Summary
Valentin Fries is a software engineer based in Paris with 11 years of experience building resilient, cloud-native backend systems primarily in Java and Kotlin. He has driven architecture and delivery at scale across mobility platforms, notably leading migrations to AWS and redesigns of SNCF's multimodal routing and billing services. Comfortable in both hands-on coding and technical leadership, he practices TDD, pair/mob programming and advocates Clean Code, DDD and hexagonal architecture. His recent work at BlaBlaCar and SNCF combined feature-flipping at scale, performance testing, and IaC (Terraform, Kubernetes) to improve reliability and cost-efficiency. A top graduate from ESGI who has taught advanced Java, he uniquely blends deep craftsmanship with a curiosity for design and cultural topics beyond tech.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat Littéraire, spécialité Arts Plastiques, mention Assez Bien, Baccalauréat Littéraire, spécialité Arts Plastiques, mention Assez Bien at Lycée Claude Monet
Bachelor, Architecture Logicielle, Major des promotions 2014, 2015 & 2016, Bachelor, Architecture Logicielle, Major des promotions 2014, 2015 & 2016 at École Supérieure de Génie Informatique (ESGI)
French, English