Valentin Merlet
Ingénieur Logiciel Senior at Akeneo
Angers, Pays de la Loire, France
Summary
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Top SchoolValentin Merlet is a senior software engineer based in Angers, France, with 11 years of experience building scalable web applications and improving developer experience. Currently at Akeneo he mentors junior engineers, leads technical feasibility studies, and drives debt remediation and DX improvements for a high-volume production product. He combines deep Symfony and PHP expertise with front-end work—contributing to the well-known open-source Akeneo PIM project where his commits span UI fixes, modal/form improvements, data grid and cache handling. His background includes freelance platform development for public-sector consultation tools and maintaining legacy Symfony apps under tight constraints, which sharpened his pragmatic refactoring and testing skills. Valentin applies Domain-Driven Design, hexagonal architecture and XP practices to make complex systems maintainable and evolutive. Colleagues appreciate his mix of hands-on full-stack coding and structured technical leadership that keeps product and developer needs aligned.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Concepteur Développeur Informatique, Obtenu, Concepteur Développeur Informatique, Obtenu at ENI Ecole InformatiqueBTS Informatique de Gestion, Développement logiciel, Obtenu, BTS Informatique de Gestion, Développement logiciel, Obtenu at Lycée ChevrollierBaccalauréat Science et Technologie de la Gestion, Communication et Gestion des Ressources Humaines, Obtenu, Baccalauréat Science et Technologie de la Gestion, Communication et Gestion des Ressources Humaines, Obtenu at Lycée Estournelles de ConstantLicence Professionnelle Systèmes Informatiques et Logiciels, Développement d'applications réparties, Obtenu, Licence Professionnelle Systèmes Informatiques et Logiciels, Développement d'applications réparties, Obtenu at IUT de Nantes
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
php10
javascript10
pim10
symfony10
symfony-ux10
backend9
front-end-development9
back-end-development9
open-source8
git8
database7
interaction7
databases7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
akeneo/pim-community-dev
May 2019 - Aug 2022
[Community Development Repository] The open source Product Information Management (PIM)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:32 reviews, 39 commits, 41 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Valentin's commits primarily involve frontend and backend changes within the Akeneo PIM community development repository. They addressed UI bugs and improved the user interface through modifications to JavaScript and PHP files, specifically related to modal functionalities and form components. Furthermore, the user contributed to backend improvements, including data grid functionality and cache management. They also handled merging of branches and updates to existing code, demonstrating experience across various parts of the application.
ziggyinformation-managementjavascriptphpbackbonejs
ValentinMerlet/cocktail_app
Jul 2023 - Feb 2024
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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