Julien Hartmann
Senior Software Engineer at SimpliSafe
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolJulien Hartmann is a Senior Software Engineer with over 20 years of broad technical experience and 12 years in hands-on engineering roles, now leading product-focused teams at SimpliSafe from Greater Boston. A former IT architect, he blends large-scale infrastructure design with pragmatic software delivery, mentoring teams and aligning technical strategy to business goals. He is a passionate, autonomous developer comfortable across C++ and Python who prefers elegant multi-technology solutions and has a strong track record in refactoring and modernizing open-source projects like django-hvad to keep them compatible with newer Django and DRF versions. Julien’s background as a technical lead and consultant gives him a rare combination of stakeholder empathy and deep implementation skill, making him effective at turning complex legacy systems into maintainable, test-covered products.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
M. Phil, M. Phil at Université Paris-Est Marne-la-ValléeMaster's Degree in Engineering, Master's Degree in Engineering at ESIEE PARIS
serbe, English, French
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Github Skills (17)
python10
django10
rest-framework10
modeler10
modello10
io10
django-rest-framework10
modeling10
testing9
open-source8
flask6
emberjs6
package6
windows6
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
KristianOellegaard/django-hvad
Nov 2013 - Nov 2018
Painless translations in django, using the regular ORM. Integrates easily into existing projects and apps. Easy convertible from django-multilingual-ng.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 243 commits, 20 PRs in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Julien's contributions primarily involved refactoring and updating the `django-hvad` project. The commits show significant effort in removing legacy code, improving code clarity, and migrating to newer Django APIs and features. A large portion of the work focused on refining model interactions, and ensuring compatibility, particularly with later versions of Django and the Django REST Framework. The user also added tests and provided documentation updates.
haystacktranslationsconvertibledjangotranslation
spectras/django-hvad
Jan 2015 - Nov 2018
Contributions:136 pushes, 14 branches, 9 tags in 3 years 11 months
commitsmain-reposandboxmergingpull-requests
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