Benjamin Grandfond
Sr Software Engineer at Docker, Inc
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolBenjamin Grandfond is a senior software engineer based in Paris with 14 years of experience building maintainable, user-focused web products, primarily in PHP and Symfony since 2007. He combines hands-on engineering at Docker with a history of technical leadership as CTO of Theodo, where he scaled and coached teams of over 60 engineers and shaped delivery practices across 100+ projects. A pragmatic advocate for developer experience and sustainable architectures, he brings expertise in PHP, Symfony, Go and serverless patterns, and contributes to notable open-source work such as fixes in the rackspace/php-opencloud SDK. Benjamin is also active in the tech community as a Tech Rocks member and meetup organizer, and he returned from management to hands-on coding in 2019 to refocus on product craftsmanship. He pairs deep practical experience with an emphasis on code quality, performance (RAIL-informed), and pragmatic architectural decisions documented with ADRs.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
DUT, Informatique - génie logiciel, DUT, Informatique - génie logiciel at Université de LimogesLicence professionnelle, Activités et techniques de communication spécialité conception et administration de sites web, Licence professionnelle, Activités et techniques de communication spécialité conception et administration de sites web at Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille I)
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Github Skills (14)
php10
openstack10
sdk10
apidoc9
api9
google-cloud-run6
docker6
google-cloud-platform6
environment-variables6
twig6
symfony6
docker-desktop6
knative6
react6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
rackspace/php-opencloud
Apr 2014 - May 2014
The PHP SDK for OpenStack clouds
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 29 days
Contributions summary:Benjamin contributed to the PHP SDK for OpenStack clouds by fixing user creation issues and improving code style. They modified the `PersistentResource.php` and `User.php` files, adding and adjusting code related to user properties and aliases. The user also addressed comment and style issues, ensuring the code adheres to PSR2 standards.
openstackphp
theodo/TheodoEvolutionSessionBundle
Mar 2013 - May 2016
The session bridge between your legacy application and Symfony2
Contributions:34 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 3 years 2 months
symfony
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