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Building robot UIs at TII · Open to collaborations

Senior Software Engineer crafting real-time interfaces for humanoid robotics.

I'm Julien, a senior software engineer in Abu Dhabi. I build real-time operator UIs for humanoid robots at TII, on top of 5 years shipping pixel-perfect products with React, Next.js and Angular. Fast, precise and reliable is the standard, not the stretch goal.

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Selected Work

Featured projects.

From humanoid robot consoles to defense platforms: a few things I've shipped.

01

Humanoid Robotics Operator UI

Real-time operator interfaces for humanoid robots at TII: live telemetry, monitoring and control.

02

Defense Geospatial Platform

Real-time 3D mission views fusing satellite, radar and drone imagery. Details under NDA.

03

Omnes Education

Multi-step application process for a leading private higher education group.

04

Catch'up

Support platform for young people aged 15-30 who have dropped out of school.

05

Alexis Mariage

Catalog website for France's leading wedding dress distributor.

Career

Experience.

  1. Nov 2025 - Present

    Software Engineer @ Technology Innovation Institute

    Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Building real-time operator interfaces for humanoid robotics in Angular and TypeScript. Led a staged Angular 17 to 21 migration and rolled out a shared design system across the platform.

  2. Feb 2025 - Sep 2025

    Lead Software Engineer @ Nucleus Stratégie

    Montréal, QC, Canada

    Led projects like Succès Scolaire, EGF and Queer Tech, building a reusable Next.js 15 / React 19 / Sanity starter adopted across the agency. Drove CI/CD with Vercel and GitHub Actions and integrated AI tooling (Claude Code, Cursor).

  3. May 2024 - Feb 2025

    Software Engineer @ 10nord

    Paris, France

    Built a real-time geospatial platform for a defense client: interactive 3D scenes (WebGL / Three.js) fusing satellite, radar and drone imagery, with live positions streamed over WebSocket and MQTT. Details under NDA.

  4. Jun 2023 - Feb 2024

    Software Frontend Engineer @ Seckiot

    Paris, France

    Built the frontend of an industrial cybersecurity (XIoT) platform. Defined component standards, drove UI/UX R&D, and introduced secure practices like Nordpass across the team.

  5. Mar 2023 - Jun 2023

    Software Frontend Engineer @ Webqam Groupe

    Saint-Étienne, France

    Led the frontend of a fintech project: implemented refresh-token authentication, hardened app stability, and migrated components from Vue 2 to Vue 3.

  6. Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

    Software Frontend Engineer @ GEDIS TELECOM

    Annecy, France

    Built a SaaS app for sales presentations: back office, Firebase authentication, real-time data sync, and automated final-report generation.

  7. Nov 2022 - Jan 2023

    Software Frontend Engineer @ OMNES Education

    Paris, France

    Built the new application-form journey for France's grandes écoles (INSEEC, Sup de Pub): a styleguide, full component library, routing, and API integration.

  8. Jan 2022 - Sep 2022

    Software Frontend Engineer @ Fondation JAE

    Lyon, France

    Built Catch'up, a career-support web platform, in React: reusable component library, styled-components theming, and close API integration with the backend team.

  9. Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

    Software Frontend Engineer @ Groupe Alexis Mariage

    Paris, France

    Designed and shipped the catalog site for France's leading wedding dress distributor: brand guidelines, Figma mockups, WooCommerce, Elementor integration, and a client area.

  10. Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

    Software Frontend Engineer @ feat.coop

    Lyon, France

    Built a marketplace to revalue dormant stock across Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: brand identity, Figma mockups, Firebase authentication, and a company dashboard.

About

The person behind the code.

I build scalable platforms with obsessive attention to detail.

I'm Julien, a senior software engineer based in Abu Dhabi. Across 5 years and 10 roles in France, Canada, and the UAE, I've shipped everything from real-time operator UIs for humanoid robots to scalable platforms and pixel-perfect products with React, Next.js and Angular.

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Technology Innovation Institute · Abu Dhabi
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Featured projects
ReactNext.jsAngularTypeScriptTailwind CSSNode.jsFigmaMotionREST APIs
ReactNext.jsAngularTypeScriptTailwind CSSNode.jsFigmaMotionREST APIs
ReactNext.jsAngularTypeScriptTailwind CSSNode.jsFigmaMotionREST APIs
ReactNext.jsAngularTypeScriptTailwind CSSNode.jsFigmaMotionREST APIs
Toolkit

Skills & technologies.

The stack I ship with every week, hardened on production systems.

React
My home turf for 5 years: component architecture, state at scale and interfaces that hold up under real production traffic.
React 19Server ComponentsDesign systemsPerformanceAccessibilityTesting
Next.js
Full-stack React, from SEO to the edge
App RouterSEOVercel
TypeScript
Strict types across the whole stack
Strict modeType-safe APIs
Angular
Real-time operator UIs for humanoid robots: live data streams, enterprise patterns and large-scale migrations.
Angular 17 to 21Real-time streamsDesign system
Tailwind CSS
Design tokens, not utility soup
Tailwind v4shadcn/ui
Node.js
APIs and backend services that front-ends can rely on, from auth flows to data sync.
RESTFirebasePostgreSQL
Figma
From design file to shipped pixel
PrototypingStyleguides
Motion
Animation that serves the product
Framer MotionMicro-interactions
APIs & Real-time
Live data over the wire: streaming positions, telemetry and events into interfaces people act on.
WebSocketMQTTREST
Testimonials

What clients say.

Julien is an excellent front-end developer. We collaborated on many React development projects and it went really well. Professional and rigorous, he is a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend him.

Akolads
Client review · LinkedIn

I warmly recommend Julien for any project that calls for React expertise. He delivered strong results and his technical skills are excellent. I am very happy with this collaboration, especially the flexibility he showed. I would not hesitate to recommend him again.

Sozen
Client review · LinkedIn

I am delighted to recommend Julien Tavernier for his work as a freelance developer. I had the pleasure of working with Julien on several web projects, and I have to say his ReactJS expertise is impressive. Julien has a passion for web design that shows through in his projects and his relevant advice.

Swebo
Client review · LinkedIn
Open to collaborations

Let's build something great together.

Real-time interfaces, scalable platforms, or a site like this one: whatever you're building, you get the same standard. Fast, polished, shipped.

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Prefer email? julien.tavernier.pro@gmail.com

Based in Abu Dhabi · --:-- local time