Sebastien Barbier
Software Engineer at Unique
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolSebastien Barbier is a Zurich-based software engineer with 12 years of experience building full-stack web applications and leading frontend modernization efforts. He has moved between hands-on roles and tech-lead positions—designing extensible architectures at SAP, shipping micro-frontend migrations, and currently building new features with React, Next.js and NestJS. As a solo-founder he turned side-projects like a personal budgeting PWA and a minimalist monitoring platform from PoC to MVP, owning front-end, back-end, devops and product delivery end-to-end. An active open-source contributor, he worked on the Firefox Notes add-on improving UI animations and dark-mode support—demonstrating attention to UX detail alongside system design. He brings a practical blend of distributed-systems academic training and entrepreneurial grit, with a knack for simplifying complex integrations and making developer-facing tools that actually get used.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
HNC, Computer Science, HNC, Computer Science at IUT Belfort - MontbéliardFinal Year, Computer Science, Final Year, Computer Science at University of PortsmouthMaster's degree, Distributed Systems and Network, magna cum laude (B pass, 14/20), Master's degree, Distributed Systems and Network, magna cum laude (B pass, 14/20) at Université de Franche-Comté
English, French, German
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Github Skills (18)
javascript10
css10
foreach10
front-end-development10
angularjs10
animation9
sass9
react9
ui-design8
html6
angular6
momentjs6
nodejs6
material-ui6
jquery6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla/notes
Oct 2017 - May 2018
A notepad for Firefox
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:368 commits, 82 PRs, 238 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Sebastien primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Firefox Notes add-on, specifically focusing on UI enhancements and animations. Their work involved implementing CSS to animate the sync toolbar, incorporating JavaScript for class manipulation, and creating visual feedback mechanisms such as warning styles and rotating icons. The user also made changes to the HTML and CSS files to incorporate dark theme support and modify button appearances.
firefoxwebextensionfirefox-webextensionfirefox-addonnotepad
fromedwin/monitor
Dec 2020 - Dec 2024
Contributions:6 releases, 58 PRs, 475 pushes in 4 years
monitorprometheus-exporterno-codemonitoring-toolgrafana
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