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Bordeaux, France

Rémi Huguet

Software engineer 💻 - Crafter 🛠️ - Python 🐍 & web expert - Tech lead 🥇

I help organisations design, build and run better softwares, faster 🚀. Building software with highest quality and sustainability standards is hard. I can help software team:

  • level up to deliver better software, faster
  • take back control of legacy software
  • build software product with top notch practices

Main skills

I'm a full-stack engineer with craft attitude. Although my main focus is on backends and architecture, I cultivate a large spectrum of skills, from product to operations, and front-end development.

Software craft

  • Web architecture
  • Services architecture
  • Domain-Driven Design
  • Clean architecture
  • Test-Driven Design
  • Testing
  • Kanban, Flow
  • Agile
  • Continuous Integration & deployment

Languages & frameworks

  • Python
  • Django
  • FastAPI
  • Flask
  • Javascript
  • VueJS

API integrations

  • Stripe
  • Slack
  • Algolia

Persistence and messaging

  • SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Kafka
  • SQLAlchemy
  • Django ORM

Ops and tools

  • Git
  • Gitlab CI
  • Github
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • Cloud: AWS, GCE, Paas( Platform.sh, Clever Cloud)

Work

MEE6

Expert backend developer

2022-02 - 2023-09

https://mee6.xyz

MEE6 is the largest all-in-one Discord bot, with 20 million communities using it worldwide. I joined the team in early 2022 to support the growth of the engineering and product team.

    • Memberhsips Developments: Patreon-like features to help server owners monetize their communities. Architectural, testing and reliability improvements. Payments integration (Stripe direct payment, Stripe Connect, Paypal, ETH crypto payments)
    • AI Developments: OpenAI ChatGPT (direct command and shading functionality) integrations, image generation via Stability XL API integration, server subscriptions to AI features
    • Bot functionality developments (emojis module, payments, etc.)
    • Created and led the Backend guild, a cross-functional working group for all squad backend developers, managing cross-functional technical initiatives, around issues of scalability and maintainability, knowledge sharing, guidelines and common components
    • Promotion and implementation of clean architecture and event driven architecture patterns, through multiple presentations and documentation
    • Promotion of Test Driven Development
    • Promotion and implementation of the use of domain-oriented HATEOAS REST APIs. Presentation, training, creation of the first backend implementations and tooling
    • Help promote and disseminate automated testing in the Python backend

      Alma

      Backend engineer freelance

      2021-09 - 2021-12

      https://www.getalma.eu

      Alma is a payment solution in several installments. Within the Merchant Acquisition team, I contributed to the development of the payment API.

        • Developments on the payment API and Point of Sale applications (Python, Flask, FastAPI, PostgreSQL)
        • Developments to integrate the Alma service with third-party payment partners and point-of-sale payment terminal solutions

          Sennder

          Backend engineer freelance

          2021-02 - 2021-07

          https://www.sennder.com

          Sennder is the digital transport partner of companies. Within the pod portal, I contributed to the development of the self-service portal for small and medium-sized shippers.

            • Developments on the legacy monolith Python Django PostgreSQL back-end
            • Developments of the first pod micro-service and implementation of a basic architecture for Python services - Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Terraform and AWS ECS
            • Architecture and developments of the payments microservice

              Adenia Conseil

              Craft coaching

              2021-02 - 2021-03

              https://www.adenia-conseil.com/

              Adenia Conseil is a consulting firm in structuring, financing and project execution. As part of its R&D, Adenia is experimenting with software development to support its activity, around the CEO and 2 young developers. In order to start on the best possible basis, I accompany the team on software craft coaching and support.

                • training and workshops around priority topics for the team: Deployment and production on a PaaS, From idea to production - organize the development flow, code and clean architecture, test driven development
                • technical support and advice on the start of the first developments

                  Opquast

                  Freelance software engineer

                  2020-02 - 2021-01

                  https://www.opquast.com

                  Opquast is the skills certification for web professions and offers a repository of good practices, online training and certification. I help the Opquast team prepare the software platform and the technical team for scaling up.

                    • strategic analysis, architecture and implementation of improvements to existing software
                    • migration to a new infrastructure: gradual transition to Paas, use of managed services
                    • improvement of the development flow: implementation of the Kanban flow, improvement of communication and the use of Gitlab
                    • creation of automated tests (0 to 60% coverage) and implementation of continuous integration
                    • team training: clean code, automated tests, TDD, clean architecture, introduction to DDD
                    • development of new features

                      eshard

                      Lead Developer

                      2018-02 - 2020-01

                      https://eshard.com

                      eshard is a startup expert in security of connected objects. esDynamic is the software platform for security experts. Based on the best open-source tools for data science (Jupyterlab, Python, Numpy), esDynamic provides analysis tools for traditional or deep-learning side-channel attacks, as well as tracing tools and software faults for cryptographic white boxes. I'm leading the esdynamic product team.

                          • Implementation and evangelization of the best software practices
                          • Architecture and development of the open-source scared library
                          • Driving the roadmap and product development esDynamic
                          • Management of contributions from the core dev team and contributors security experts
                          • TDD, DDD, Python, Jupyter Notebook, Jupyter Lab, Numpy, Gitlab CI, Docker

                          Actiwine

                          Chief Technology Officer

                          2015-04 - 2017-11

                          Actiwine is an online marketplace for wine professionals. I join the company at its start to build the product. Actiwine raises 0.5M € in 2016 to support its development.

                              • Architecture, design and development of the marketplace
                              • Recruitment and management of the product team (3 developers)
                              • Organization and structuring of product and technical processes
                              • Kanban Flow, Python, Django, PostgreSQL Javascript, Vue.js, Webpack, HTML, CSS & SCSS, Amazon WebServices

                              Tiki Move

                              Partner & production manager

                              2011-05 - 2015-03

                              Created in 2008, Tiki Move is a company specialized in the development of applications and video games on mobile platforms. In a few years, Tiki Move delivers more than 100 applications, and addresses the development of multichannel digital devices on behalf of its customers. In 2014, Tiki Move joined Clever Age to strengthen the mobile division.I joined Tiki Move in 2011 as Production Manager to support the growth of the company.

                                  • Architecture and developments for backends and mobile apps
                                  • Recruitment and management of the team: from 5 to 15 devs between 2011 and the end of 2012
                                  • Project & production management
                                  • Development and delivery processes and quality system
                                  • Management of the Tiki Move integration within Clever Age
                                  • Development and management of a development activity with an offshore partner (Vietnam)
                                  • Python, Django, Amazon WebServices, Kanban flow, Google AppEngine, Android, iOS

                                  Logica

                                  Software engineer

                                  2008-10 - 2011-04

                                  As part of the SICOM (SI COMmercial) application maintenance third party on behalf of EDF, I carried out various missions on a service production application for the billing of EDF's key account customers.

                                      • Responsible for the MOC activity (3 FTEs) then application manager (5 FTEs, evolutions> 300 days / hour)
                                      • Technical and functional analyst
                                      • Design and development

                                      CENBG

                                      PhD researcher and teacher

                                      2005-09 - 2008-08

                                      Group of Theoretical Physics

                                          • creation of models of description of the stable nuclear matter from the sub-nucleonic degrees of freedoms
                                          • Teachings in license: general physics, special relativity, computer science for the physics, formation in the professional project.

                                          Education

                                          Université de Bordeaux

                                          2005-12 to 2008-12

                                          PhD

                                          Theoretical physics

                                          Université de Bordeaux

                                          2003-12 to 2005-12

                                          Master degree

                                          Physics

                                          Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Lycée Camille Jullian

                                          2001-12 to 2002-12

                                          PCSI - PC

                                          Physics - Chemistry