Software Engineer

Oct. 2021 - Currently

Staff Engineer, Android at Apollo GraphQL (software publisher, San Francisco, USA)

• New features and maintenance on the open source project Apollo Kotlin, a GraphQL client library used by major Android apps (Netflix, X, Reddit, GitHub, …).
• Focus on the caching features and performance.
• Development of a plugin for Android Studio / IntelliJ.
• Team of 2 developers, with contributions from the community.

2018 - 2021

Android Expert at Qonto (neobank, Paris, France)

• New features and maintenance on the Qonto banking app.
• Strong focus on architecture; core modules and services; keeping the codebase maintainable, clean and modern; team best practices and documentation; newcomer training; tooling; R&D; etc.
• Team grew from 3 to 10 developers.

2017 - 2018

Android Developer at LESS (software publisher, Paris, France, now part of BlaBlaCar)

• Development of the LESS app, a peer-to-peer ridesharing service.
• Started from scratch with another Android developer, and worked from the inception to the publication on the Play Store, and on the maintenance / new features of the app.
• Implemented turn by turn navigation / GPS (incl. voice instructions) features.
• Strong focus on real time messaging aspects (PubNub, FCM.)

2016 - 2017

Android Developer at Blackpills (media company, Paris, France)

• Development of the Blackpills app, a browser and player for original mini series meant for mobile consumption.
• Started from scratch with 2 other Android developers (full Kotlin).
• Strong focus on the UI/UX.
• Worked on payment, ads, offline mode (video download), and more.

2012 - 2016

Lead Android Developer at Family And Co. (software publisher, Paris, France, as freelance)

• Development on the FamilyWall app, which helps users organize, communicate and share contents within their family.
• Strong focus on the UI/UX.
• Implemented a full-featured calendar with month and next events views.
• Customized the software for customers (branding, integration.)

2011 - 2012

Lead Android Developer at Plizy (software publisher, Paris, France)

• Development of the Plizy app for tablets, a video aggregator / player.
• Started from scratch and was responsible for the project from the inception to the publication on the Play Store.
• Developed a video player using a VideoView or a WebView depending on the provider (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc.)
• Designed and implemented an image caching mechanism for the thumbnails.

2008 - 2011

Android and Backend Developer at Vox Mobili (software publisher, Paris, France)

• Development on the Phonebook 2.0 app for Android, a synchronized and social address book.
• Designed and implemented a generic engine that integrates with social networks (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, etc.) and managed developers implementing connectors using this engine.
• Implemented presence / chat features using the RCS protocol.

2006 - 2008

Java Developer at Oalia (software publisher, Suresnes, France)

2003 - 2006

Java Developer at Pegasis (IT services and software publisher, Paris, France)

2001 - 2003

Java Developer at Icom Informatique (software publisher, Charenton, France)

1998 - 2001

1996 - 1998

1996