GAËL DEMETTE ============ Infrastructure, reliability & digital sovereignty Essonne, France Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi and Nix in production. High availability, SLAs and security, incl. French MoD and ANCT. - https://gael-demette.fr/en/cv/devops - Email: website.may2025@aka.pand.app - GitHub: https://github.com/pand-app - GitLab: https://gitlab.com/pand.app - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaeldemette/ - Malt: https://www.malt.com/profile/gaeldemette - X: https://x.com/gael_demette - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gael-demette.fr - Mastodon: https://mastodon.demette.fr/@gael PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ----------------------- Since 2025-03 - President @ adnap Mission-driven company in the social and solidarity economy. Technical leadership of the company. Support for digital sovereignty Projects : - Infrastructure and cost optimisation — Aroma Zone : Six months on transverse concerns: monitoring, infrastructure cost reduction, GCP and Azure. [GCP, Azure] - Safeguarding reports platform — French social affairs ministries : Support for regional health agencies tracking reports concerning vulnerable adults. Rust · Nix · Kubernetes · Gitlab · Open Source · Pulumi · Deno · VueJS/Nuxt · PostgreSQL · Redis · Scaleway · GCP · Azure · TypeScript · Linux · Docker Since 2025-01 - CTO @ Cashway Part-time - Rewrote a production system from Python to Rust, with the scope revised following an audit. - Took over a product with none of its original team available: audit, reverse engineering and written documentation. - Built the non-regression metrics that framed the rewrite. OVH · Pulumi · Disaster management · Security · Rust · Linux · Observability 2018-02 > 2025-03 - President @ Qonfucius Up to 14 employees and ~€1M revenue. Technical leadership of the company. - Transitional technical leadership - Worked on the Foncia group's ERP: raising code quality, and taking part in the team's technical debates and trade-offs. - Audits & consulting Projects : - e-Chauffeur — French Ministry of Armed Forces : Real-time tracking of Armed Forces drivers through cellular data tracing, on the model of an Uber without the payment layer. [VueJS/Nuxt, MongoDB] - Transverse DevOps infrastructure — French Ministry of Armed Forces (Lead DevOps) : Deployed the incubator's software onto in-house infrastructure hosted at Scaleway, and supported the development teams. [Scaleway] - carrefour.fr rebuild — Carrefour : A roughly six-month engagement rebuilding the site. - Incubateur des Territoires — ANCT (Lead Tech) : Deployed the incubator's software onto infrastructure hosted at Scaleway, and supported the project teams. [Scaleway] - Offline cloud — French Ministry of Armed Forces : Evaluation, benchmark and proof of concept for a cloud offering that runs disconnected from the internet. - Stargate — French Ministry of Armed Forces : Access management for defence bases. A CI pipeline producing a self-contained archive, for deployment with no internet connection. [MongoDB] Kubernetes · Terraform/OpenTofu · Gitlab · Github · Azure · Continuous Delivery · SLA · Continuous Integration · Support · High Availability · Remote work · Open Source · Security · VueJS/Nuxt · PostgreSQL · Redis · ArangoDB · Scaleway · Directus · TypeScript · Docker · Ansible · Linux · Observability · Agile · Microservices · TDD 2016-04 > 2018-01 - CTO @ HungryUp - Very high availability of the application, with zero downtime. - System and application architecture, APIs and the critical features, up to a substantial scaling capability. - Provisioning benches for Android tablets and devices via GenyDeploy; AWS Elastic Beanstalk infrastructure. Gitlab · AWS · High Availability · SLA · MongoDB · Continuous Delivery · Continuous Integration · Security · Linux · Docker 2015-09 > 2016-01 - Lead Developer @ Adrenaline Hunter - Built a new product with Symfony. AWS · Github · Continuous Integration 2013-09 > 2014-09 - Web Developer @ Webtales Projects : - Rubedo : Open-source CMS built on Zend Framework 2, MongoDB and Elasticsearch, with a Big Data slant. An early adopter of MongoDB and of industrialised site delivery, when both were rare. [MongoDB, Elasticsearch] MongoDB · OVH · Hypervisor · Github · Open Source · Continuous Integration · Elasticsearch VOLUNTEERING & COMMITMENTS -------------------------- Since 2026-01 - Homework support Supporting young people with their homework, from primary school to the final year of secondary. 2021-09 > 2025-01 - Member @ Mouvement Impact France Member of the social and solidarity economy interest group. 2021-05 > 2025-01 - Volunteer Member @ Réseau Entreprendre 91 Startup mentoring - Mentored two startups, a construction-industry ERP and a passwordless authentication product, as a sparring partner to surface their blind spots. 2010-09 > 2012-09 - Volunteer Trainer @ association "Le lien : l'informatique & nous" - Training people affected by digital illiteracy. MY SKILLS --------- Development Rust, Deno, TypeScript, VueJS/Nuxt, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, ArangoDB, Elasticsearch, MySQL System administration Linux, Nix, Pulumi, Docker, Kubernetes, Scaleway, Terraform/OpenTofu, Ansible, Hypervisor, OVH, AWS, Azure, GCP Project management tools Gitlab, Directus, Github Soft skills Agile, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Disaster management, High Availability, Microservices, Observability, Open Source, Remote work, Security, SLA, Support, TDD EDUCATION --------- Master of Science — Supinfo 2014-09 > 2016-09 — Paris, Tour Montparnasse Advanced programming (Java, C#), project management, cloud computing, network architecture, cybersecurity. Bachelor of Science — Supinfo 2013-09 > 2014-09 — Paris, Tour Montparnasse Web development (PHP, JavaScript), databases, virtualisation, Linux administration. BTS Information Technology Services for Organizations (S.I.O.) Option Software Solutions and Business Applications — IRIS 2011-09 > 2013-09 — Paris XVII Software development, systems maintenance, database management, networks and telecommunications. Professional Baccalaureate in Electronic and Digital Systems (S.E.N.) Option Telecommunications and Networks at IRIS — IRIS 2008-09 > 2011-09 — Paris XVII Digital electronics, telecom networks, network infrastructure, systems maintenance. CERTIFICATIONS -------------- - Prevention and Civic Rescue (PSC) — Fédération Nationale de Protection Civile (2026-02) LANGUAGES --------- - French — native language - English — technical Last update, Sep 2026