I'm Mickael Gorre, a senior backend engineer with 20+ years of experience designing, building, and evolving large-scale backend platforms in data-heavy environments. I specialize in Node.js, GraphQL, SQL/NoSQL data modeling, and AI-assisted automation, with a proven track record in luxury, real estate, and financial contexts. I design robust architectures, emphasize reliability and maintainability, and enjoy contributing to architecture discussions and technical decisions while working autonomously when needed. I thrive on turning complex problems into scalable, well-documented systems. I’m comfortable collaborating across time zones and with product, design, and operations teams, balancing hands-on coding with strategic planning to deliver solid, long-term solutions.

Mickael Gorre

I'm Mickael Gorre, a senior backend engineer with 20+ years of experience designing, building, and evolving large-scale backend platforms in data-heavy environments. I specialize in Node.js, GraphQL, SQL/NoSQL data modeling, and AI-assisted automation, with a proven track record in luxury, real estate, and financial contexts. I design robust architectures, emphasize reliability and maintainability, and enjoy contributing to architecture discussions and technical decisions while working autonomously when needed. I thrive on turning complex problems into scalable, well-documented systems. I’m comfortable collaborating across time zones and with product, design, and operations teams, balancing hands-on coding with strategic planning to deliver solid, long-term solutions.

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I’m Mickael Gorre, a senior backend engineer with 20+ years of experience designing, building, and evolving large-scale backend platforms in data-heavy environments. I specialize in Node.js, GraphQL, SQL/NoSQL data modeling, and AI-assisted automation, with a proven track record in luxury, real estate, and financial contexts. I design robust architectures, emphasize reliability and maintainability, and enjoy contributing to architecture discussions and technical decisions while working autonomously when needed.

I thrive on turning complex problems into scalable, well-documented systems. I’m comfortable collaborating across time zones and with product, design, and operations teams, balancing hands-on coding with strategic planning to deliver solid, long-term solutions.

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Language

French
Fluent
English
Fluent
Japanese
Intermediate

Work Experience

Independent Backend Engineer / Platform Engineer at Renta Brick
January 1, 2024 - Present
Co-designed and implemented a full backend platform for a consumer subscriptions service in Japan, including payments (Komoju), Node.js APIs, automation workflows (n8n), and AI-assisted features (LLM-based summarization, translation, and customer support tooling). Contributed to a Laravel-based codebase using AI-assisted development, while owning backend architecture, integrations, infrastructure, monitoring, and system evolution.
Lead Backend Engineer (Freelance) at Christian Dior
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023
Centralized heterogeneous worldwide data sources via a GraphQL gateway; designed scalable API endpoints used by web, iOS, and WeChat apps; focused on scalability, code quality, and maintainability.
Senior Backend Engineer (Freelance) at Le Bon Marché
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021
Led the development of a GraphQL gateway that centralized data and managed high client traffic, contributing to data access for multiple client applications.
Backend Engineer (Freelance) at Kering
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2020
Built backend services and interfaces to comply with Chinese data localization regulations; contributed to architecture decisions and integration efforts.
Backend Engineer (Freelance) at Foncia
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2020
Major contributor to a full IT system rewrite; migrated SQL to MongoDB; implemented CI/CD pipelines and modernized backend architecture in a distributed environment.

Education

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Qualifications

Bachelor in Computer Science
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Retail, Real Estate & Construction, Financial Services, Professional Services