Christophe Michel
Senior Java Developer at SHODO
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolChristophe Michel is a Senior Java Developer based in Paris with over 10 years of experience modernizing backend systems and rescuing legacy codebases through disciplined refactoring and automated testing. He combines deep Java and Kotlin expertise with a pragmatic, design-oriented mindset—rooted in a lifelong interest in game and UX design—that helps him challenge assumptions and improve user-facing flows as well as internal architectures. As an experienced mentor and current instructor for Arolla’s Refactoring/Legacy course, he regularly guides teams and junior engineers to produce clearer, more maintainable code. His background spans finance, media, and travel domains, giving him a strong track record of delivering practical solutions in complex enterprise environments. Notably, he brings a thoughtful curiosity about design trade-offs that informs both technical decisions and developer experience.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Software design and construction., Software design and construction. at EPITA: Ecole d'Ingénieurs en InformatiqueBaccalauréat S, Baccalauréat S at Lycée Auguste Renoir
French, English
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Github Skills (72)
journal9
sql9
http-api9
ingame9
wiremock9
world-of-warcraft9
spring9
xml9
java9
mock-server9
mocking9
spring-boot9
stubbing9
rest8
querying8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
christopheml/wow-completionist
Nov 2018 - Feb 2022
Web application querying Blizzard's APIs to help World of Warcraft players complete stuff ingame.
Contributions:44 commits, 3 PRs, 23 pushes in 3 years 3 months
spring-bootherokuapiplayersquerying
christopheml/mtgapi-sdk-java
Jul 2017 - Dec 2021
Unofficial Java SDK for using the magicthegathering.io APIs
Contributions:6 PRs, 33 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years 5 months
javajava-sdkmagicthegatheringsdk
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