Gaël Laloum
Software Architect · Fullstack Senior Engineer
Experience
Jan 2025 — Apr 2025
Remote
TypeScript Developer — IDML Rendering Engine
Personal project
Designed and built a pixel-perfect rendering engine for Adobe InDesign (.idml) files: full XML parsing pipeline, style and coordinate resolution, and React rendering with absolute positioning.
Jan 2024 — Present
Remote
Fullstack Shopify Developer
Ctrl+Shift (Freelance)
Built from scratch a Shopify application for automatic PDF invoice generation and email delivery, triggered on every paid order.
Aug 2023 — Dec 2023
France
Self-training — Integrating LLMs into the Developer Workflow
Personal Research & Training
Intensive training in the thoughtful use of LLMs as developer productivity tools: prompt engineering, API integration, critical output evaluation, and understanding model limitations.
Nov 2020 — Jul 2023
France
Software Architect
Exodata
R&D and definition of technical standards. Designed an application framework based on Clean Architecture, implemented a full DevOps strategy, and delivered multiple fullstack business products.
Sep 2018 — Jun 2019
Gennevilliers, France
Java / Java EE Consultant
Akka Technologies · Thalès
On-site mission at Thalès on a web application for managing software vulnerabilities for the MCS (Security Maintenance) department, developed using the Agile SCRUM methodology.
Dec 2015 — Aug 2017
Paris, France
Software Engineer
Misys
Developed Eclipse plugins to democratise access to a financial model pricing API for non-developer profiles (Quants), then deployed a PaaS solution based on Eclipse CHE.
Sep 2014 — Sep 2015
Paris, France
Software Engineer
Magillem
Developed Java tooling around the IP-XACT standard and FrameMaker (Adobe) format to automate the generation, validation, and statistical analysis of technical documentation.
Oct 2012 — Oct 2014
Courbevoie, France
Software Engineer
Enablon
User support, bug fixes, and product enhancements on internal solutions. Project lead and developer for an internal contract signature tracking application.