About
PHP/Symfony developer for over 20 years, I specialize in designing and evolving complex web applications. Symfony 7 Advanced certified (SensioLabs), I work as a freelancer on projects that demand technical rigor and business understanding.
What I bring
- Design of robust, maintainable architectures
- Pragmatic, product-oriented approach: SOLID, KISS, YAGNI — code that serves the business, not over-engineering
- Best practices implementation: automated testing, CI/CD, static analysis
- Performance optimization and code quality
- REST API and GraphQL design and integration, relational databases, asynchronous messaging
- Refactoring legacy applications and migrating to the latest PHP and Symfony versions
- AI-powered automation and productivity: assisted development, code review, technical planning
Based in Nantes, I work remotely or in hybrid mode. Available for long-term missions as well as one-off engagements (audits, version upgrades, team reinforcement).
Technical expertise
- Certified Symfony 7 Advanced Level (SensioLabs)
- PHP - 20+ years of practice, from PHP 5 to 8.x
- Docker - Containerization and CI/CD
- PostgreSQL / MySQL - Modeling, queries and optimization
- RabbitMQ / Redis / Messenger - Async messaging and caching
- Cloud - AWS, GCP
- PHPUnit / Behat / PHPStan / Psalm / Rector / PHP CS Fixer - Testing and code quality
Career
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Freelance PHP/Symfony - CODEMATE
Started my own company in January 2024. On a long-term mission for over 2 years for vasco.fund, a fintech platform (Symfony, GraphQL, VueJS 3, agile team). In parallel, occasional engagements for a local authority and a building energy management company.
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Lead backend developer - Guest Suite
Microservices architecture within a team of 5 developers.
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Senior developer - Anaxago
Fintech platform. Architecture and design of new features, Symfony 2 to 5 migration, continuous deployment, code quality tooling and CI/CD.
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Developer - Actiane Consulting
Various missions: fintech platform migration, lead dev of a 4-person team for a concierge group, connector development for a leading temp staffing company.
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IT Manager - City of Beauvais
7-person team management, department budget management, project oversight, PHP/Symfony development for municipal services.
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Application manager - City of Beauvais
Server administration, business application support, first PHP developments.
Education
- Symfony 7 Advanced Certification - SensioLabs
- CNAM Engineer Automation & Industrial Computing (2005-2008)
- BTS Computer Science Developer track (2003-2005)