Flavien Laurent is a seasoned software leader and hands-on engineer with over 15 years of full-stack experience, currently leading development practices as Lead Developer and Practice Lead at SD Worx France. He steers international dev teams (about 15 developers) across CoreHR and Payroll, shaping architecture with Java 11/JEE8, microservices, Angular, Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL, while championing code quality and tooling. He spearheaded the migration from a legacy monolith to a microservices landscape at GlobePayroll and has built and mentored local dev teams, blending delivery leadership with technical depth. An entrepreneur at heart, he co-founded L’Atelier du câble, launching ecommerce platforms and driving SEO growth, while earlier freelancing across Java, Android, and Spring Boot projects. On the open-source side, he has contributed Android UI work to projects like DateTimePicker and NotBoringActionBar, highlighting a strong product-minded approach to mobile interfaces. Based in Riom, France, Flavien holds engineering degrees from ESIPE and IUT Paris Descartes, and brings a pragmatic, product-forward mindset to turning complex requirements into reliable, scalable software.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering degree, Information technology and networks, Engineering degree, Information technology and networks at École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIPE.
DUT, Information technology, DUT, Information technology at IUT Paris Descartes
DateTimePicker is a library which contains the beautiful DatePicker that can be seen in the new Google Agenda app.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:54 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Flavien primarily contributed to the `datetimepicker` library, focusing on Android-specific UI and functionality. Their work involved fixing compatibility issues with older Android versions, resolving conflicts, and implementing features like closing the date/time pickers on a single tap. They also addressed bugs related to year range limits and ensured proper accessibility support within the dialogs.
Contributions summary:Flavien primarily contributed to the Android application's UI and visual aspects. They introduced a Ken Burns animation for image display, optimized the existing code, and improved the display of the Action Bar title. Additionally, the user modified the ParallaxImageView class to improve user experience.
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Flavien Laurent - Lead Developer Practice Lead at SD Worx France