Yoann Gendrey

Yoann Gendrey

Backend engineer at Swan, building fintech banking infrastructure. I thrive on complex problems and craft modern, elegant solutions. Previously shipped systems at Hermès, various startups, and the gaming industry.

Off the clock, I build varsafe and Glowo, developer tools made to work with AI coding agents, and tinker with self-hosted services and DIY projects. Certified nerd.

Stack

TypeScriptBunNode.jsNestJSPostgreSQLRedisDocker

Experience

Swan·Senior Software Engineer
Dec 2025 - Present
Hermès·Senior Software Engineer
Jul 2023 - Nov 2025
Dogamí·Lead Software Engineer
May 2022 - Nov 2022
MadKudu·Senior Software Engineer
Feb 2021 - May 2022
Big Pixel Studios·Game Server Developer
Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
Pops·Software Engineer
Nov 2016 - Jul 2019
Freelance·Freelance Software Engineer
Jan 2016 - Oct 2016
GRAPP·Co-Founder & Mobile Developer
Dec 2014 - Dec 2015

Projects

varsafe—Secrets manager for teams that ship with AI agents
Glowo—Uptime monitoring and status pages your AI agent can run
Yhtua—Desktop 2FA OTP manager
iiaku.com—Personal tech blog