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    Hello 👋 If you’ve come here by pure coincidence, I don’t know how you did it! If that’s not the case, then here is the opportunity to learn a bit about me.

    Passionate about Computer Science since the end of secondary school (development of small websites with the help of some friends and the Site du Zéro, known today as OpenClassrooms), I pursued a path towards an integrated preparatory class at Polytech Tours after graduating from high school.

    With the Computer Engineering degree of Polytech Tours and a dual degree at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC), I completed my studies in 2021.

    My hobbies? Programming small projects (of course, related to day-to-day issues), watching movies, TV shows or animes, playing video games, reading mangas or manhwas online, or even (and mostly) playing pool.

    Stacks

    Like many developers, I have my habits and above all my tools: wherever I go, they’ll be there, whether for development, the delivery pipeline, or my preferred cloud platforms when possible.

    Development

    Go GNU Bash Zsh Hugo Visual Studio Code Claude pnpm Python uv

    CI/CD

    GitLab OpenTofu Terraform semantic-release Renovate

    Cloud

    Helm Kubernetes Red Hat Open Shift Google Cloud Docker Podman Coolify

    Experiences

    soprasteria

    Sopra Steria

    March 2021 - Today

    Software Engineer

    August 2026 - Today

    Cross-project mission, from audit to cloud migration.

    Kubernetes migration

    • Supported the migration of an application to an internal Kubernetes cluster, including CI integration of its automated tests.
    • Aligned the application’s existing Helm chart with standards and created a second one for part of its services.
    • Analyzed the application’s file-transfer cutover, tested the flows and followed up on client actions.
    • Raised improvement areas to the architect (maintainability, legacy debt) and handled quick wins.

    Application insourcing

    • Audited a Java and RabbitMQ application (security, CI/CD, quality) and proposed remediations.
    • Designed an API-configurable stub to replay real cases in testing and lighten Robot Framework scenarios.

    GCP migration

    • Supported the migration of an application to GCP, bringing a second opinion on some technical choices.

    Stacks: Kubernetes, Helm, Traefik, GitLab CI/CD, Google Cloud Platform, Robot Framework.

    Internal initiatives

    March 2021 - Today

    Tooling and knowledge sharing

    • Built an internal plugin marketplace to share agents, skills, MCP servers and more within my scope of work.
    • Contributed to shared CI/CD templates, driven by my missions’ needs.
    • Led short and long knowledge sharing sessions on topics such as Terraform, Go or Semantic Release.

    Internal labs

    • Designed a self-learning lab on Coolify, from service exposure to DNS resolution of a domain.
    • Automated the lab with Terraform (reusable module, GitLab project per participant).
    • Built a Hugo site (Hextra theme) gathering the guided walkthroughs of the agency’s labs.

    Student events

    • Deployed the CTFd platform on OpenShift for student events, with a training space.
    • Load tested the platform and set up the infrastructure components needed for its autoscaling.
    • Automated the deployment of the event and training platforms, as well as the challenges.

    Stacks: OpenShift, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Coolify, Azure, Hugo, k6, Docker.

    Software Engineer

    October 2025 - August 2026

    Modernization of a legacy application and move to Google Cloud Platform.

    • Migrated and split a Java 8, Wicket 1.5 monolith to Java 21, Wicket 10 (API, webapp, jobs, batches).
    • Mapped batch jobs and their scheduling to prepare and simplify their move to Cloud Run.
    • Helped set up a Go file ingestion component, to keep up with incoming files and better track processing.
    • Adapted the code and its configuration to the cloud, and improved log usability.
    • Redesigned the CI/CD on top of existing GitLab CI templates, up to Terraform deployment in production.
    • Deployed components on Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Memorystore and Cloud Storage, and tested integrations with other systems.
    • Audited the application and proposed improvements (event-driven ingestion, remaining technical debt, performance).

    Stacks: Shell, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Java, Spring, Wicket, Go, k6, Playwright.

    Software Engineer

    October 2022 - October 2025

    High-volume event processing Go applications, across three successive teams.

    • Contributed to a Go pipeline ingesting and enriching around 10 million Kafka events per day.
    • Built the application foundation of a second Go pipeline, handling grouping and computations on these events.
    • Developed business processes with Camunda and Temporal workflows.
    • Helped extend the expr language to make complex client-specific rules simple to configure through an API.
    • Studied and designed new features with the Product Owner, up to production and Grafana monitoring.
    • Reviewed the team’s work and onboarded new team members.
    • Improved cross-team tooling (notification bot, project generator, PostgreSQL exporter, dev environment).
    • Developed an Open Source Go builder generator for test data.

    Stacks: Go, CDS, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, Grafana, Camunda, expr, Kafka, Cucumber, Temporal.io, Mimir, Prometheus.io, Graylog.

    Software Engineer | Scrum Master

    March 2021 - October 2022

    Internal Java and Angular applications, within a Scrum team.

    • Took over the Scrum Master role (ceremonies, guiding towards self-organization, continuous improvement).
    • Developed Java REST APIs and Angular UIs, from User Story refinement to support.
    • Analyzed User Stories and designed their integration into the code, with support from more experienced developers.
    • Onboarded new team members.

    Stacks: Java, Spring, Quarkus, GitLab CI/CD, Karatelabs, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Traefik Proxy, TypeScript, Angular, Bootstrap, PostgreSQL, Hibernate, Liquibase, Python, ElasticSearch.

    Certifications

    pcd

    Professional Cloud Developer

    Google Cloud

    October 2026

    gitlab-cicd

    CI/CD Associate

    GitLab

    October 2026

    ace

    Associate Cloud Engineer

    Google Cloud

    September 2026

    psmi

    Professional Scrum Master™ I

    Scrum.org

    June 2022

    Education

    20

    UQAC

    Master’s degree in Computer Science

    August 2019 - February 2021

    20

    Polytech Tours

    Computer Engineering degree

    September 2017 - February 2021

    Interests

    5
    Pool
    20
    Programming
    20
    Video games
    20
    Basketball
    10
    Mangas/Manhwas
    movies
    Movies/TV shows/Animes

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