Adrien Joly - Pro

My name is Adrien Joly (he/him), based in Paris, France (CET).

Software engineer since 2006, and having worked mainly with start-up companies, I’ve been teaching back-end web development in several schools since 2015.

I care about producing software that is both durable and useful, by aligning and retrospecting regularly with technical and functional collaborators.

On this page, I share the types of services I can provide to your business, my background, values and availability.

Services

I can help your business by providing the following services:

• Software Craft: I design, develop and maintain web-based software products and data processing scripts;
• Renovation and maintenance of existing software: I refactor legacy code, apply TDD/DDD/BDD methodologies and pair/mob programming to reduce technical debt, to align the code with business expectations and constraints, and to maintain (or reach) a healthy development velocity;
• Tech leadership: I help team-members grow and align their practices, to make sure that they can work efficiently and that the codebase stays clean;
• Strategic software consulting: I can act as an on-demand CTO, to audit your technical assets and provide recommendations on how to bootstrap or grow your business efficiently.
• Technical coaching: I can support the planning and animation of the cultural transformation of software teams. Custom training, pair coding on katas then on production code and/or coaching while contributing to an ongoing project.

Experience

Always fascinated by computers, I wrote my first scripts and programs at the age of 6. During my career, I carried several roles in various environments:

• Research engineer and researcher, respectively at Gemalto and Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs;
• Technical leader in several startup companies, including Whyd and Algolia;
• Teacher in several schools, including EEMI, ESGI and Web School Factory; (in Paris)
• and I have developed and maintained many products as a contractor and entrepreneur – mostly open-source.

In terms of technical stack and skills:

• I’ve been developing software with Node.js (mostly) since 2012, but I’m used to learn new technologies and to adapt to different environments and constraints.
• I know how to setup, develop and maintain a Web application across the stack: back-end & front-end development, automated testing, debugging, continuous integration, deployment, monitoring and other operations in production.

Values

All my career, I’ve strived to grow as an efficient and accountable professional. As a person, I’m honest, open-minded and seek harmony – rather than competition – with my peers. I value people who share my thirst for life-long learning and sharing of knowledge.

I’m driven by:

• Relevance: Writing software that is useful, by taking the time to listen and understand the vision and goal of its owners and end-users;
• Pragmatism: Writing software efficiently, by discussing what’s the most impactful and lean next step we can implement towards reaching that goal;
• Rigor: Writing software that works as expected, by clarifying iteratively the underlying expectations and implementing them as automated tests and/or documentation;
• Durability: Writing software that is sustainable to maintain, by helping the team commit to shared programming and communication guidelines, and by promoting practices like TDD and pair/mob programming.

My objective is to help your software team (re)gain confidence, autonomy and serenity while creating (or sustaining) value for your business.

Note: I particularly enjoy contributing to open aource projects and/or projects related to music or education.

Availability

In March, 2020, I joined the consulting agency SHODO to grow with a community of like-minded professionals and practice my skills as a Software Crafter.

I’m available for missions as a contractor (through SHODO), up to 4 days per week, starting in April. (last update: 2021-03-04)

I am accustomed to work remotely, from Montreuil ~ Paris, France – in the CET timezone.

You want to work together? Contact me

References

• Professional experience: resume · teaching · LinkedIn · GitHub
• Examples of production code I’ve been refactoring: Signaux Faibles · Openwhyd
• Talks and publications: talks · posts · research publications
• Side projects, ideas and hobbies: side projects · list of business/software ideas · musical projects · album shelf · musical discoveries · VR experiences
• Learn about Software Crafts(wo)manship: Thinking in tests, by James Shore” (31m) · L’Artisanat Logiciel, par Yannick Grenzinger” (1h)