William Afonso
Senior Software Engineer (Backend) at Believ
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Afonso is a Paris-based senior backend software engineer with a focus on scalable systems for energy and mobility. He currently leads backend development at Believ, where he designs robust architectures for a platform managing electric-vehicle charging, building on years of hands-on experience across energy, grid, and software domains. Previously at Switch, he helped architect and implement the backend of a web platform for EV charging management, balancing EV standards with pragmatic software trade-offs. His EDF work covered SCADA, EVSE, and gateway software, including embedded Python development and mentoring, and he is the author of the international patent Hierarchised energy management solution (WO2021105141). William holds an engineering degree from ESIEE Paris with a renewable energies specialization and an Advanced Master’s in Open Information Systems from CentraleSupélec, augmenting his practical software craft with strong systems thinking. He also has academic stints in Montreal and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, underscoring a global, research-forward approach to engineering.
4 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Master's Degree, Engineering of Open Information Systems, Advanced Master's Degree, Engineering of Open Information Systems at CentraleSupélecCumulative Bachelor's Degree, Physics & Electronics, Cumulative Bachelor's Degree, Physics & Electronics at UPEMAcademic exchange, Academic exchange at University of Montréal - Polytechnic School of MontrealScientific Baccalaureat, Life and Earth Sciences Option, Specialisation in Physics, With honors, Scientific Baccalaureat, Life and Earth Sciences Option, Specialisation in Physics, With honors at Lycée CondorcetEngineering Degree, Generalist engineer ; Specialisation in Renewable Energies, Engineering Degree, Generalist engineer ; Specialisation in Renewable Energies at ESIEE Paris
French, English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
76reputation
13kreached
2answers
8questions
Github Skills (67)
sql-databases9
sqlalchemy9
json9
electric-vehicles9
validation8
python8
robustness8
json-schema8
parsing8
packaging8
compatibility8
python38
dependency-management7
knock7
fastapi7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
will-afs/WazeTT
Oct 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:42 commits, 2 PRs, 33 pushes in 5 months
will-afs/The-Agora-Initiative
May 2021 - Feb 2022
The Agora Initiative is a french association. Our goal is to collectively build a digital tool for an agile and multi-scale participative democracy. Our community is openned to anyone willing to contribute in the development of participative democracy. For more infos, please visit : https://initiativeagora.wordpress.com/
Contributions:33 PRs, 35 pushes, 39 branches in 9 months
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