Olivier Philippon
Python & JavaScript web developer
Main skills
Job experience
- Since 2023: Django, Wagtail, Node.js and React Senior developer for the Web agency Torchbox.
- 2022: Django and React Senior developer for SportEasy, as a contractor.
- 2018 - 2021: Django and React Lead developer for Inclusive Energy.
- 2017: Lead PHP APIs developer for People's Postcode Lottery.
- 2014 - 2016: Symfony / JavaScript consultant for the Web agency KNP Labs.
- 2008 - 2014: PHP / JavaScript / Ruby / Flash freelance developer, working with companies such as Le Monde, Mappy, Uzik...
- 2009: Flash Lead Developer at Tribal Nova (Montréal, Canada).
- 2006 - 2007: Flash / PHP Developer for the Web agency "Les Chinois".
- 2005: Flash / PHP Developer for the Web agency WCube.
- 2000 - 2004: Web Developer for the Web agency "Lp Digital".
Some of the projects I worked on
- Torchbox: Leading the development of various projects with tight deadlines for Torchbox's clients, based on Python, Django, Wagtail, HTMX, Node.js and React.
- SportEasy: Shipped features, fixed bugs and modernised the Django/React codebase for the 3 millions users of the SportEasy platform.
- PlanHub.ca: Built a GraphQL API based on by Go and AWS DynamoDB - deployed as a Lambda-powered serverless application - as a contractor for PlanHub.ca
- Neve: As a Lead Software Developer, bootstrapping of the Neve e-learning platform. Built with Django and Next.js, and deployed to AWS.
- Cloud Solar: Django, React and GraphQL Lead Software Developer for Cloud Solar, an IoT platform that allow businesses to manage their solar panels fleet
- Collector Square: Symfony and JavaScript Lead Developer for the new version of the Collector Square website and CMS, heavily based on Elasticsearch and Redis
- Balinea: Symfony and JavaScript Lead Developer for the new version of the Balinea platform - which includes the public website, a middle-office, a back-end, a public and a private API...
- LeMonde.fr: Node.js and Backbone.js developer at LeMonde.fr, one of the main French news websites.
- Ruby on Rails Mail App: Development of a mass mailing Web application for TV France International, based on Ruby on Rails
- Mappy Mobile website: Technical lead of the JavaScript development of the mobile site of Mappy, based on JavaScript. Member of the back-end Symfony2 team
- Bopler Games, Facebook application: Technical lead of the PHP development of the Facebook app Bopler Games, based on Zend Framework
- Rodin Museum: Technical lead on the Rodin Museum development, based on Zend Framework and Drupal