Julien Thebault
Head Of Software at Numberly
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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SeniorJulien Thebault is a seasoned software leader with 13 years of experience, currently Head of Software at Numberly in Paris, known for blending hands-on engineering with collaborative, supportive leadership. He progressed through roles from Linux sysadmin to Staff Engineer and DevOps Tech Lead, driving automation and operational excellence across the stack. An autodidact passionate about automation, he has contributed to widely used open-source projects like Ansible, improving MongoDB user management and SSL handling—work that underscores his strengths in backend, database engineering, and reliability. Julien fosters continuous improvement and creativity in teams while remaining deeply involved in technical problem solving and infrastructure-level details.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (14)
ansible10
ansible-galaxy10
database-administration10
mongodb10
python10
mongodb-database10
ssl9
error-handling9
api8
apidoc8
aws8
configuration-management7
automations7
automation7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ansible/ansible-modules-extras
Oct 2015 - Dec 2016
Ansible extra modules - these modules ship with ansible
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:9 PRs, 60 comments, 1 issue in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Julien primarily contributed to the `mongodb_user` module within the Ansible modules extras repository, focusing on features and bug fixes related to managing MongoDB users. Their work included implementing SSL certificate support, improving exception handling, and fixing default role behavior. They also addressed compatibility issues and ensured the correct parameters were used for establishing MongoDB connections.
ansibleship
ansible/ansible
Jun 2016 - Feb 2020
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:16 commits, 26 PRs, 97 comments in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Julien primarily contributed to the `mongodb_user` module, adding features and fixing bugs related to user management within MongoDB. They added support for the `ssl_cert_reqs` directive and corrected default role values. The user also addressed compatibility issues and implemented database connection improvements. In addition, the user made general improvements and fixed bugs within the `iam_cert` and `easy_install` modules.
everythingpythonit-automationdevopsdeployment
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