Summary
Sylvain Blondeau is a senior PHP/Symfony developer with over 15 years of hands-on experience delivering production-grade web applications and internal tools. Based in Orléans, he combines deep backend expertise (Symfony, Laravel, APIs, CI/CD, Docker, GCP) with strong product sense gained building CMS, e‑commerce platforms and R&D tools for chemical databases. He has a proven track record of refactoring legacy systems, architecting reusable Symfony bundles, and reducing technical debt while shipping features reliably. As a lead instructor at Wild Code School he coached hundreds of developers, created pedagogical material and instilled clean-code and TDD practices across teams. Notably he pairs a scientific background (doctorate in chemoinformatics) with engineering craft, enabling him to tackle complex domain problems like molecular search and data integration. He is an effective mentor who accelerates junior developers and helps organizations operationalize robust, maintainable Symfony projects.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Licence, Biologie Biochimie, Licence, Biologie Biochimie at Université de Bourgogne
Baccalauréat, Scientifique, Baccalauréat, Scientifique at Lycée Montchapet - Dijon
Master 2 (M2), Bioinformatique, Master 2 (M2), Bioinformatique at Université Henri Poincaré (Nancy I)
Doctorat en chémoinformatique, Programmation informatique, applications spécifiques, Doctorat en chémoinformatique, Programmation informatique, applications spécifiques at Université d'Orléans
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