Summary
Jean-vincent Drean is a seasoned Head of Engineering with 19 years of experience building and scaling web applications, microservices, and cloud-native systems from Paris. At Agorapulse he blends hands-on backend work in Java/Micronaut with Angular front-ends, driving frequent delivery through automation, continuous deployment, and strong observability practices. He excels at assembling and mentoring teams, enforcing thoughtful naming and architecture conventions to reduce cognitive load and technical debt. A pragmatic open-source contributor, he has made core logic improvements to notable projects like XWiki, touching features such as Watchlist and Calendar plugins. Deeply familiar with AWS, NoSQL denormalization patterns, and state management with Ngrx/Redux, he focuses on reliable, production-ready systems that ship often. Colleagues describe him as methodical, slightly pedantic about clarity, and relentless about making releases safe and repeatable.
20 years of coding experience
French, English