular and eye exercise software.
CoProd — a native macOS video production studio.
Win The Cloud on YouTube — cloud architecture and production systems.

Portfolio and contact: isbkch.me