Hugo Vieilledent

Software developer into human/computer interactions, user experiences, the open web and modern societies. I develop tools, services, products, communities, spaces and brands. I love to learn, practice and share information technologies in an inclusive way, keeping knowledge, systems and actors up to date and synchronized.

Experiences

Senior Software engineer, IT consultant, Frontend architect, Webops

hwww.org — June 2020 - Present (hybrid, Berlin, Germany) — contract

Supporting projects with IT and development. I help define the specification, design, strategy, programming and long term support for production systems.

  • Developed jamstack websites (HeadlessCMS + SSG + API integrations)
  • Helped a startup integrate their products with matrix.org AI user agents and web3 wallets, to allow token based agentic decentralized conversations
  • Consumer facing technical writting for SDKs and libraries
  • Developed a Salesforce Managed Package for the store, to integrate a client services directly into customer organizations, through a node.js (sveltekit) middleware server
  • Supported 10+ fullstack web developers in mentoring classes
  • Overviewed security and automated deployments of 50+ production systems

Refs: port-zero.com, pitch.io, zo.me, web3.foundation, parity.io, polkadot.com, connect2x.de, belorder.com, nordeck.net, unicorn.de, artsceno.ch, components.business, tactetacte.es

Senior Web Developer & IT consultant

port-zero.com — Oct 2018 - May 2020 (hybrid, Berlin, Germany)

Software development and technical project management to support companies with software and IT infrastructure.

  • Assisted the CTO of a proptech company in setting-up and maintaining the IT infrastructure to manage 20+ physical spaces (SASS, Salesforce, websites, networks, device management, printers, UX, design, documentation)
  • Migrated legacy javascript and bash projects to contemporary standards, using javascript es6 and python3 ecosystems
  • Managed an IoT project at a factory producing generic drugs and validating the machine’s output with computer vision (raspberry pis, linux, golang, react)

Refs: unicorn.de, port-zero.com, maestro.py, note-it.js, polypoly.eu

Javascript Software Engineer

people-doc.com — Mar 2018 - Sept 2018 (remote, Paris, France)

Development of web applications to securely access and share HR documents online in a secure vault.

  • Built an Ember.js addon used by all web clients company wide, as base to set all shared configurations, defaults, dependencies
  • Implemented the structure of an HR automation tool (similar n8n/iftt) to streamline repetitive steps such as employee onboarding and sending monthly payslips

Fullstack Web Developer

internet4000.com — June 2016 – Feb 2018 (remote, Germany, France) — freelance

Building open source projects, API services and themes, developing websites for clients using static site generators and headless CMS, lambda functions, Wordpress and linux servers

  • Launched 2 products to production (vinyl search engine and a job board)
  • Developed 5 tumblr themes released on the official store with 3k+ active users
  • Developed 50+ websites

Refs: v1.radio4000.com, dianatelares.com, keepcaboverdegreen.com, nils-stelte.de, helkaceramics.com, jan-brauer.de, balconythemes, aza-telenolibre, internet4000.com, lpepfinder.com, joblistberlin.com

Frontend Developer

brig.ht — Sep 2015 – May 2016 (Berlin, Germany)

Web development and design of Bright’s digital art curation platform.

  • Developed the web frontend, an ember.js client connecting to its django python API, allowing collection and upload of digital artworks.
  • Implementation the marketing homepage and animations for the associated creative agency (archive).

Fullstack Web Developer

kopfwelt.com — Feb 2013 – Aug 2015 (Berlin, Germany)

Web development as part of an award winning multidisciplinary web design studio.

  • Developed responsive, cross-browser, cross-platform, mobile-first, fluid and pixel-perfect websites
  • Taught to 5 interns and recent hires the craft of web-development

Refs: lodownmagazine.com, nordischebotschaften.org, cybex-online.com, pfadfinderei.com

Education

  • M.A in Intellectual Property Law (2011/2012, University Montpellier 1, France). Thesis: Copyright on scientific publications through the prism of Open Science and Libre Knowledge (“Le droit d’auteur face à l’Open Science - Le Libre au soutien du droit d’auteur dans le marché de l’édition scientifique”).​
  • M.A in Political Science (2010/2011, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • B.S in Political Science (2009/2010, University Montpellier 1, France)

Projects

Languages

  • Native or bilingual proficiency: English, French
  • Limited working proficiency: German, Spanish

Skills

  • Frontend & creative development: JS/TS/JSDocs & frameworks (Svelte, Next, React, Vue, Ember, Lit, Angular, web-components…), headless-CMS (DecapCMS, Sanity, Tina, Wordpress, Drupal, Directus, Contentful…), SSG (Astro, Hugo, Gatsby, Jekyll, Observable), HTML5, CSS3 (BEM, SCSS, Tailwind, Bootstrap, MaterialUI), 3D/AR/VR (WebGL, Three.js, A-Frame), animations (GSAP, lottie), and many software (Blender, Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, Ableton, Audacity)
  • Backend development & scripting: Javascript, Typescript¸ Node.js (Express, Next, SvelteKit, Hono, Wrangler), Python (Django, Flask), PHP, WASM, Python, Bash, Elisp, SalesForce, Docker, Golang
  • QA & testing: Vitest, React Testing Library, Jest, Cypress, Storybook, Mocha, Ava, Puppeteer, Browserstack, Selenium, TDD
  • Databases: SQLite, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, MongoDB, SOQL, NoSQL, Firebase, Firestore, Supabase, spreadsheets, local-first
  • Devops: gitops + CI/CD automations (Github actions, Gitlab CI, Travis, Jenkins), VPS management, GCP, Azure, AWS,
  • System administration, IT support: Linux (debian, ubuntu, arch, guix), macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, VPNs (Wireguard, Tailscale)