Maxence Poutord

Senior Software Engineer

Paris, France

maxence.poutord@gmail.com | +33767786250

maxpou.fr | github.com/maxpou | linkedin.com/in/maxpou

Senior Software Engineer with 15 years of experience, specializing in React, Vue, and TypeScript. I own technical decisions for a six-developer team and deliver features across frontend, Node.js backends, and Azure infrastructure. My work includes full application migrations and a search rebuild that reduced average backend response time from ~30 seconds to ~250 ms.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Orderfox | Remote (Paris and Berlin)

May 2021 - Present

Owned architecture and infrastructure decisions for a six-developer team building a CNC industry application
Led the migration from an in-house JavaScript framework to React, TypeScript, and Vite, from transition planning to full legacy removal
Rebuilt manufacturer search with Elasticsearch, reducing measured average backend response time from ~30 seconds to ~250 ms
Built self-service Azure preview environments for developers, QA, and product managers, enabling feature validation before merge
Improved web performance, raising Google Lighthouse’s performance score from 50 to 90 out of 100

Senior Software Engineer

VSware | Remote (Europe/Asia)

May 2018 - May 2021

Improved frontend infrastructure for a Vue.js application spanning ~40 monorepo packages and ~650,000 lines of code
Designed the architecture and migration plan for a move to micro-frontends
Established automated testing practices, growing the suite from 0 to 3,100 unit and integration tests
Improved accessibility toward WCAG AA conformance
Mentored junior developers

Software Engineer

Hostelworld | Dublin, Ireland

November 2016 - April 2018

Led the frontend migration of hostelworld.com from jQuery to Vue.js
Designed, developed, and maintained frontend and backend features for the main website
Trained and mentored the team in modern JavaScript and Vue.js

Consultant

Conserto | Nantes, France

May 2015 - August 2016

Architecture definition, development and maintenance of various web applications
Developed and delivered training in PHP, Symfony2

Web Developer/Project Manager

Energy Formation (ENGIE Group) | Nantes, France

October 2011 - January 2015

Led a project to replace paper documentation with digital documents for customers

Skills

Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Vue.js, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Web accessibility (WCAG), Web performance
Backend & infrastructure: Node.js, NestJS, GraphQL, Elasticsearch, Supabase, Docker, AWS / Azure
Quality & delivery: Unit, integration & end-to-end testing, CI/CD, Git
AI development: LLM APIs & agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI-assisted development (Copilot, Claude Code)

Projects & community

Pedalyze: Built and launched a bike-fitting app that turns rider photos into joint-angle measurements and position recommendations using AI pose estimation. Implemented video analysis in the browser to assess the full pedal stroke while keeping footage on the user’s device.
YoutubeMate: Built and launched a web app and Chrome extension that turn YouTube videos into multilingual AI summaries. Implemented enhanced transcripts and subscription billing, and maintain the live product.
Maxpou.fr: Publish technical articles in French and English
Mentored junior developers and people retraining as developers

Education

Architecte Logiciel / Software Architect (master degree)

ENI Ecole Informatique | St Herblain, France

2013 - 2015

Concepteur Développeur Informatique / Software Application Developer (bachelor degree)

ENI Ecole Informatique | St Herblain, France

2011 - 2013

Languages

English: Professional fluency; French: Native; Spanish: Intermediate

Interests

Canyoning (group guide), running (100 km/month), cycling, cooking, and Age of Empires II.