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Polyglot multi-skills developer, coach and trainer. I fancy some application rewrite, love teaching and coaching, get passionate about Open Source and ethics, and will never let down quality!

Professional experiences
13 years of experience as Other (or similar)3 years of experience in other fields
Senior backend developer
Lutice - MelunJan 2025 - Jan 2025 ·

Migrating an app from Symfony 5 to Symfony 7, with all its dependencies, added testing , fixed some bugs with automated test generation, and coaching on new coding practices.

enior full-stack PHP/Symfony developer
Maeva - ParisMay 2025 - Jun 2025 · 1 month

Maintenance of a very old legacy PHP app, re-architecturing, audit of current state and usage of the project, fixes in old practices, help in upgrading PHP version, helping juniors/med devs learn about more advanced coding practices

Full-stack developer
Webmozarts - ViennaFeb 2025 - Apr 2025 · 2 months

Development on PHP/Symfony and Angular apps, with GraphQL, DDD, CI/CD,
Event Sourcing and Ansible.
Project 1: a big GraphQL API serving an Angular frontend app, mostly being
a custom administration panel, for a country-wise product system in the wine
industry, events organization and big rules and processes to define products
attributes.
Project 2 : a big events management system built with a GraphQL API
serving an angular frontend app, similar to the previous one, but this time also powered by EventSourcing for some data, contacts management, rules, and
events planning.

Senior code architect
Teclib - ParisMay 2024 - Dec 2024 · 7 months

Modernize the GLPI project, a 20+ years-old Open Source PHP application, by standardizing some processes, updating the code architecture to a more modern stack, and refactor old code into new systems and structures, while keeping compatibility as much as possible with older tools and plugins.

PHP/Symfony/Svelte architect/developer/coach
Simpliciti - ParisFeb 2023 - today · 2 years 7 months

Coordinate the modernization, refactoring and rewrite of very old legacy
applications into more robust and modern infrastructure.
Case one:
An old PHP-from-scratch app with a Java-based map application.
Rewriting it into this:

  • A Svelte+OpenLayers-based frontend, with an integration of legacy views
    and pages, flexible enough to be selectively rewritten into new Svelte+API
    components
  • Geoserver instance for cartography data
  • PHP/Symfony new backend application with EasyAdmin as administration
    panel and Api Platform as data gateway for environments, user permissions
    and main workspace data
    Case two:
    An old Microsoft PowerBuilder application with really big MySQL database as
    backend.
    Rewriting into this:
  • A SvelteKit administration panel as frontend, connecting to an API using an
    OpenAPI-generated HTTP client, had to redevelop an Open Source admin
    system to fit the needs, and used IBM's Carbon Design System.
  • PHP/Symfony backend with Api Platform-generated resources, with
    DDD/Clean architecture, lots of functional testing and configuration setup,
    connecting to the legacy database and exposing a more modern version of the
    legacy schema.
PHP/Symfony developer, trainer and coach
Agence différente - MarseilleSep 2022 - Dec 2022 · 3 months

Development for a tour-operator flight-related big booking application with PHP/Symfony

PHP/Symfony/Rust/Vue developer, trainer and coach
CH Studio - LyonFeb 2022 - Aug 2022 · 6 months

Maintenance of a PHP/Symfony application with some DDD practices.
Creation of a Rust+Tauri+Vue cross-platform desktop application.

PHP/Symfony developer, trainer and coach
Urbyo - BerlinFeb 2021 - Jan 2022 · 11 months

Architecture, maintenance and functional-testing of a big PHP/Symfony
application serving a big GraphQL API for Next.js/React frontends.

PHP/Symfony developer, trainer and coach
Dixital - BordeauxJul 2020 - Dec 2020 · 5 months

Case study:
A big PHP/Symfony ecommerce/ERP white-labeled application that is copy/
pasted to all clients.
The mission was to update it to a single-package application which
development can be centralized, to ease updates and customization for
clients, and lower the pain of backporting bugs to "older" clients projects.
Basically, convert a "copy-paste template app" into a "composer require brand/
core-app" behavior.

PHP/Symfony developer, trainer and coach
410-gone.fr Agence SEO & e-commerce Magento et Prestashop - LyonJul 2020 - Aug 2020 · 1 month

Development of a PHP/Symfony app consisting in an SEO migration tool for big applications with lots of URLs

Freelance Fullstack web developer, trainer, coach
Orbitale.io - ParisApr 2020 - today · 5 years 5 months

Full remote
Certified PHP/Symfony, expertise in training, coaching, lead dev, architecture,
legacy-refactoring, performance optimization, and migration to newer versions
of your tools and dependencies.

PHP/Symfony training consultant
SensioLabs - ParisFeb 2017 - Mar 2020 · 3 years 1 month

Elaborate and give trainings, maintain and make the SensioLabs University
e-learning platform more performant for a better teaching process in the PHP
world.

(Freelance) Mentor / Trainer
OpenClassrooms - ParisSep 2015 - Jul 2018 · 2 years 10 months

Coaching students in PHP / Symfony, applying for a "Project Manager -
Development" certification with OpenClassrooms.

Senior Web Developer
KNP Labs - NantesMay 2016 - Oct 2016 · 5 months

Symfony app development, with tons of awesome technos (Git, NodeJS,
Bash...).
Open-source development & maintenance.
Coaching other devs, reviewing code, training, teaching...

Web Developer
HighCo Shopper - Aix-en-ProvenceJan 2015 - May 2016 · 1 year 4 months

Web & mobile app developments
Technos :
Symfony 1, 2, 3
ExtJS/Sencha Touch
Cordova (android + ios)
NodeJS : Gulp, Grunt

Web Developer
ERDF - MarignaneDec 2014 - Dec 2014 ·

Developped stats dashboards, optimized and maintained old apps with PHP
framework CodeIgniter

Lead Tech & Web Developer
CINQ YOU - Aix-en-ProvenceSep 2014 - Oct 2014 · 1 month

Develop and manage Symfony apps in an AWS environment

Ingénieur études
GENWAVES - MarseilleMar 2014 - Aug 2014 · 5 months

Marseille, Aix-en-Provence
Web development for Symfony 2 apps, ERP and complex backends

Lead web developer
Groupe B.C. Webcom Solutions - Aix-en-ProvenceJul 2013 - Dec 2013 · 5 months

Plain PHP development for 3 different apps: Backoffice, Frontoffice and
Webservices/API

Web Developer en formation
IMAGE Formation - NimesSep 2012 - Jan 2013 · 4 months

Certification RNCP level 3 (Bac +2) Webmaster/Webdesigner
Modules: Advanced PHP, CMS & e-commerce, responsive webdesign &
mobile websites.

(Freelance) Web developer / ops
Agate Editions - ParisMar 2013 - today · 12 years 6 months

Management and maintenance of all websites (portals, blogs, forums...),
management of debian-based application servers.
Development of Symfony apps.

  • Project management platform with Redmine
  • Manage dedicated servers
  • Web-mastering for blogs, forums, etc.
  • International portal
  • Cartography application in a role playing game universe (technos : Symfony,
    LeafletJS, NodeJS, tons of algorithms...)
  • Character management application for role playing games internal open-
    sourcing to manage different games (technos : Symfony 3, ImageMagick,
    frontend tools, etc.)
Analyste développeur web (stage)
IEFM 3D - MontpellierJan 2013 - Mar 2013 · 2 months

Région de Montpellier, France
Use of the open-source cms & framework KoeZion based on CakePHP,
making UML diagrams for web application managing special offers for
Unity3D-based games.

Développeur Web stagiaire
KIC - NimesJun 2012 - Jun 2012 ·

Développement et administration de sites webs avec un framework "maison".

Technicien de maintenance informatique
LexisNexis - NimesMay 2011 - Dec 2011 · 7 months

Région de Nîmes, France
Développement de micro-pilotes pour un web-crawler JAVA.

Schools
2 years of higher education
IMAGE Formation
Certif RNCP Niveau 22013
Technologies
Skills
Interested by...Go lang, PaaS & Cloud
Languages
  • French
  • English
  • German
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