Modular architecture Main contribution
Helped transition the platform to a modular monolith. Alongside this work, introduced SonarQube for code quality checks and Docker-based development environments.
Antoine GOURHAND
Tech Lead @ UBI Solutions — Bordeaux, France
Fullstack developer specializing in Java/Spring Boot and Angular/TypeScript, focused on backend architecture and performance.
Stack
Java
Spring Boot
TypeScript
Angular
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Env
Docker
Fedora
Git
JetBrains
Claude Code
Next
Scala
Rust
Svelte
Current role
Nov. 2021 Present
Tech Lead UBI Solutions Bordeaux, France
Tech lead on UBI Solutions' IoT platform, which brings together data from BLE tags, cellular GPS trackers and connected locks to help B2B clients optimize their processes. In a team of five, I take on the hardest technical problems and the architecture decisions, such as moving the platform to a modular monolith, and mentor the team.
Progression
- Nov. 2021 Junior Developer
- Jan. 2023 Developer
- Oct. 2024 Tech Lead
Selected contributions
Performance optimization Main contribution
Optimized PostgreSQL queries and server-side Java processing.
IoT Modules Main contribution
Developed communication modules in Java and Spring Boot to connect field devices to the platform and integrate their data into the applications.
Data visualization
Built Angular interfaces to present data in tables, OpenLayers maps, and Chart.js charts.
Application observability
Set up application observability for metrics, error rates, and logs using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana.
AI workflow
Evaluated coding agents and established team guidelines for their use in development: which tasks to delegate, what data agents can access, and how generated code should be reviewed.
Technical documentation
Wrote API and architecture documentation and technical specifications for upcoming features.
Previous experience
Jan. 2019 Jun. 2019
Fullstack Development Internship See-D Vannes, France
Designed and built a web application for a statistics team to view and edit descriptions of its datasets. Built server-rendered Jade views and generated input forms from the fields defined by the team, adapting the application as their structure evolved.
Contributions
Server-side rendering
Built server-rendered Jade views to browse dataset descriptions.
Schema change management
Updated views and forms as the fields and their structure changed.
Dynamic forms
Generated input forms from field definitions.
Apr. 2016 Jun. 2016
Software Development Internship IRISA Vannes, France
Evaluated Google Earth Engine against the research team’s existing tools. Worked with researchers to select the processing tasks to compare, reimplemented them on the platform, and measured and reported their performance.
Contributions
Work with the scientific team
Established which of the team's existing workloads the study needed to cover.
Algorithm implementation
Reimplemented the processing the team already used, this time on the platform.
Performance comparison
Compared processing performance on Google Earth Engine with the team's existing tools and presented the results.
Education
Sep. 2017 Jun. 2019
Master's Degree in Computer Science
University of Southern Brittany · Vannes, France
Advanced training across web and mobile development, distributed computing, machine learning, functional programming, and cybersecurity.
IRISA - LeapMotion Classifier
Trained and validated an SVM classifier to recognize movement types from coordinates captured by a LeapMotion camera.
Sep. 2016 Jun. 2017
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Southern Brittany · Vannes, France
Computer science degree focused on fullstack development, relational databases, and object-oriented modeling.
Sep. 2014 Jun. 2016
Technical University Diploma in Computer Science
University of Southern Brittany · Vannes, France
Foundations in fullstack development, systems, relational databases, software engineering, and interface design.
CERHIO - Historical globe
Designed and built an interactive web application to visualize historical French East India Company routes on a globe.
Personal projects
Oct. 2020
Zboard
Built a shared dashboard for following streamers participating in a charity event, showing their status in real time. Developed with React and Node.js.
Contact
Bordeaux, France