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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