Romain Derie
Full Stack Developer at Odoo
Belgium
Summary
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RockstarRomain Derie is a Full Stack JavaScript and Python engineer with 8 years of hands-on experience, currently building and leading teams at Odoo while also co-founding and steering technology at Avence.io. He combines backend mastery in the Odoo framework—contributing to core modules, sitemap and image handling—with frontend and theme work that improved upgrade behavior and test coverage. Comfortable across cloud and integrations, his background spans OpenStack, Node.js, payment and API integrations, and legacy enterprise databases, showing an ability to move between startup and enterprise contexts. A clear communicator and technical writer, he has also shaped user-facing documentation for Odoo integrations, translating API changes into practical guidance. Based in Buffalo, NY, he blends entrepreneurial drive with a proven record of shipping robust web platforms and improving developer experience.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
website-development10
odo10
odoo10
python10
documentation10
testing10
test-automation9
html7
css6
javascript6
database-design5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
odoo/odoo
Aug 2017 - Jan 2023
Odoo. Open Source Apps To Grow Your Business.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3315 reviews, 1148 commits, 986 PRs in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Romain primarily contributed to the back-end functionality, focusing on the Odoo framework. Their work involved fixing bugs, implementing new features, and optimizing existing code related to website and blog functionalities. The commits demonstrate a deep understanding of the Odoo framework, including modifications to core models, controllers, and views, alongside adjustments related to sitemap generation and general improvements. The user's changes spanned various areas of the application, from ensuring the correct behavior of the website and blog to improvements on image and menu management.
odoopythonodoo-appserpapps
odoo/documentation
Oct 2018 - Jul 2022
Odoo documentation sources
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:7 reviews, 17 commits, 4 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Romain primarily contributed to the Odoo documentation repository. Their work focused on documenting the Unsplash integration, detailing how to obtain access keys and application IDs. They also refined the documentation to reflect changes in Unsplash API guidelines and deprecated Google API information. The commits demonstrate a focus on creating and updating user-facing documentation.
odoo
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