
Julien Kieffer
Verified Expert in Engineering
Python Developer
Paris, France
Toptal member since April 20, 2020
Julien has led data analytics and web development teams and projects for more than eight years after earning a master's degree in complex system engineering from Grande École Art & Métiers. With passion, intelligence, and high-efficiency, Julien ensures high-quality deliverables across multiple projects by applying effective problem-solving, communication, training, and test-driven development (TDD).
Portfolio
Experience
- DevOps - 7 years
- Python 3 - 7 years
- REST APIs - 7 years
- Architecture - 7 years
- Git - 6 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 5 years
- Test-driven Development (TDD) - 4 years
- GitOps - 4 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Codecov, Travis CI, GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MacOS
The most amazing...
...results I achieved are 30 projects, growth from 4 to 20 developers, a sales increase from €300,000 to €1.2 million, and margins from negative to double-digits.
Work Experience
CTO
VingtCinq – Digital Manufacture
- Recruited, trained, and managed an efficient 12-member team from the ground up.
- Significantly improved margins from €200,000 to €1.2 million.
- Shipped 30 projects by responding to my customer's needs while respecting delays and budgets.
- Actively contributed to 12 complex, interconnected web apps using current technologies and relevant methodologies across teams to deliver high-end tested code.
- Applied and promoted my philosophy: DRY, KISS, Zen of Python, TDD.
Experience
Happy-Post
https://happy-post.com/fr/Résidétape
http://residetape.fr/Once accepted, users can pay their rent online and follow housing-related administrative procedures through the app. This makes communication between the tenant and Résidétape (the landlord) clear, easy, and trackable. Investors and partners have their own dedicated spaces where they can follow their related information such as tenant requests and project status.
Flagship features: TDD, a conditional complex user form, wrappers to sync data from the website to the customer's ERP solution, REST API consumed, complex business-related logic, and user rights.
Internal Purchasing App
Geolocation is used to show only products that can be shipped within the user's area. Once the order is confirmed through the app, the back end does all the magic: Retailers get purchase orders in their mailbox and accountants have all the information they need to make their weekly data entry super easy. The back end also handles the data sync based on the customer's available data extraction. Negotiated prices are updated to keep new purchase orders relevant without impacting previous orders.
Flagship features: DD, GIS, GeoDjango, REST API, complex business logic, external services wrappers, and complex data synchronization.
Gesica – Lawyer Network
http://www.gesica.orgOn the attorneys' side, they can manage their profile data, their company page data, and requests from their front office page, all within a tailor-made administration space. They can also use live chat, exchange messages with users, and manage their chat availability (online/offline).
Flagship features: TDD, REST API, WebSocket, Django Channels, GeoDjango, GIS, and a complex geolocated search engine.
Education
Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering
Arts et Métiers ParisTech - Paris, France
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
AWS
Skills
Libraries/APIs
API Development, REST APIs, Vue, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, PiLLoW
Tools
Pytest, Git, Slack, GitLab, GitHub, Travis CI, Codecov, GIS
Languages
Python 3, Python
Frameworks
Django, Django REST Framework, Django Channels, GeoDjango
Paradigms
REST, DevOps, Test-driven Development (TDD)
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), MacOS, Docker, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
PostgreSQL
Other
Architecture, GitOps
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