# Pierre Defebvre

> Distributed Engineer @ Nova Labs

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/pierredefebvre

## Work Experience
### Distributed Engineer @ Nova Labs
Jan 2018 – Present

### Full Stack Engineer @ Verizon
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Erlang Distributed Systems, multi-nodes clustered application.

Development and maintenance of an entire IOT application, handling thousands of devices and messages per seconds.

Working with embedded team for device connectivity (MQTT / Web sockets).

Live debugging of issues. Setup and interpret metrics.

Documentation and testing: eunit, common test, xref, dialyzer.

Deployment using Docker.

Development of applications using Scala, AKKA (Streams) and Cassandra.

Agile development.

### Full Stack Engineer @ Sensity Systems (acquired by Verizon)
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Scalable IOT platform using:
- Erlang / RabbitMQ : device connectivity
- Clojure / Cassandra: data processing
- Node.js : APIs

### Erlang Engineer @ 2600hz
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016
Erlang / OTP - Open source
Updating and re-factoring of existing OTP applications
Maintaining internal messaging system using RabbitMQ via OTP behavior
Design and development of REST APIs & web sockets applications in Erlang
Maintaining technical documentation
Working with Agile development technique using JIRA

### Front-End Engineer @ 2600hz
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013
UI/UX Development - Open source

Single page application written in JavaScript

https://github.com/2600hz/kazoo_ui
https://github.com/2600hz/monster-ui

### Web Developer @ Valoxy
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
Web Development
PHP / HTML /CSS / JavaScript

### Java Developer @ Atos Worldline
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
Java Development

Data processing for ERP software

### Network Technician @ SIIH
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
Monitoring network usage

Managing switches and VLans


## Education
### Master's Degree in Master of science, computer science
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### Bachelor's Degree in Bachelor of science, computer science
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## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pdefe
- GitHub: https://github.com/macpie
- Portfolio: http://www.peter-defebvre.com
- Portfolio: http://www.doyoubuzz.com/peter-defebvre

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Last updated: 2026-04-10