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Didier Darricau

Software Engineer
Paris

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
16
16
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Senior Software Engineer

Partoo
09.2023 - Current
  • Lead the discovery, design, planning and implementation of a large scale project involving 3 teams, spanning multiple months and reporting directly to the CTO.
  • The objective of the project was to enhance our analytics capabilities and performance. After it was done, the performance of the concerned workflows was improved by up to 10x.
  • Spearheaded company-wide migrations including database driver upgrades, major Python version shifts, and the adoption of asynchronous programming.
  • Led the extraction of media management logic from the monolith into a dedicated service for images, audio, and video.
  • This resulted in cutting main app container usage by 30% and significantly reduced cloud costs.

Senior Software Engineer

Salsify (formerly Alkemics)
02.2022 - 08.2023
  • Led cross-team initiative unlocking new verticals & geographies; owned technical specification, design, and delivery.
  • Migrated asset download service to FastAPI/asyncio, increasing ingestion throughput by 100%.
  • Mentored junior engineers; shared knowledge through pair-coding and company-wide presentations.
  • Presented the choice of new technologies and solutions multiple times at company wide meetings.

Software Engineer

Salsify (formerly Alkemics)
03.2020 - 02.2022
  • Directed migration of 3 microservices from Python 2 to 3; overcame backward compatibility issues.
  • Co-designed & implemented a dynamic internal field system, increasing team autonomy.
  • Supported a fast-growing team; documented workflows and played a key role in onboarding.
  • Resolved production issues; improved post-mortem processes and system reliability.

Software Automation Engineer

Bouygues Telecom
01.2018 - 01.2020
  • Automated test campaigns across multiple systems, saving 10+ days per campaign.
  • Built internal testing API and standardized stress testing procedures used company-wide.

Consulting Intern

Strategy& (The PWC Network)
06.2013 - 08.2014
  • Supported procurement transformation and managed operational planning for a new tech park.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Concordia University
Montreal, Canada
04.2001 - 12.2016

Skills

Python

Golang

JavaScript

Docker

GitHub

SQL

Linux

React

Kubernetes

Redis

ElasticSearch

Azure

Datadog

Scalable software deployments

Software Design/Documentation

Software Monitoring

Microservices architecture

Mentoring of junior engineers

Algorithm implementation

Amazon web services

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer

Partoo
09.2023 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Salsify (formerly Alkemics)
02.2022 - 08.2023

Software Engineer

Salsify (formerly Alkemics)
03.2020 - 02.2022

Software Automation Engineer

Bouygues Telecom
01.2018 - 01.2020

Consulting Intern

Strategy& (The PWC Network)
06.2013 - 08.2014

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Concordia University
04.2001 - 12.2016

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