Ali Zaman

About

Experience

1. Part-Time Computer Science Lecturer

   IUT de Villetaneuse · Part-time fixed-term contract · since September 2026 (2 months) · Villetaneuse

   Teaching web programming to university students, focusing on server-side development, database access and web application structure.

   • Prepared and led hands-on web programming lab sessions.
   • Supported students in completing exercises and solving technical problems.
   • Designed exercises and assessments to practice course concepts and identify areas needing reinforcement.
   • Assessed student progress and shared software development best practices.

   Technologies: PHP, PDO, PostgreSQL, MVC, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git.

2. Backend / DevOps / Cloud Engineer

   Internal POC · Capgemini Engineering · since September 2026 · Issy-les-Moulineaux

   Contributing, paired with another engineer, to the Kubernetes packaging and continuous integration of a platform foundation module made up of several application components.

   • Designed the Kubernetes configuration (per-component scoped RBAC, namespace isolation, network exposure via Service) and diagnosed deployment issues in a local Kubernetes environment (Kind).
   • Developed and maintained the Helm chart, with templating factored across all components.
   • Designed and set up the GitLab CI/CD pipeline (automated tests, linting, multi-architecture Docker image builds, publishing to a container and package registry).
   • Resolved cross-project GitLab security and permissions issues, and set up branch-based conditional deployment rules.

   Technologies: Go, Kubernetes (RBAC, Helm), Docker/Buildx, Kind, GitLab CI/CD, Makefile.

3. Software Engineer

   Client assignment at Orange · January 2024 - July 2026 (2 years 7 months) · Villejuif

   Contributed to the development of an internal cloud marketplace centralizing the ordering and management of cloud services on a single platform, to deliver a consistent user experience across the cloud ecosystem.

   • Developed and maintained full-stack application features within an Agile (Scrum) team.
   • Led technical meetings and collaborated with business and technical teams.
   • Set up and maintained automated tests (unit and end-to-end).
   • Built and optimized continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
   • Deployed and operated applications on Kubernetes environments, using Apache Kafka as an event bus between services.
   • Monitored production applications, analyzed incidents and delivered fixes.
   • Took part in releases on a multi-site, highly available architecture with load balancing.

   Technologies: TypeScript, NestJS, React.js, MongoDB, Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, GitLab, Jest, Microsoft Playwright, Figma, Atlassian Jira.

4. Front-End / Full-Stack Developer

   Client assignment at Orange · September 2023 - January 2024 (5 months) · Villejuif

   Contributed to building a graphical interface to simplify the use of an existing API and make its features accessible through an intuitive user experience.

   • Gathered requirements and helped define user journeys.
   • Designed functional mockups and user interfaces, presented to the project team.
   • Built the interface from validated mockups and integrated it with existing APIs.
   • Took part in code reviews, testing and continuous improvements, within an Agile (Scrum) team.

   Technologies: Figma, MongoDB, Node.js, Vue.js.

5. Apprentice Software Engineer

   French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) · September 2019 - August 2022 (3 years) · Villetaneuse

   Redesigned and developed the intranet for a research laboratory (LIPN, UMR 7030), to make it easier for researchers to use.

   • Full-stack development of the intranet's modules (Vue.js front end, Node.js back end).
   • Used GitFlow via GitLab for team collaboration on a shared project.
   • Deployed the intranet's microservices with Docker / Docker Compose.
   • Took on a project-lead role for one module: organizing meetings, gathering requirements and presenting the application to stakeholders.
   • Explored natural language processing and machine learning with Python, in support of a research project.
   • Mentored a DUT intern for a 12-week internship on a monitoring module for the microservices (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Grafana).

   Technologies: Vue.js, Node.js, MongoDB, Vuex, Docker, Docker Compose, JavaScript, Python.

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Beyond the code

When I'm not in front of a screen, you'll most likely find me on a hiking trail, at the climbing gym, running, lifting weights, painting miniatures, or playing board games with friends.

Contact

Feel free to reach out for any opportunity or question about my background.