~/lilian/cv Bordeaux, France · Updated August 2026

Tech lead. Backend engineer. Open-source maintainer.

I design reliable production systems, guide engineering decisions, and maintain developer tools that turn complex work into durable foundations.

01 / Experience

Build, guide, share.

4SH · Bordeaux, France

Technical Lead & Trainer

  1. Oct 2025 - PresentTechnical Lead & Trainer
  2. Dec 2024 - Oct 2025Lead Developer & Trainer
  3. Oct 2023 - Nov 2024Senior Software Engineer
  4. Sep 2021 - Oct 2023Junior Software Engineer
  5. Apr 2021 - Aug 2021Software Developer Intern
  • Guide technical direction and delivery for production web systems, and deliver developer training.
  • Build backend services in Kotlin and gRPC with MongoDB and SQL, deployed on GCP with Kubernetes and Terraform.
  • Turn product constraints into explicit architecture choices, maintainable abstractions, and reliable production operations.
KotlinSpringgRPCGraphQLAngularGradleGCPKubernetesTerraformMongoDBSQL

Cisco × UC Santa Cruz · San Jose, USA

Sponsored software design project

  • Built a game-developer SDK and cloud routing prototype designed to reduce network latency and packet loss.
  • Studied client-server traffic and packet routes, then evaluated routing across interconnected AWS and GCP nodes.
PythonC++AWSGCPDockerElasticsearch

Engie Inéo · Pessac, France

Software Developer Intern

  • Designed a Python data-analysis application to detect and visualize logical patterns in energy readings.
  • Automated authenticated data collection and periodic FTP synchronization workflows.
PythonNumPyMatplotlibTkinterBeautiful Soup

02 / Education

Software engineering, from Bordeaux to California.

2019 - 2020

UC Santa Cruz

Master 1 in Computer Science, Software Engineering.

Software design · Low-latency networking

2018 - 2019

University of Bordeaux

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.

2016 - 2018

IUT Informatique de Bordeaux

DUT in Computer Science.

03 / Skills

A backend core with a production mindset.

01 / Backend

Systems & architecture

Kotlin, Java, Spring, gRPC, GraphQL, REST, SQL, MongoDB, API and domain design.

02 / Platform

Delivery & operations

GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, observability and production support.

03 / Web & tooling

Interfaces & build systems

TypeScript, Angular, Gradle, GitHub Actions and end-to-end web delivery.

04 / Leadership

Direction & collaboration

Technical leadership, developer training, architecture decisions, mentoring, Scrum, French and professional English.

04 / Open source

Engineering work that stays visible and useful.