Pierre is available for hire

Pierre Killy

Verified Expert in Engineering

Full-stack Developer

Lidingö, Sweden

Toptal member since October 18, 2016

Expertise

Web Development Back-end Developers SaaS Full-stack Interim CTOs Web Scraping Linux Agile Development Sass Node.js AWS RDS

Bio

Pierre is a web engineering expert with over 15 years of experience helping companies build their technical solutions and teams with a specialization for partially and fully remote task forces. In addition to being a Certified Scrum Master, Pierre is a dedicated and enthusiastic team leader who's hired, onboarded, and managed several teams to deliver creative, effective solutions for various clients, including Toptal ones.

Portfolio

DigiExam

Agile Coaching, Agile Software Development, Leadership, Team Management...

Cruise Automation - New Developer Tools Team

Leadership, Team Management, JavaScript, Agile Coaching...

Hot-Take

Agile Software Development, Engineering Software, Leadership, CTO, Firebase...

Experience

Coordination - 8 years
Team Management - 6 years
Leadership - 6 years
Engineering Management - 6 years
Scrum - 6 years
Remote Team Leadership - 5 years
CTO - 4 years
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) - 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Jira, GitHub, Slack, Web Development, Agile, Google Cloud, Back-end

The most amazing...

...achievement is to rebuild a product and tech unit by leading the team in place, hire new members and set all product processes from requirement to delivery

Work Experience

Chief Technology Officer

2021 - 2023

DigiExam

Rebuilt, hired, onboarded, and managed a team of six developers, a UX designer, and a head of product.
Planned and rebuilt from scratch a ten-year-old solution using state-of-the-art technologies.
Defined software development processes, incident management processes, and product management processes.
Planned projects and followed up with the team to ensure delivery according to the roadmap.

Technologies: Agile Coaching, Agile Software Development, Leadership, Team Management, IT Recruitment, Partner Management, Strategy, Scrum, Coaching, Software as a Service (SaaS), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), GitHub, Google App Engine, Coordination, Remote Team Leadership, Product Management, Engineering Management, Scrum Master, Jira, Slack, Sass, Management, Teamwork, Team Leadership, Hiring, Technical Hiring, JSON, JSON API, JSON REST APIs, REST APIs, SQL, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Web Development, JavaScript, Agile, Full-stack, Software Design, Software Architecture, Architecture, APIs, Google Cloud, Back-end, Software Development Management, Agile Project Management, People Management, Engineering, Mobile Apps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon RDS, Requirements Analysis, IT Management, Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, Python

[Enterprise] Engineering Manager

2019 - 2020

Cruise Automation - New Developer Tools Team

Hired, onboarded, and managed up to 13 Toptal developers spread across the globe and into multiple client's teams.
Coached the client's teams into Agile methodologies and helped them implement them.
Coached the client's teams in transitioning to entirely remote work when the COVID-19 pandemic started and implemented the associated processes.

Technologies: Leadership, Team Management, JavaScript, Agile Coaching, Agile Software Development, Coordination, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Scrum, GitHub, Remote Team Leadership, Engineering Management, Scrum Master, IT Recruitment, Coaching, Jira, Slack, Management, Team Leadership, Teamwork, Team Building, Hiring, Technical Hiring, JSON, JSON API, JSON REST APIs, REST APIs, Web Development, Agile, Full-stack, Software Design, Software Architecture, Architecture, React, APIs, Google Cloud, Back-end, Software Development Management, Agile Project Management, People Management, Engineering, Requirements Analysis, Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, Node.js

CTO

2019 - 2019

Hot-Take

Advised on MVP definition and roadmap and built the MVP from scratch.
Served as a hands-on CTO and evaluated and chose technologies according to the company's vision.
Coached teams in entrepreneurship and upcoming crowdfunding.

Technologies: Agile Software Development, Engineering Software, Leadership, CTO, Firebase, AngularJS, Ionic, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), PWA, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Scrum, Agile Coaching, Product Management, Engineering Management, Scrum Master, Strategy, Coaching, Slack, JSON, JSON API, JSON REST APIs, REST APIs, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Web Development, JavaScript, Agile, Full-stack, Software Design, Software Architecture, Architecture, APIs, Google Cloud, Back-end, Software Development Management, Agile Project Management, Engineering, Requirements Analysis, IT Management, Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, Full-stack Development

Senior Full-stack JavaScript Engineer

2016 - 2019

Earnest

Created new microservices and APIs and developed new features.
Designed and implemented portfolio audit tools and sanitized data for future migration.
Reverse-engineered business logic and algorithms, improved them, and fixed bugs.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Agile Software Development, Scrum, Software as a Service (SaaS), Engineering Software, Leadership, PostgreSQL, AngularJS, Node.js, GitHub, Jira, Slack, Sass, Teamwork, JSON, JSON API, JSON REST APIs, REST APIs, SQL, Web Development, JavaScript, Agile, Full-stack, Software Design, Software Architecture, Architecture, APIs, Back-end, Engineering, Amazon RDS, Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, NestJS, Full-stack Development

Co-founder, CEO, and CTO

2014 - 2016

Kwalito

Hired and managed a team of five in France and abroad.
Defined and implemented the technical architecture of the project.
Conceived and deployed the AWS back-end infrastructure based on Node.js.
Developed REST API for our B2B partners to integrate our solution into their website.
Created the hybrid Ionic Android and iOS mobile applications.
Took an active part in the company's vision, mission, business model, and strategic partnerships.

Technologies: Agile Software Development, Software as a Service (SaaS), Engineering Software, Leadership, Coordination, Remote Team Leadership, CTO, Cordova, Ionic, AngularJS, MongoDB, MySQL, Node.js, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Scrum, Product Management, Engineering Management, Scrum Master, Team Management, IT Recruitment, Partner Management, Strategy, Coaching, Jira, Slack, Sass, Management, Team Leadership, Teamwork, Hiring, Technical Hiring, JSON, JSON API, JSON REST APIs, REST APIs, SQL, Google SEO, Web Development, JavaScript, Agile, Full-stack, Software Design, Software Architecture, Architecture, APIs, Back-end, Software Development Management, Agile Project Management, People Management, Engineering, Mobile Apps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon RDS, Requirements Analysis, IT Management, Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, Chrome Extensions, Web Scraping, Full-stack Development

Head of Production Rollout

2011 - 2014

Viadeo

Migrated the rollout process from an archaic, handmade, untested, and very time-consuming monthly rollout to a daily, continuously integrated, unit-tested, build-promoted and smooth rollout process.
Coordinated every rollout of the platform including the website, the intern-use back offices, and batches.
Defined the processes with the product, development, infrastructure, localization, and quality teams before and after each rollout in order to improve and guaranty its quality.
Industrialized and optimized the continuous integration, and the release and rollout procedures.

Technologies: Agile Software Development, Scrum, Software as a Service (SaaS), Engineering Software, Leadership, Coordination, Remote Team Leadership, Debian Linux, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Memcached, JavaScript, MySQL, Apache Tomcat, Jakarta EE, Java, Coaching, Jira, Slack, Sass, Cross-functional Collaboration, Teamwork, Team Leadership, JSON, JSON API, JSON REST APIs, REST APIs, SQL, Web Development, Agile, Full-stack, Software Design, Software Architecture, Architecture, APIs, Back-end, Software Development Management, Agile Project Management, Engineering, Amazon RDS, Software Engineering, Technical Leadership

Founder

2011 - 2011

EasyNetwork.in

Built EasyNetwork.in which was a centralized platform to manage all your social media profiles: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Viadeo.
Designed and developed the product fully.

Technologies: Engineering Software, CTO, MySQL, Google App Engine, Jakarta EE, Java, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, JSON API, JSON REST APIs, REST APIs, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google SEO, Web Development, Full-stack, Software Design, Software Architecture, Architecture, APIs, Google Cloud, Back-end, Engineering, Software Engineering, Full-stack Development

IT Infrastructure Manager

2010 - 2011

Pixvisio

Maintained and improved the back-end infrastructure to absorb a growing charge.
Organized and optimized the production rollouts.
Defined the testing procedure and guaranteed its application.
Managed a team of two.

Technologies: Bash, Jakarta EE, Java, Apache Tomcat, Debian Linux, Full-stack, Software Architecture, Architecture, Back-end, Engineering

Web Project Manager

2007 - 2011

Pixvisio

Designed and developed the localized Kizoa website in five languages and the administration interface for the marketing team.
Optimized the SEO.
Created the Kizoa slideshow viewer for Facebook and for Philiips NetTV.
Co-defined the company's KPIs.

Technologies: Engineering Software, Debian Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, jQuery, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, Google SEO, Web Development, Full-stack, Software Design, Software Architecture, Architecture, APIs, Engineering, IT Management, Embedded Linux, Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Full-stack Development

Embedded Software Engineer

2007 - 2009

Pixvisio

Validated the hardware provided by our supplier.
Ported the Linux kernel on the hardware.
Developed specific Linux drivers.
Designed and implemented a type of photo frame management software (daemons).

Technologies: Engineering Software, Hardware, C, C++, Linux Kernel, Engineering, Embedded Linux, Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Embedded Software

Experience

Kwalito

I founded and built this company and app from scratch. The mobile application verified the composition of food products simply by scanning their barcode. It aimed at users with allergies or food intolerance, vegetarians, vegans, pregnant women, and users who wanted to eat healthily and read ingredient lists before buying a product. This app was developed for Android and iOS and was an alumnus of Numa Sprint, Season 7, and Koudetat The Family. Kwalito was also integrated with Smart Food Paris, the first food tech incubator of Paris&Co.

easyNetwork.in

easyNetworkin was a centralized platform to manage all your social media profiles: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Viadeo.

Education

2016 - 2016

Certificate (in Progress) in MongoDB for Node.js

MongoDB University - Online (https://university.mongodb.com/)

2015 - 2015

Training in Entrepreneurship & Growth Hacking

TheFamily - Paris, France

2008 - 2008

Training in Search Engine Optimization

Ranking Metrics - Paris, France

2002 - 2005

Master's Degree in Computer Science and Networks

CFA Ingénieurs 2000 (ESIPE) - Paris, France

Certifications

OCTOBER 2020 - PRESENT

Certified Scrum Master

Scrum Alliance

Skills

Libraries/APIs

Node.js, JSON API, REST APIs, React, jQuery, Passport.js, AngularUI

Tools

Jira, Slack, GitHub, cURL Command Line Tool, Git, Apache Tomcat, Apache, NPM, WebStorm

Languages

Sass, SQL, HTML, Bash, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, PHP, C++, C, Python

Paradigms

Scrum, Agile Software Development, Agile Project Management, Agile, RESTful Development, REST, Microservices, Test-driven Development (TDD), Requirements Analysis, Management

Platforms

Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Debian Linux, Jakarta EE, Google App Engine, Firebase, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Embedded Linux

Storage

PostgreSQL, Memcached, MySQL, JSON, Google Cloud, MongoDB, CouchDB

Frameworks

React Native, Bootstrap, Express.js, AngularJS, Ionic, NestJS

Other

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Agile Coaching, Engineering Management, Scrum Master, CTO, Leadership, Remote Team Leadership, Engineering Software, Software as a Service (SaaS), Coordination, Team Management, Web Development, Back-end, Software Development Management, People Management, Engineering, Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, Web Scraping, Full-stack Development, APIs, Product Management, HTTP, 3D Printing, IT Recruitment, Strategy, Coaching, JSON REST APIs, Full-stack, Software Design, Software Architecture, Architecture, Mobile Apps, Amazon RDS, IT Management, Chrome Extensions, Cordova, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Linux Kernel, Hardware, PWA, Single-page Applications (SPAs), Angular Bootstrap, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), Partner Management, Web Project Management, Teamwork, Team Leadership, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Team Building, Hiring, Technical Hiring, Cross-functional Collaboration, Google SEO, Embedded Systems, Embedded Software

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