Florian Salinas

Full-Stack Software Engineer based in Perpignan with over five years of professional experience building and scaling robust SaaS platforms.

Career History

As a freelance full-stack software engineer from September 2025 to October 2026, architected and engineered an innovative music-focused SaaS web application from scratch, handling full-stack implementation, database architecture, and scalable cloud deployment, alongside designing and developing a custom high-performance website for a musical band focusing on user interface design and responsive media integration.

At Employee Connections in Paris from February 2023 to July 2025, co-architected the modernization of a legacy monolithic CakePHP application from version 2.3 to 5.0, updated Docker containerization pipelines, and migrated subprojects to a scalable architecture. Migrated an image generation API to improve performance and data handling, engineered a live chat management module for recruiters and job seekers, and spearheaded a major client-facing interface overhaul with a user profile management system.

At Numeric Wave in Perpignan from July 2022 to August 2022, contributed to a business-to-business SaaS solution for agricultural commerce by designing and delivering an intuitive sales management dashboard tailored for non-technical users to streamline operational workflows. At Ir Oui Come in Perpignan from January 2019 to January 2022, developed an end-to-end business-to-business accommodation booking SaaS platform enabling service providers to manage reservations, building frontend features covering property discovery and checkout flows, alongside backend workflows including secure payment processing, transactional email pipelines, and third-party API integrations.

Technical Expertise

Technical expertise covers frontend technologies such as React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, and Tailwind CSS. Backend and API skills include Node.js, PHP, Laravel, CakePHP, and GraphQL. Databases and ORMs consist of MySQL, Drizzle ORM, Eloquent, Postgres, and Firestore. Testing and quality assurance encompass PHPUnit, Playwright, unit tests, and integration tests. DevOps, cloud, and tooling experience features Docker, GCP, CircleCI, Instana, Bitbucket, JIRA, Postman, PNPM, Cursor, JetBrains, and AI-assisted development.

Education and Interests

Education includes a Bachelor in DevOps System Administration from Studi Montpellier from 2025 to 2026, a Master in IT Project Management from L'IDEM Le Soler from 2020 to 2022, a Licence 3 in Software and Application Developer, and a Licence in Web Developer from L'IDEM Le Soler from 2018 to 2020. Languages include French as native, English at advanced C1 level, and Spanish notions. Personal interests include spending time with family, playing sports, and traveling.