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José DA COSTA
Engineering Manager
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Bordeaux, France
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Engineering Manager with 26+ years in software, including 5 years 3 months at Groupe Pichet (1,400+ employees) leading 6 concurrent projects, 100+ ESB integration flows, and a 7-person team (370K EUR/year budget). Founder of ACCENSEO since June 2024: 4-person team serving 8 industry sectors. Dual degree in Master's Software Engineering (ESIEA) and MBA Strategic Project Management (ECEMA). Certifications SAFe 5 PO/PM and PSPO. Expertise in enterprise integration (PIM Akeneo, DAM Bynder, ESB TIBCO) and cloud architecture (AWS, Terraform).
Skills
Leadership & Management
Team management (up to 7 people) / Technical strategy & Roadmapping / SAFe Agile, Scrum, Kanban / Project portfolio management / Stakeholder & executive committee communication / Recruiting & Technical mentoring
Technical Expertise
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js / PHP (Symfony, Magento, Zend), Python / AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform / PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Solr, Redis / PIM (Akeneo), DAM (Bynder), ESB (TIBCO) / CI/CD, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions
Professional Experience
CTO · Founder · technical director
ACCENSEO - Paris, France
- - Technical direction of a 4-person team (project manager, 2 alternating developers) serving 8 sectors: real estate, industry, commerce, healthcare, construction, etc.
- - Design of Terraform AWS cloud architectures (EC2, RDS PostgreSQL, S3, Lambda, EKS) and Python Big Data pipelines: 6M+ product references, 37M+ variants, 254 suppliers
Jun. 2024
Present
(1 year+)
Engineering Manager · Project Manager / Product Owner · Technical Lead
Groupe Pichet - Bordeaux, France
- - Led the enterprise application integration domain: 6 concurrent projects, 100+ ESB TIBCO BW6 flows, team of 7, budget growing from 160K to 370K EUR/year
- - Drove PIM/DAM/ESB digital transformation for a 1,400+ employee real estate group, with distribution to 175 partner platforms
Jan. 2019
Mar. 2024
(5 years 3 months)
Technical Project Manager · Co-founder · Early-Stage Startup
AdsPower (Startup) - Paris, France
- - Co-founded an AI-powered ad optimization SaaS startup: technical scoping, product roadmap, Machine Learning R&D management (Azure ML, NLTK, TF-IDF)
- - Agile project management and coordination of a cross-functional team (backend, frontend, data science, design)
Jan. 2016
Dec. 2018
(3 years)
Senior Software Engineer · Lead PHP Symfony Developer
Medialeads - Paris, France
- - Full-stack development of ERP, PIM, CRM and Marketplace platforms with Symfony v2/v3, Elasticsearch, Solr and PostgreSQL
- - REST API design (JWT RSA 4096, Swagger/HATEOAS) and AngularJS frontends for the client ecosystem
Oct. 2013
Nov. 2016
(3 years 2 months)
Software Engineer · PHP Zend Framework Developer
European Sourcing Group - Bordeaux, France
- - Built product search engines (Solr/MySQL) indexing the largest European promotional products database, and e-commerce generators (Zend Framework)
- - Developed machine learning data extraction tools (color/text classification) and administered 2,000+ MySQL databases
Apr. 2009
Sep. 2013
(4 years 6 months)
Education
Master Expert in Software Engineering - ESIEA
MBA Strategic Project Management - ECEMA
BTS IG (IT Management) - Lycée Gustave Eiffel
Certifications
SAFe 5 Certification (Product Manager & Product Owner) (2022)
PSPO Certification (Professional Scrum Product Owner) (2021)
Interests
At work: AI, LLMs, Machine Learning, Design Systems, Reverse Engineering, OKRs, SAFe, DevOps
Outside work: Master swimming competitions, Running, Bodyboarding, Kitesurfing, Adventure travel, Family
Languages
French Native
English Intermediate
Portuguese Fluent
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contact@josedacosta.info
+33 06 24 37 39 24
Bordeaux, France
linkedin.com/in/josedacosta
github.com/josedacosta
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CTO and entrepreneur with 26+ years in software and 3 foundings: ACCENSEO (06/2024 →, 8 sectors), Celiane (1999-2007, 260 multilingual websites, 500K EUR cumulative profit), and AdsPower co-founder (2016-2018, AI/ML startup). Technical direction of a 4-person team at ACCENSEO: Big Data Python pipelines (6M+ products, 37M+ variants, 254 suppliers), SaaS Next.js design, and SMB consulting. 5 years Engineering Manager at Groupe Pichet (7-person team, 370K EUR/year budget). Dual degree Master ESIEA and MBA ECEMA. Cloud architecture AWS / Terraform / Kubernetes.
Skills
Startup & Entrepreneurship
Company creation and leadership (3 companies) / 0-to-1 product development, MVP / Product strategy & Roadmapping / Founding team recruitment / Cost optimization & Budget management / SEO/SEM, Affiliate marketing
Full-Stack & Infrastructure
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, NestJS / PHP (Symfony, Magento), Python (Big Data) / AWS, Azure, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes / PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, MongoDB / AI/ML (Azure ML, NLTK, TF-IDF, LangChain) / CI/CD, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions
Professional Experience
CTO · Founder · technical director
ACCENSEO - Paris, France
- - Founding and leading a technical consulting and development SAS: product vision, business strategy, service offering construction for 8 sectors
- - Cloud architecture and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform AWS): EC2, RDS PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront, Lambda, EKS - Python Big Data pipelines (6M+ products, 37M+ variants, 254 suppliers)
Jun. 2024
Present
(1 year+)
CTO · Founder · technical director
Celiane - Bordeaux, France
- - Founded and led a software publishing company: 260 multilingual websites (15 languages, 5 countries) monetized through affiliate marketing and SEO, cumulative net profit of 500K EUR
- - Advanced SEO strategy: reverse-engineered Google/MSN algorithms, TOP 10 France affiliates, monthly net records of 28K EUR (16x the average French salary)
Jan. 1999
Dec. 2007
(9 years)
Technical Project Manager · Co-founder · Early-Stage Startup
AdsPower (Startup) - Paris, France
- - Co-founded an AI-powered ad optimization SaaS startup: from idea to MVP, technical scoping, product roadmap and R&D management
- - Led Machine Learning R&D: classification pipelines (Azure ML, NLTK, TF-IDF, k-means) to predict conversion probability
Jan. 2016
Dec. 2018
(3 years)
Engineering Manager · Project Manager / Product Owner · Technical Lead
Groupe Pichet - Bordeaux, France
- - Defined and executed the technology strategy for enterprise integration at a 1,400+ employee real estate group: TIBCO BW6, Azure Integration Services
- - Grew from Technical Lead to Engineering Manager over 5 years: team of 7, 370K EUR/year budget, 6 concurrent projects, 100+ integration flows
Jan. 2019
Mar. 2024
(5 years 3 months)
Software Engineer · PHP Zend Framework Developer
European Sourcing Group - Bordeaux, France
- - Built product search engines (Solr/MySQL) and multi-storefront e-commerce site generators with Zend Framework
- - Developed machine learning data extraction utilities and administered 2,000+ MySQL databases
Apr. 2009
Sep. 2013
(4 years 6 months)
Education
Master Expert in Software Engineering - ESIEA
MBA Strategic Project Management - ECEMA
BTS IG (IT Management) - Lycée Gustave Eiffel
Certifications
SAFe 5 Certification (Product Manager & Product Owner) (2022)
PSPO Certification (Professional Scrum Product Owner) (2021)
Interests
At work: AI, LLMs, Machine Learning, Design Systems, Reverse Engineering, OKRs, SAFe, DevOps
Outside work: Master swimming competitions, Running, Bodyboarding, Kitesurfing, Adventure travel, Family
Languages
French Native
English Intermediate
Portuguese Fluent
Technical Project Manager
DownloadJosé DA COSTA
Technical Project Manager
contact@josedacosta.info
+33 06 24 37 39 24
Bordeaux, France
linkedin.com/in/josedacosta
github.com/josedacosta
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portfolio.josedacosta.netProfile
Technical Project Manager with 26+ years in software, certified SAFe 5 PO/PM and PSPO. At Groupe Pichet (1,400+ employees) for 5 years 3 months: portfolio of 6 concurrent projects, 100+ ESB integration flows, distribution to 175 partner platforms, 7-person team, 370K EUR/year budget. Led PIM Akeneo migration from Kubernetes to SaaS Serenity and DAM Bynder deployment, on time and on budget. Co-founder of AdsPower (AI startup, 2016-2018) and founder of ACCENSEO (06/2024 →). Dual degree Master's Software Engineering (ESIEA) and MBA Strategic Project Management (ECEMA).
Skills
Project Management
SAFe Agile, Scrum, Kanban / Roadmap planning & Prioritization / Risk management & Mitigation / Stakeholder & executive committee communication / Budget management (up to 370K EUR/year) / Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project
Technical Knowledge
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js / PHP (Symfony, Magento), Python / AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes / PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis / PIM (Akeneo), DAM (Bynder), ESB (TIBCO) / CI/CD, Technical documentation
Professional Experience
CTO · Founder · technical director
ACCENSEO - Paris, France
- - Leading a 4-person team and multi-client project management: functional scoping, technical specifications, delivery tracking, change management
- - End-to-end SMB digital transformation project leadership across 8 sectors: audit, roadmap, technology selection (PIM Akeneo/Salsify/Pimcore), deployment
Jun. 2024
Present
(1 year+)
Engineering Manager · Project Manager / Product Owner · Technical Lead
Groupe Pichet - Bordeaux, France
- - Managed a portfolio of 6 concurrent projects with 100+ integration flows and a team of 7, budget growing from 160K to 370K EUR/year
- - Interfaced between business units (development, rental, hospitality, marketing, finance) and technical teams: translated business needs into specifications
Jan. 2019
Mar. 2024
(5 years 3 months)
Technical Project Manager · Co-founder · Early-Stage Startup
AdsPower (Startup) - Paris, France
- - Technical scoping and specifications writing: translated business needs into requirements documents, data models, competitive analysis
- - Delivery planning and tracking: product roadmap, sprint breakdown, effort estimation, dependency management between modules
Jan. 2016
Dec. 2018
(3 years)
Senior Software Engineer · Lead PHP Symfony Developer
Medialeads - Paris, France
- - End-to-end delivery of ERP, PIM, CRM and Marketplace platforms with Symfony v2/v3 - full cycle from design to deployment
- - Technical coordination and SEO/SEA strategy management (Google AdWords) for client platforms
Oct. 2013
Nov. 2016
(3 years 2 months)
Software Engineer · PHP Zend Framework Developer
European Sourcing Group - Bordeaux, France
- - Designed and developed product search engines and multi-storefront e-commerce site generators with Zend Framework
- - Managed 2,000+ MySQL databases and coordinated technical deliveries with sales teams
Apr. 2009
Sep. 2013
(4 years 6 months)
Education
Master Expert in Software Engineering - ESIEA
MBA Strategic Project Management - ECEMA
BTS IG (IT Management) - Lycée Gustave Eiffel
Certifications
SAFe 5 Certification (Product Manager & Product Owner) (2022)
PSPO Certification (Professional Scrum Product Owner) (2021)
Interests
At work: AI, LLMs, Machine Learning, Design Systems, Reverse Engineering, OKRs, SAFe, DevOps
Outside work: Master swimming competitions, Running, Bodyboarding, Kitesurfing, Adventure travel, Family
Languages
French Native
English Intermediate
Portuguese Fluent
Senior Software Engineer - Full-Stack
DownloadJosé DA COSTA
Senior Software Engineer - Full-Stack
contact@josedacosta.info
+33 06 24 37 39 24
Bordeaux, France
linkedin.com/in/josedacosta
github.com/josedacosta
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Senior full-stack engineer with 26+ years in software. Architect of large-scale systems: 9M+ lines of code B2B engine at European Sourcing (97 tables, 7 languages, 9 servers), ACCENSEO Big Data pipelines (6M+ products, 37M+ variants, 254 suppliers). Stack: TypeScript, Next.js 16, React 19, NestJS, Tailwind v4; PHP (Symfony 15 years, Magento, Zend); Python. At Groupe Pichet: 100+ ESB TIBCO BW6 flows, PIM Akeneo migration from Kubernetes to SaaS, DAM Bynder deployment for 175 partner platforms. OSS maintainer (npm, 295+ tests). Dual degree Master ESIEA and MBA ECEMA.
Technical Skills
Backend & Infrastructure
Node.js, NestJS, Express, Fastify / PHP (Symfony, Magento, Zend, Doctrine) / Python (Big Data, ML, scripting) / PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis / AWS, Azure, Docker, K8S, Terraform / CI/CD, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions
Frontend
TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+) / React, Next.js, Vue.js, AngularJS / TailwindCSS, Shadcn UI, Radix UI / Redux, Zustand, React Query / Vitest, Playwright, React Testing Library / Webpack, Vite, Turborepo
Professional Experience
CTO · Founder · technical director
ACCENSEO - Paris, France
- - Full-stack SaaS development with TypeScript, React 19, Next.js 16, NestJS, Prisma ORM, and PostgreSQL - Turborepo monorepo architecture
- - Python Big Data pipelines: import of 6M+ products and 37M+ variants from 254 suppliers, Elasticsearch indexing, Lambda processing
Jun. 2024
Present
(1 year+)
Engineering Manager · Project Manager / Product Owner · Technical Lead
Groupe Pichet - Bordeaux, France
- - Architected ESB integration solutions via TIBCO BusinessWorks 6 and Azure Integration Services (Logic Apps, Power Apps, Power BI) - 100+ flows in production
- - Developed custom PIM Akeneo plugins (PHP Symfony), migrated v1.4 to v2.3 then SaaS Serenity, automated import pipeline
Jan. 2019
Mar. 2024
(5 years 3 months)
Senior Software Engineer · Lead PHP Magento Developer
Smile Open Source Solutions - Bordeaux, France
- - Developed advanced features in Magento Enterprise Edition: content manager, catalog price rules, customer segments
- - Code reviews and PSR best practices advocacy, technical debt audits on client projects (Bricorama, Cultura, Fleurance Nature, GIFI)
Jul. 2017
Sep. 2017
(3 months)
Senior Software Engineer · Lead PHP Symfony Developer
Medialeads - Paris, France
- - Full-stack ERP/PIM/CRM/Marketplace development with Symfony v2/v3, Doctrine ORM, PostgreSQL and reusable multi-bundle architecture
- - Migrated Apache Solr to Elasticsearch for millions of product records, REST API (JWT RSA 4096, Swagger/HATEOAS, FOSRestBundle)
Oct. 2013
Nov. 2016
(3 years 2 months)
Software Engineer · PHP Zend Framework Developer
European Sourcing Group - Bordeaux, France
- - Product search engines (Solr/MySQL) indexing the largest European promotional products database, MyEasyWeb e-commerce generator (Zend Framework)
- - Machine learning data extraction tools (color/text/category classification), data modeling and administration of 2,000+ MySQL databases
Apr. 2009
Sep. 2013
(4 years 6 months)
Education
Master Expert in Software Engineering - ESIEA
MBA Strategic Project Management - ECEMA
BTS IG (IT Management) - Lycee Gustave Eiffel
Certifications
SAFe 5 Certification (Product Manager & Product Owner) (2022)
PSPO Certification (Professional Scrum Product Owner) (2021)
Interests
At work: AI, LLMs, Machine Learning, Design Systems, Reverse Engineering, OKRs, SAFe, DevOps
Outside work: Master swimming competitions, Running, Bodyboarding, Kitesurfing, Adventure travel, Family
Languages
French Native
English Intermediate
Portuguese Fluent