Olivier Buffon
Senior developer and independent consultant in Québec City
Available from January 2027
Technologies
- Ruby on Rails
- Hotwire
- ViewComponent
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Redis
- Sidekiq
- GraphQL
- Elixir and Phoenix
- Flutter
- Mistral AI
- coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Pi)
Experience
Scribee
Built a French e-invoicing platform from zero with Ruby on Rails, MySQL, ERB, ViewComponent and Hotwire; iOS and Android apps in Flutter; Mistral AI for OCR and document processing; designed the team's agentic workflow. Scribee was approved as a Plateforme Agréée par l'État within one week of filing.
iDocus
Modernized the UI and the backend of a pre-accounting solution, and started its component library.
Homeric
Built the backend from day one, in Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL and GraphQL.
Chronogolf
Designed the backend in Ruby on Rails, with PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis and Sidekiq, from zero to hundreds of thousands of daily users; built the team as the company grew from 5 to 45+ people, including 10 developers. Chronogolf was later acquired by Lightspeed.
Thales Avionics
Other engagements
- Mirego: the Canadiens de Montréal mobile app backend in Elixir and Phoenix, vHub in Elixir, Phoenix and React, and donation-based funding for La Presse
- Petal: backend developer in Ruby on Rails on a care platform
- OpenFleet: Elixir
- Neatops
- Potloc
- AdGear
- Jesta Digital
- Avo: open-source contribution, the TipTap rich text editor
Education
SUPINFO
Languages
French and English