Nicolas HERMENT

Lead software engineer

 | Malmö, Sweden

Summary

  • Typescript/Javascript | NodeJS | Python | React
  • PostgreSQL
  • Kubernetes
  • AI / LLM

I have been a significant contributor to all the companies I worked with.
- Hands-on backend software engineer
- Technical lead & software architect

Experience

Software Engineer Robusta (Sweden) 1 year (since 2024)

I have helped the Robusta team bring HolmesGPT[1], to the next level. I introduced continuous testing using evals, as well as key improvements like planning and context summarization. HolmesGPT is the leading open source LLM-based system to assist DevOps in debugging infrastructure and application issues within Kubernetes clusters.

Team lead Nearform (Sweden) 3 years (since 2021)

I returned to Nearform as a team lead and then moved on to an engineering manager role, responsible for up to 20 team members spanning multiple projects. Later I participated in projects as an expert engineer on data, performance, AI/LLMs and project management.

Head of Engineering Portchain (Denmark) 4 years (2017-2021)

I joined the company as the only software engineer and grew both the team and the products from scratch to 2 products and 7 full time remote developers. Both of Portchain's SaaS products are operational and generating revenue.

Team lead Nearform (Ireland) 3 years (2014-2017)

As a consultant, I led to success the delivery of 3 projects, with durations ranging from 6 to 18 months and brought ad-hoc expertise to other clients. 2 of the projects were highly successful implementations delivered in cooperation with McKinsey.

Infrastructure Software Engineer Zendesk (Ireland) 6 months (2013-2014)

In a 3 persons team, I helped stabilize and optimize Radar[2], a Redis based event bus. With websockets as its interface, it acted as Zendesk's core for chat and push notifications.

Co-founder Node.ci (France) 2 years part-time (from 2011)

Development of node.ci, a continuous integration SaaS application specialized on Node.JS with advanced code metrics.

Senior Software Engineer ModelN (Redwood City & France) 4 years (2009-2013)

From Java to Flex and then Node.js, I started as an intern, then worked my way up and led the backend implementation of the strategic cloud venture of the company.

Education

Software engineering degree ISEN-Toulon (France) graduated in 2009

Engineering degree (MSc) in Computer Science.