Summary
Emmanuel Balpe is a Principal Software Development Engineer with 14 years of experience building and orchestrating microservice-driven platforms, currently leading orchestration efforts at SOPHiA GENETICS. He blends deep back-end expertise in Java (Spring, Micronaut), Kafka, Camunda and Kubernetes with front-end experience in React/NextJS, and a strong track record automating CI/CD pipelines and test suites. Emmanuel has a history of modernizing legacy Java apps into microservices, dockerizing complex systems and operating advanced Kubernetes deployments. Comfortable in English and conversational in Spanish, he pairs hands-on coding with operational ownership—installing and managing GitLab, Jenkins, Sentry and SonarQube in production contexts. Based in Bidart, France, he combines an engineering education in automation and robotics with entrepreneurial early-career roles that included product and commercial responsibilities, giving him a pragmatic, end-to-end perspective.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Automation and Robotics, MSc Automation and Robotics at The University of Salford
Diplôme d'ingénieur Maîtrise des Procédés Automatisés, Diplôme d'ingénieur Maîtrise des Procédés Automatisés at ESTIA
French, Spanish, English