Pierre Simonet

Master degree of Information Technology engineering

2010 - 2013

Sciences-U, Lyon

Two-year technical degree of Information Technology

2008 - 2010

CESI École de Formation des Managers, Ecully

Lead Developer / Developer

2023 - Present

Move Solutions

Within the R&D team, I work on products to automate data migration, code conversion, and replatforming projects. Projects are developed using hexagonal architecture, DDD, TDD, BDD (Cucumber), and Clean Code principles.

• Testing and Monitoring Platform for replatforming projects
  • Scheduler: developed a planning and execution system for Cobol test workflows across multiple SSH runners, including automatic retry mechanisms and REST API, 200+ daily tests.
  • Test Dashboard: designed a real-time monitoring dashboard for tracking and analyzing 200+ daily tests across 10+ environments.
  • Data Dashboard: developed a real-time dashboard for monitoring data migrations, enabling proactive anomaly detection and automated client reporting.
  Technical environment: Java (17, 21 & 25), Spring Boot (3.5), Git, Gradle, Gitlab, Docker, GraalVM
  Architecture & Practices: Hexagonal Architecture, DDD, BDD, Cucumber, CQRS/ES, Clean Code, TDD
  Role: Lead Dev / Team: 1 PO, 2 Dev / Methodology: Agile
• Visual Studio Code Extension
  • Developed a VS Code extension to compile and debug COBOL (leveraging GDB/CDB), accelerating development on legacy migration projects.
  Technical environment: TypeScript, Java (17), GDB, CDB, Git, Gradle, Gitlab, Docker, Cobol
  Architecture & Practices: Hexagonal Architecture, DDD, Clean Code, TDD
  Role: Lead Dev / Team: 1 PO, 1 Dev / Methodology: Agile
• Cobol Program Execution Framework
  • Maintained and evolved a Java-Cobol framework ensuring interoperability between modern and legacy systems, used in replatforming projects.
  • Developed launchers for batch and interactive CICS programs via 3270 terminals and web UI.
  • Redesigned the CI/CD pipeline, creating native binaries using GraalVM.
  • Implemented automated End-to-End tests with Cucumber, increasing test coverage and reducing regressions.
  Technical environment: Java (17), Vert.x, Git, Gradle, Gitlab, Docker, DB2, Cobol, GraalVM
  Architecture & Practices: Hexagonal Architecture, DDD, Clean Code, BDD, Cucumber, TDD
  Role: Dev / Team: 1 PO, 1 Lead Dev, 2 Dev / Methodology: Agile
• GitLab Templates
  • Created reusable GitLab CI/CD templates, reducing new project setup time and standardizing DevOps practices across the company (adopted by 20+ projects).
  Technical environment: Gitlab, Docker for Linux & Windows
  Architecture & Practices: Clean Code
  Role: Lead Dev / Team: 1 Dev / Methodology: Agile

Developer

2019 - 2022

Tessi

Within the Check Business Unit, I worked on a digitalization, management, processing, and traceability product for check flows. The context involved high availability and a large number of production servers (+200).

• Developed and maintained a check processing platform running on 200+ production servers with high availability
• Improved performance and reduced technical debt through SonarQube analysis and refactoring
• Assisted in implementing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab/Jenkins)
• Redesigned UI/UX for critical modules, improving user experience and reducing support tickets by 25%
• Collaborated closely with clients on specification writing and support during testing and acceptance phases
• Built an automated test suite (Cucumber/Gherkin) covering critical functionalities

Technical environment: Java (11, 17), Git, Gradle, Gitlab, Jenkins, MySQL, SonarQube
Architecture & Practices: DDD, BDD, Cucumber, Clean Code
Role: Dev / Team: 1 PO, 4 Dev / Methodology: Agile

IT Consultant

2013 - 2018

Amaris

As an IT consultant, worked on full-stack Java development and UI/UX design assignments.

• Developed enterprise applications in Java with jQuery and Bootstrap interfaces
• Contributed to software architecture design and Agile/Waterfall project management
• Implemented Jenkins CI/CD pipelines automating build, testing, and deployment processes
• Improved software quality through SonarQube analysis and best practices implementation

Technical environment: Java, Git, MySQL, Maven, UI & UX, HTML / CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Bootstrap, Jenkins, Linux, SQL
Role: Dev / Team: 1 PO, 1 Lead Dev, 1 Dev / Methodology: Agile & Waterfall

Java & Web Developer

2010 - 2013

SNCF

Within the Information Services Department, I worked on a Computer-Aided Maintenance Management application for trains as a developer.

• Developed a computerized maintenance management system for SNCF using the Grails framework
• Improved UI & UX (frontend) and set up a CI environment with Jenkins
• Managed projects using Agile methodology with Scrum
• Delivered software via WebSphere Application Server (WAS)

Technical environment: Java, Groovy, Grails, SVN, MySQL, Oracle, Maven, UI & UX, HTML / CSS, Javascript, jQuery, SQL
Role: Dev / Team: 1 PO, 1 Lead Dev, 1 DBA / Methodology: Agile