Julien Giovaresco
Staff Software Engineer at Gravitee
Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Top SchoolJulien Giovaresco is a Staff Software Engineer based in Grenoble with 11 years of professional experience and a 15-year passion for software development across front-end, back-end, architecture, and operations. Currently at Gravitee, he drives engineering initiatives while blending hands-on coding with architecture and system administration skills honed through roles at Gravitee.io, BRIDGE Leadformance, and Atos. He has practical cloud-native experience with Docker, Kubernetes and AWS, built microservices and SSO integrations, and helped operationalize CI/CD and TDD practices in agile teams. An active open-source contributor, Julien has improved the popular Insomnia API client with full-stack enhancements—from Hawk auth and encoding support to UX fixes—demonstrating attention to both developer tooling and end-user experience. Colleagues know him as a curious, efficiency-focused engineer who enjoys learning and sharing better tools and methods. Outside work he balances code with CrossFit, reflecting a disciplined, performance-oriented approach to engineering.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering in Computer Sciences, Computer Networks, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sciences, Computer Sciences, Master of Engineering in Computer Sciences, Computer Networks, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sciences, Computer Sciences at Polytech'Grenoble
English
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Github Skills (19)
javascript10
electron10
api-client10
http-client10
api10
rest-api10
react10
api-design9
typescript9
typescript-types9
codemirror9
typescripts9
testing7
wpgraphql7
css7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Kong/insomnia
Aug 2017 - Sep 2021
The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 14 commits, 16 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Julien primarily focused on enhancing the Insomnia API client, contributing to both the front-end and back-end aspects. Their contributions included implementing Hawk authentication, integrating new features like ISO-8859-1 encoding for Basic Auth, and improving the user experience through features like JSON node folding shortcuts and a "Copy Raw Response" action. They also made improvements to the UI, such as color picker display fixes and modifying download button labels.
grpcgraphql-restrest-apiapi-clientapi
jgiovaresco/dotfiles
Nov 2015 - Feb 2020
Contributions:122 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years 4 months
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