Johan Chavaillaz
Head Of Frontoffice Acquiring at Worldline
Greater Bern Area United States
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Top SchoolJohan Chavaillaz is a seasoned engineering leader with 12 years of experience building and operating mission-critical payment systems in Switzerland, currently Head of Frontoffice Acquiring at Worldline. He combines hands-on Java backend and DevOps expertise with a servant-leader approach, managing large teams (up to 80 people) to ensure 24/7 availability, scalability and resilience for real-time payment rails. Comfortable at the intersection of business and technology, he translates customer and regulatory requirements into robust architectures and operational practices. Johan has a track record of driving continuous improvement—introducing Agile/DevOps practices, automated testing and HA platform migrations—while stepping into software architect and crisis-management roles when needed. Outside day-to-day ops he’s contributed to internal innovation (hackathon prizes) and quality engineering tooling, reflecting a persistent focus on reliability and excellence.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Maturité Professionnelle Technique, Maturité Professionnelle Technique at Division Technique du CEJEF, PorrentruyCertificat Fédéral de Capacité, Certificat Fédéral de Capacité at Ecole des Métiers Techniques, PorrentruyMaster of Science HES-SO in Software Engineering, Master of Science HES-SO in Software Engineering at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
French, English, German
Github Skills (25)
stream10
jaxb10
jira9
asynchronous9
java9
rest9
okhttp9
elasticsearch8
vertx8
log4j8
e-mail8
quarkus-extension7
search-engine7
parser7
restful6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Chavaillaz/search-expression-parser
Mar 2017 - Dec 2021
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
Chavaillaz/automated-browser
Sep 2022 - Jul 2025
Contributions:4 releases, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
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