Summary
Yann Mainier is a Senior Software Engineer based in England with 15 years of experience building high-performance web and mobile applications across startups and major platforms. He has led architecture and delivery at ViaMichelin and contributed core UI and offline-capable features to WhatsApp’s KaiOS client at Facebook, and now drives engineering work at Sky. Yann combines deep front-end expertise in JavaScript and React with systems thinking from a PhD in computer science, enabling isomorphic apps, CI-driven delivery, and pragmatic DevOps practices. He’s known for mentoring teams, improving deployment cadence dramatically, and serving as a company-wide JavaScript and Git referent. A former researcher and teacher, he brings rigorous validation and security sensibilities to product engineering.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at université de Franche-Comté
Master's degree, Software Validation, Master's degree, Software Validation at Université de Franche-Comté
English, French