Philippe Misteli
Fullstack Software Engineer | Engineering Leader
Zofingen, Switzerland
Summary
I'm a Staff Software Engineer with over 15 years of successful experience in building enterprise & government software solutions that reliably improve customer's operations. My strengths lay in full stack development, software architecture and business analysis, backed by graduate-level research in computer science.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Software Engineer (Team Lead)
Evooq
03.2022 - Current
- Led a team of 12 building a trading platform for complex financial products
- Led the evolution of the systems software architecture, owning 25 microservices
- Migrated the build system of a mono repo with 1M LOC from Maven to Gradle
- Lead multiple strategic, company-wide initiatives regarding developer experience, tooling and engineer career development
Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead)
Mimacom
06.2020 - 02.2022
- Within a team of 11 backend engineers, where frontend expertise was lacking, I seized the opportunity to lead the frontend development for a greenfield project to replace the Swiss federal Civil Status Registry. Quickly learned Angular and took responsibility for the frontend architecture and code quality
- Actively contributed to the backend development, including designing core architectural components such as the permission system, implementing new features in Spring Boot, Java, and introducing Kotlin to the project to improve code robustness and maintainability.
- Migrated and containerized 5 legacy Java applications from AWS EC2 to Azure managed services within a challenging 3-month deadline. This included migrating MongoDB databases, a RabbitMQ cluster and implementing GitLab CI/CD pipelines, resulting in a 30% reduction in operating costs.
Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead)
BSI Business Systems Integration
09.2014 - 09.2018
- Led a team of 5 developers to evolve and maintain a large-scale ERP system, driving successful feature development and system enhancements
- Conducted in-depth business process analysis, gathering and documenting clear requirements that reflected customer needs
- Developed custom features and integrations for ERP & CRM systems using Java and SQL, producing clean & maintainable code
- Managed timely on-prem software releases under agile & waterfall project methodologies
- Introduced CI/CD system that reduced deployment time by 50%
- Solved customer requests working in 2nd & 3rd level support, reliably providing solutions for reported problems
Junior Software Engineer (part-time)
Prime Vision
08.2010 - 08.2014
- Developed and delivered custom features in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, ensuring client satisfaction by effectively translating business requirements into tailored solutions. Managed complex version upgrades, preserving customizations to maintain business continuity.
Apprentice Software Engineer
Prime Vision
08.2010 - 08.2014
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Delft University of Technology
Delft, Netherlands 04.2001 -
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Applied Sciences of NW Switzerland
Brugg, Switzerland 04.2001 -
Skills
Object-Oriented Programming
Database Design
Software Lifecycle Management
Software Architecture
DevOps
Technical Leadership
Project Management
Technologies
Languages: Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, PHP,
Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Linux, Bash
Other: Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Git, REST, gRPC, Spring Boot, Angular, PostgreSQL, Oracle SQL
Languages
German (native), English (proficient)
Timeline
Staff Software Engineer (Team Lead)
Evooq
03.2022 - Current
Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead)
Mimacom
06.2020 - 02.2022
Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead)
BSI Business Systems Integration
09.2014 - 09.2018
Junior Software Engineer (part-time)
Prime Vision
08.2010 - 08.2014
Apprentice Software Engineer
Prime Vision
08.2010 - 08.2014
Master of Science - Computer Science
Delft University of Technology
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Applied Sciences of NW Switzerland
04.2001 -
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