Kevin Drouvin

Experience

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  University 365

  Sept 2007 - Jun 2009

  .NET Technologies Trainer

  Trained 1st to 4th year students in the latest web & .NET technologies.

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  Coforcert

  Apr 2008 - Nov 2010

  .NET & SharePoint Consultant/Trainer

  Trained professionals in the latest .NET & SharePoint technologies for clients such as Cegos & Microsoft (Tunisia).Designed part of the architecture & written the specification of a SharePoint infrastructure with 30.000 users & 20TB of data.Developed a responsive ASP.NET internet-facing site relying on data from a SharePoint intranet.t

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  Freelance

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  .NET Consultant/Trainer

  Trained professionals in the latest .NET & Windows Server technologies for clients such as Cegos & Total E&P (Congo-Brazaville).Developed an ASP.NET MVC application to facilitate exchange between landlords, tenants & letting agents.

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  Oxfam

  Jan 2012 - Feb 2013

  Systems Analyst

  My team was initially responsible for developing tools to integrate the different softwares & solutions used by the company, such as Lotus Notes, Salesforce, Active Directory. Eventually we decided to move to a WebSphere Message Broker based solution. We were also responsible for developing web sites for tasks such a tracking remote working employees or analysing & transforming CSV data provided by 3rd parties. Within the team, and eventually within the IT department, as I was appreciated & relied on for quickly prototyping solutions & providing insights into new technologies. Weniger anzeigen

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  Smartnumbers

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Software Developer

  I was part of a new development team focused on new technologies. The team's focus was to develop cutting edge telephony software that would give more control to companies & their staff over their telephony services. Within the team, along with developing ASP.NET MVC websites & APIs, I was tasked with testing out new technologies such as AngularJS, Ember.JS, & Cordova.

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  FCB London

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Full Stack Developer (Contractor)
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  TAB (The App Business)

  Feb 2014 - Sept 2014

  .NET Engineer (Contractor)

  Redeveloped the backend API for a DMS application used through a SPA & an iPad application.Implemented a double (SSL client certificate & federated) authentication for both website & iPad application exchange.Implemented a distributed caching layer relying on .NET 4.0 Caching & AppFabric.Implemented a CI environment based on Git, Bitbucket, TeamCity, & NuGet.Technologies involved were ASP.NET Web API, JSON, XML, WCF, Protobuf, Entify Framework, SpecFlow, NUnit, SQL Server, T-SQL, AppFabric, SSL, WIF, WS-Federation, Git, Bitbucket, NuGet, & TeamCity. Weniger anzeigen

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  Pixeled Eggs

  Jan 2015 - Apr 2015

  .NET Developer (Contractor)
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  LEWIS Purestone

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2015

  .NET Developer (Contractor)

  I was called in on a Sitefinity project as a backend developer. I focused on the e-commerce side of the solution, adapting Sitefinity to the needs of the client, often having to rewrite part of the Sitefinity e-commerce module. I also occasionally took on some front-end tasks.Technologies involved: Sitefinity eCommerce, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework, JSON, HTML5, CSS, SASS, JavaScript, AngularJS, jQuery, Grunt, Git, & Bitbucket.

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  PlayerAid

  Feb 2015 - Feb 2017

  Co-Founder

  As the architect & sole backend developer, I was responsible for designing, documenting & developing the API used by our web & iOS apps, along with maintaining our Azure infrastructure.As the sole web developer, I was responsible for developing the web app using designs provided by our designer.

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  The App Business

  Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  .NET Developer (Contractor)

  Developed a backend solution hosted in an Azure hybrid cloud setup. The solution presents a public API used by an iOS application, a cloud service acting as an integration service keeping data in sync between third-party solutions, and a service bus to allow communication between both components.Set CI/CD up for the team using VSTS, and sponsored Scrum methodologies & DevOps practices within the client organisation.Technologies & methodologies involved: Visual Studio 205, VSTS, NuGet, Git, C#, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET Web API 2, EF 6, xUnit, SpecFlow, PowerShell, Azure (AD, Api App, Cloud Service, Mobile Service, Search, Service Bus, SQL). Weniger anzeigen

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  Hugo & Cat

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  .NET Developer (Contractor)
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  Global Blue

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2020

  Senior Developer

  I initially joined as a front-end expert for the development of the new approval system for tax-free shopping refunding, used by customs offices in various countries. During my first 2 years, I took part in the development of both front-end and back-end for said system. I also designed and implemented a light-weight solution for integrating a web application with local peripherals (e.g.: passport scanner, credit card reader). Finally, I migrated our system to rely on OAuth2/OIDC for authentication & authorization.Eventually, I moved on to work on integration services between our internal solutions & various customs offices solutions. Amongst my responsibility, I handled the implementation of XML signing using Russia's standard Gost/Streebog signing/hashing algorithms, the performance analysis of existing services, and the design of the new integration services architecture with a focus on reusability, maintainability, and performances. Weniger anzeigen

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  Imburse

  Sept 2020 - Nov 2022

  Lead & managed a team of 3 engineers to continue the design & implementation of a scalable, fault-tolerant scheduling system, built using .NET 6, gRPC, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Queue Storage, Azure Service Bus, & Azure Functions.Lead & managed a cross-functional team of 5 engineers to design & implement an event-driven reporting interface, built using .NET 6, Azure EventHub, Cosmos DB change feed, & Elasticsearch.Automated the setup & teardown of short-lived test infrastructure used for local testing & integration tests run in the CI pipeline.The team owned the full lifecycle of the products, we were responsible for the deployment & health monitoring of our services in the k8s production cluster, as well as automating the infrastructure setup using terraform. We relied on DataDog & OpenTracing for monitoring the services.Started & lead the full-stack chapter in order to address concerns & issues with front-end development, integration with the back-end, and developer experience.Gave regular technical talks internally to help introduce technologies, review principles, discuss technical topics, or dissect design challenges & innovative solutions.Mentored & coached engineers with career progression, upskilling plans, and presentation skills. Weniger anzeigen

  • Engineering Team Lead

    Jan 2021 - Nov 2022

  • Senior Backend Engineer

    Sept 2020 - Jan 2021
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  Compleye.io

  Jan 2023 - now

  • CTO

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Tech Lead

    Jan 2023 - Jan 2023