Nicolas Philippe
Développeur Back at Mapado
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolas Philippe is a seasoned back-end developer and certified Symfony lead with 11 years of experience, based in Lyon. He has led Symfony projects for companies like Salomon and cofounded a Symfony-focused agency, bringing both technical leadership and hands-on delivery. An active open-source contributor, he has improved core PHP tooling—contributing features and fixes to PHPUnit, Symfony Maker Bundle and API Platform—and also authors clear Symfony documentation. Comfortable in team leads and freelance contexts, he combines deep framework expertise with practical experience shipping APIs, authentication flows and state processors. Notably, his work touches both code and developer experience, from security config choices to test automation and documentation.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Web & Multimedia, Master's degree Web & Multimedia at IMAC
French, English
Github Skills (28)
api-platform10
mstest10
testing10
user-authentication10
authentication10
testkit10
teste10
phpunit10
security10
php10
rest10
symfony10
yaml10
symfony-ux10
ui-testing10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
symfony/maker-bundle
Aug 2018 - Sep 2021
Symfony Maker Bundle
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 30 commits, 9 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily contributed to the `symfony/maker-bundle` repository by adding and updating features related to the creation of Guard authenticators and form login functionality within the Symfony framework. They introduced the ability to choose firewall names and handle multiple authenticators within security configurations. The user modified the security configuration files and updated the tests associated with these functionalities, ensuring their correct integration with the Symfony framework. They also addressed issues related to entity creation.
symfony
symfony/symfony-docs
Dec 2018 - Jan 2023
The Symfony documentation
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:8 reviews, 5 commits, 4 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily contributed to the project by updating and expanding the Symfony documentation. Their commits focused on clarifying the use of existing features, such as validation constraints and the Messenger component. They added examples, documented new features (like `SerializedMessageStamp` and `getEnum`), and provided guidance to the developers. Overall, the contributions centered around providing clear and concise documentation for various Symfony components.
symfonyphp
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