Senior Platform Engineer building Internal Developer Platforms that turn infrastructure complexity into developer velocity. Currently architecting the IdP ecosystem at @InstaDeepAI / BioNTech, enabling teams to self-service multi-cloud infrastructure through Crossplane compositions and GitOps workflows.
🎓 Sorbonne Paris-Nord alumni • 📍 Paris, France • 5+ years across banking, blockchain, and BioAI
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focus:
- Internal Developer Platforms (IDP)
- Multi-cloud Infrastructure Automation
- GitOps & Platform Engineering
currentlyBuilding:
- Custom Crossplane Functions & Compositions
- GitOps Control Planes with Flux CD
- Kubernetes Operators (Python/Kopf, Go)
philosophy: "Infrastructure as Software, not just Code"|
Platform & GitOps
Container Orchestration
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Cloud Providers
Development
Observability
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| Project | Description | Tech |
|---|---|---|
| Provider MAAS | Crossplane provider for bare-metal infrastructure via Canonical MAAS | Go Upjet Crossplane |
| IdP Control Plane | Multi-cloud provisioning (GKE/EKS/AKS) via unified Crossplane compositions | Crossplane Python Flux |
| Platform Dashboard | Full-stack dashboard for XClusters & Flux reconciliation | Next.js FastAPI TypeScript |
| HA Kubernetes Homelab | Production-grade home cluster with Rook-Ceph & Zero-Trust networking | Proxmox ArgoCD WireGuard |
Because production is just a spicy staging environment 🌶️
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Proxmox VE Cluster (3 nodes) │
│ ├── HA Kubernetes Control Plane (stacked etcd) │
│ ├── Rook-Ceph Distributed Storage │
│ ├── ArgoCD GitOps + Sealed Secrets │
│ ├── LGTM Stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) │
│ └── Zero-Trust: WireGuard + Netbird + Tailscale │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Let's chat about Platform Engineering, Crossplane, or why YAML is actually poetry.
