Daniel Chesters is a seasoned Java and Kotlin backend developer based in the Paris area with 16 years of experience delivering robust, microservice-oriented systems for major French enterprises and fintechs. He has progressed from Java EE maintenance roles to specialist Kotlin backend work, contributing to projects at Paylib, Betclic, Carrefour and Europ Assistance while focusing on craftsmanship, best practices and infrastructure migrations. Comfortable as a consultant and team player, he regularly tackles high-availability backend challenges such as order management, betting systems and payment reliability tooling. Fluent in English and French, he prefers Paris-based opportunities and brings a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach honed across long-term client engagements. A master’s graduate in applied IT methods, he pairs solid academic foundations with a pragmatic obsession for clean, maintainable backend architecture.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master en informatique Méthodes Informatiques Appliquées à la Gestion des Entreprises, Master en informatique Méthodes Informatiques Appliquées à la Gestion des Entreprises at Université Paris Nanterre
Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie Informatique, Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie Informatique at Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)
A prototype of a donjon crawler/roguelike in Kotlin and libGDX
Contributions:2 reviews, 34 PRs, 167 pushes in 6 years 1 month
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Daniel Chesters - Java Kotlin Backend Developer at Edwyn Tech