Damien Tardy-Panis

Software engineer

damien.job@tardypad.me

About

My main qualities as software developer:

• Quality driven: meticulous and rigorous
• Agile minded with Lean principles
• Generalist more than Specialist

My main values in software and also beyond:

• Simplicity: requirement to achieve goals of robustness, reliability, stability and security
• Transparency: free software ethic and open source methodology to build trust
• Efficiency: minimalism of features, no waste of resources

Professional experience

M2mobi

• Mobile backend engineer
• Jul. 2014 - Dec. 2020 (6.5 years)
• Amsterdam, Netherlands

Development and system administration of the backend of diverse mobile applications

Main tasks:

• Development of API for mobile clients (iOS, Android, Web,...)
• Integration to third party systems for users management, push notifications,...
• Servers setup and administration

Working environment:

• Agile using Scrum framework
• Unit and functional testing
• Code reviewing process
• Continuous integration
• DTAP approach

Customers were mostly major international airports and sizable national companies:

• Large amount of data and users
• Remote international teams cooperation

Main internal improvements contributed to:

• Enhancements to monitoring and analytics
• Introduction of infrastructure automation
• Development of functional testing
• Creation of the Digital Airport Platform

Lead backend developer on few projects and intern mentorship

Technologies

• Languages:
  • PHP
  • Bash
  • Python
• Environment:
  • MariaDB
  • InfluxDB
  • Redis
  • Nginx
  • Icinga
  • Telegraf
  • Grafana
  • Contentful
• Hosting:
  • AWS
  • Linux (CentOS)
  • SaltStack
• Development:
  • Git
  • PHPUnit
  • Review Board
  • Jenkins

Smile Open Source Solutions

• E-commerce development engineer
• Feb. 2011 - Jul. 2014 (3.5 years)
• Amsterdam, Netherlands

Development of diverse e-commerce websites and standalone modules using Magento

Mainly focused on the webshops back-office part:

• Integration to third party systems for the products catalog, deliveries, payments,...
• Custom functionalities for promotions, reports, inventories,...

Customers were mostly sizable national companies:

• Large amount of products and orders
• Usage of both Community and Enterprise editions of Magento

Main developer and primary technical support on some projects

Technologies

• Languages:
  • PHP
  • Bash
  • Javascript
• Framework:
  • Magento
• Environment:
  • Linux (Debian)
  • MySQL
  • Apache
  • Varnish
  • Solr
• Development:
  • Git
  • SVN
  • LXC

B. Braun Aesculap

• Software engineer intern
• Jul. 2010 - Nov. 2010 (5 months)
• Grenoble, France

Development of a desktop GUI to edit and validate a database of surgical instruments

Technologies

• Language:
  • C++
• Framework:
  • Qt
• Database:
  • SQLite
• Development:
  • SVN

Personal experience

I have as well experience in other diverse domains and languages through personal projects and contributions:

• mobile apps on SailfishOS using C++, Qt and QML
• productivity tools using shell scripts, C, Python or Go

You can find all those projects on the following platforms:

• https://github.com/tardypad
• https://sr.ht/~tardypad

Education

National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble

• 2009 - 2011
• Grenoble, France

Engineer's Degree (Master level)
Engineering of information systems

Languages

• French: Native proficiency
• English: Full professional proficiency
• Dutch: Limited working proficiency