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Romain Billot

Senior Software Engineer — Backend & Infra

€680/day
Lyon, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Romain

Fullstack, APIs, Rust, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, distributed systems. I help teams build, stabilize, and industrialize complex technical products.

With 10 years of experience, I support companies in the design, development, and production deployment of web applications, backends, APIs, internal tools, and cloud infrastructures.

I am involved in the entire technical cycle: requirements scoping, architecture, fullstack/backend development, integration, CI/CD, deployment, observability, performance, and production release. I can take charge of a complete application, strengthen an existing team, stabilize a critical backend, or industrialize an infrastructure.

My approach is pragmatic: deliver quickly, cleanly, with a strong focus on maintainability, reliability, and real production constraints. I use technologies adapted to the context, particularly Rust when performance, safety, or low-level needs justify it.

I also integrate AI assistants into my development workflow in a controlled manner: code analysis, test generation, documentation, solution exploration, refactoring, and acceleration of repetitive tasks. The goal remains simple: produce more efficiently without delegating technical responsibility or final quality.

I also have experience with demanding distributed systems, notably through my contributions to the Kaspa Layer-1 ecosystem, focusing on robustness, performance, observability, SDK/RPC, and developer tooling.

I can act as an autonomous senior developer, a technical architect for a targeted scope, or experienced support to help a team scope, build, stabilize, or industrialize a product.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Lyon (up to 20km)

Experience

  • Kaspa
    Blockchain Engineer PoW Rust
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    August 2024 - Today (1 year and 10 months)
    Lyon, France
    Software engineer and core contributor improving Kaspa Layer-1 robustness and developer usability—focused on resiliency, performance/observability, and practical Rusty-Kaspa tooling/SDK/RPC ergonomics. Contributes concrete engineering work that prepares the stack for upcoming protocol upgrades and future zk-oriented ecosystem capabilities.
    Rust Fullstack Distributed Architecture Blockchain Engineer
  • Harvestr
    LEAD FULLSTACK DEVELOPER
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    July 2022 - August 2024 (2 years and 1 month)
    Lyon, France
    • Developed AI features of Harvestr, including automatic categorization (RAG) and summary generation.
    • Designed a new modular infrastructure and proposed ground changes to reduce costs and vendor-locking.
    • Guided and mentored a talented team of full-stack developers.
    • Prioritized features based on customer feedback and business vision.
    • Participate in the effort to gain SOC-II certification (and others).
    • Rebuilt the entire auth system and implemented auth protocols such as SAML and OpenID Connect.
    Fullstack DevOps B2B SaaS Back-End Development Product Management
  • PulseLife (ex 360 medics)
    LEAD FULLSTACK DEVELOPER
    MEDICAL
    October 2021 - July 2022 (9 months)
    Lyon, France
    • Designed and developed full-stack web applications.
    • Participated in all phases of applications lifecycle from concept to end delivery.
    • Simplified the process of creating new applications by creating a CLI that initiate a boilerplate alongside with terraform files.
    • Team mentoring and rigorous peer-coding session.
    • Designed and developed an OpenID Connect server with CDK for different languages (Golang, Node.js, Js, Java)
    Fullstack DevOps Kubernetes Product Management B2B SaaS

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Education

  • Professional Bachelor's Degree in IT Professions: Web Applications
    IUT2 of Grenoble
    2020
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science
    University Grenoble Alpes
    2019

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