The person behind the practice

Hi, I’m Romain.

A software architect, technical leader and educator based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Curious about code. Invested in people.

A thread through the years

My scope has changed.
My curiosity hasn’t.

I started by making software work. Over time, the questions became wider: how do we make it easier to change? How do we build confidence in it? And how do we help a whole team succeed?

Today, my work sits at the intersection of architecture, craftsmanship and leadership. I still enjoy small, well-designed objects and a test that tells a clear story. I also care about the conditions that let people build them: shared context, useful automation and room to learn.

Open source, writing and teaching are ways to make that learning useful beyond a single project.

My journey

2025 — today

Leading teams. Passing it on.

As an IT technical manager at Accenture, I coach teams, support technical decisions and embed continuous improvement. Teaching software architecture and quality at ISIMA brings these practices into the classroom.

2022 — today

Exploring what comes next.

Innovation consulting at Accenture has broadened my work into automation, generative AI and the ways emerging tools can improve engineering practice.

2017 — 2022

From implementation to architecture.

At Accenture, I moved through software development, technical leadership and software architecture: shaping Java systems, delivery pipelines and shared architecture decisions.

2012 — 2017

Learning through mobile.

At Openium and Modis, I built iOS and Android applications, introduced automated tests and CI, and began mentoring other developers.

2010 — 2011

The first building blocks.

Java web development and mobile prototyping at Sopra Steria gave me my first professional grounding in building and maintaining software.