Experience

Backend work at Nexway, Cruisetech and Torbel Industrie: context, role, implementation and documented contributions.

Nexway

August 2021 — Present

Role : PHP Backend Developer — Payments & fintech

Nîmes, France

Context

Development and maintenance of a high-volume international fintech platform hosted on Google Cloud, at the core of payment and billing flows.

Work carried out

  • Integrated international payment service providers and secured recurring payments (CIT/MIT), tokenization, 3DS v2, webhooks, refunds, and cancellations.
  • Developed REST APIs and critical backend services; investigated complex incidents through logs, PSP requests, and transaction states.
  • Contributed to the retry engine: attempt tracking, card fingerprint blocking rules, Account Updater, and retry strategies.
  • Improved resilience, idempotency, monitoring, and performance with Product, QA, Support, Finance, and external partners.
PHP 7/8
Slim
MySQL / MariaDB
REST / SOAP
OpenSearch
MongoDB
Docker
Linux
GitLab CI

Cruisetech

August 2019 — August 2021

Role : PHP Web Developer — Reservations & APIs

Monaco

Context

At Cruisetech, development for a cruise booking client of reservation platforms and business back-office tools hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS), with a focus on reliability and performance.

Work carried out

  • Developed and maintained REST APIs with Symfony, PHP, and MariaDB, documented with Swagger/OpenAPI.
  • Enhanced the booking engine, customer-facing websites, and back-office applications.
  • Built business workflows in close collaboration with Marketing and Accounting teams.
  • Delivered corrective maintenance and improvements using Linux, Git, and Jira.
PHP 7/8
Symfony 3/4/5
MariaDB
REST / SOAP
Swagger / OpenAPI
JavaScript
Linux

TORBEL INDUSTRIE

April 2017 — August 2019

Role : PHP / JavaScript Web Developer — PIM & ERP

Nice area, France

Context

Designed a Product Information Management (PIM) system centralizing product data for labeling, image distribution, e-commerce websites, and the group's ERP.

Work carried out

  • Maintained and extended the AS/400 ERP and SOAP integrations.
  • Developed PrestaShop modules, including PDF generation, and REST integrations.
  • Maintained and improved intranet applications and multiple group websites.
  • Designed a responsive interface to control connected devices through the Domoticz API.
  • Worked closely with Marketing, Communications, and Engineering teams.
PHP 5/7
JavaScript
DB2
FreeRPG / CL
AS/400
REST / SOAP
PrestaShop
AngularJS
eZ Publish

Earlier projects

Dated projects involving business tools, e-commerce and small business needs. The technologies listed describe their use at the time.

  • Baies Fermetures

    October 2016 — April 2017

    Updated the company website and built a custom WordPress theme.

    Technology used at the time : PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, WordPress

  • Self-employed activity

    September 2015 — September 2016

    Created websites and ran an online retail activity, including a platform intended for Laos and a website for my own retail business.

    Technology used at the time : Website development and e-commerce

  • Saveurs Émotions

    February 2015 — May 2015

    Created an e-commerce website selling truffles and regional food products, with WordPress theme customization.

    Technology used at the time : PHP, HTML/CSS, WordPress

  • IDNEXT

    June 2009 — April 2010

    Developed back offices and customer-facing websites: auction, user and summary management for Beeclic; ambassador management and scheduling for Ollyboutique.

    Technology used at the time : PHP, MySQL, Jelix, HTML/CSS

  • Bwinex

    December 2007 — August 2008

    Built a custom CRM for bwinex.com and worked on the customer-facing website for innerex.com.

    Technology used at the time : Ruby on Rails, MySQL, HTML/CSS