# Gaël Demette Software architect, social-economy entrepreneur Essonne, France From IT maintenance to company president: development, infrastructure, technical leadership and consulting. - https://gael-demette.fr/en/cv/full - 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 · Consulting · Open Source · Management · Budget management · Vendor management · Project management · 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 · Vendor management · Disaster management · Security · Rust · Python · Linux · Observability ### 2018-02 > 2025-03 - President @ Qonfucius Up to 14 employees and ~€1M revenue. Technical leadership of the company. - Founded to build a team from zero: 14 employees at its peak, low turnover, fully remote from day one, and revenue peaking at around €1M in 2022. - 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. [NodeJS, 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. [NodeJS, ReactJS, MongoDB] - E-commerce platform — InVivo : A roughly six-month e-commerce engagement. Consulting · Vendor management · Project management · Kubernetes · Terraform/OpenTofu · Gitlab · Github · Azure · Continuous Delivery · SLA · Continuous Integration · Support · Budget management · Management · High Availability · Training · 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. - Led a technical team of fewer than five people. - 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. NodeJS · Gitlab · AWS · EmberJS · Management · Budget management · Recruitment · Project management · High Availability · SLA · MongoDB · Training · Continuous Delivery · Continuous Integration · Security · Linux · Docker ### 2015-09 > 2016-01 - Lead Developer @ Adrenaline Hunter - Built a new product with Symfony. - Technical coordination with the product and marketing teams. PHP · AWS · Github · Continuous Integration ### 2014-01 > 2018-12 - Self-employed and freelancer - Training for engineers BAC +3 to BAC +5 (Java EE and Web) - Contributions to e-commerce and e-learning platforms Training · MySQL · NodeJS · PHP · PrestaShop · Github · Remote work ### 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. [Zend Framework, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, PHP] MongoDB · OVH · Hypervisor · PHP · Zend Framework · Github · Open Source · Continuous Integration · Elasticsearch ### 2012-09 > 2013-09 - Web Developer @ Izeos - Worked across all of the company's platforms (medical, e-learning, e-commerce, media sites), mainly in PHP 5, under Subversion. Subversion · MySQL · PHP · Zend Framework · SPIP ### 2011-09 > 2012-09 - Web Developer @ Com' des grands - Custom development around Joomla and PrestaShop for the agency's clients. PHP · PrestaShop · Joomla · MySQL ### 2009-08 > 2011-08 - IT Maintenance Technician @ HAVAS - Front-line support for the agency's internal teams, across every kind of IT issue. ## 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. Coaching · Mentoring ### 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, NodeJS, ReactJS, EmberJS, Joomla, PHP, PrestaShop, Python, SPIP, Subversion, Zend Framework ### 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, Budget management, Coaching, Consulting, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Disaster management, High Availability, Management, Mentoring, Microservices, Observability, Open Source, Project management, Recruitment, Remote work, Security, SLA, Support, TDD, Training, Vendor management ## 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