Florent Huck

Developer Advocate • PHP / Symfony Architect • Trainer
LinkedIn: florenthuck
GitHub: flovntp

Lyon • Remote / Hybrid (EU/US-friendly)

Profile

Developer advocate and hands-on PHP/Symfony architect with a strong background in open-source CMS ecosystems (eZ Publish / eZ Platform). Experienced in consulting, audits, migrations, training, and enabling teams through tooling and automation.

Core Skills

Architecture & Delivery
  • Solution architecture, technical design documentation, target system diagrams
  • Project organization, development practices, DevOps support
  • Implementation of complex / critical components
  • Technical leadership (lead dev, mentoring, coaching)
Consulting & Enablement
  • Open-source CMS strategy consulting, audits, recommendations
  • Functional & technical analysis, specifications, RFP support
  • Acceptance testing, incident & bug tracking
  • Training delivery & content creation (60+ sessions)
PHPSymfonyDeveloper Advocacy Open SourceeZ Publish / eZ Platform DevOpsTechnical WritingPublic Speaking

Experience

Advocacy Engineer — Platform.sh / Upsun
Jul 2022 – Present
  • Conference speaker and developer-facing advocate: talks, demos, technical content, and community engagement.
  • Built and shipped internal tooling that measurably improves daily workflows across teams:
    • Technical blog publication calendar with a GitHub-based workflow and drag & drop PR planning.
    • Automated image-version inventory (Upsun) with automatic documentation updates.
    • Upsun PHP SDK (open source): packagist.org/packages/upsun/upsun-sdk-php
    • Upsun PHP Node (in progress, open source)
    • Implemented llms.txt on Upsun Docs and devcenter.upsun.com to improve LLM-aware documentation discovery.
  • Documentation maintenance: continuous improvement, updates, and technical accuracy across developer-facing docs.
  • Events & live demos: acting as a “demo machine” — delivering reliable, hands-on live demonstrations during conferences, and internal/external events.
  • Active contributor and cross-team partner (engineering, docs, support, marketing, product).
Entrepreneur, Consultant, PHP/Symfony/eZ Architect, Trainer — Code Rhapsodie
Apr 2017 – Dec 2020
Consulting and architecture (PHP, Symfony, eZ Publish / eZ Platform): project support, lead dev, code audits, training, DevOps, development.
Selected engagements: Pleinchamp, AlloCiné, FranceAgriMer, Onisep, CETIM, culture.gouv.fr, and more.
Entrepreneur, Independent Consultant & Trainer — HKonsulting
Jan 2016 – Dec 2022
eZ Publish / eZ Platform & Symfony consulting: project support, audits, training, development.
Clients: Pichet Immobilier, Onisep, DICOD (defense.gouv.fr), Atlantic, Denkwerk, and more.
Consultant (Professional Services), Trainer, Pre-sales — eZ Systems AS
May 2012 – Dec 2015
  • Pre-sales support and technical evangelism for eZ Publish.
  • Audits: code reviews, performance optimization, migrations, security.
  • Consulting: eZ Publish 5.x architecture and feature delivery.
  • Training: Basic, Advanced, Editors, Sys Admin, eZ Marketing Automation.
Senior Developer — Accenture (Client: France Telecom)
Sep 2011 – Sep 2012
  • Information system redesign to present products/offers to partners (≈14k users).
  • eZ Publish 4.5 customization; Agile delivery.
  • Content structure, editorial workflows, front/back-office customization.
  • Performance optimization (significant reduction of SQL queries).
  • User roles & permissions, QA and support; production launch (Nov 5, 2011).
Senior Developer — RRH Software
Dec 2008 – Jul 2010
  • Lead developer for a payroll slip generation module for accounting firms and their clients.
  • Functional/technical specifications; payroll generation engine; DUCS EDI generator.
  • QA & support; supervised an engineering intern (SUPINFO Lyon).
Junior Developer — Astek Rhône-Alpes (Client: ADP Micromegas)
Nov 2006 – Nov 2008
Built early versions of a tri-party payroll management application (PHP 5, Oracle 10g) for a European payroll outsourcing leader.
Junior Developer (Apprenticeship) — Acte2i
Jun 2005 – Sep 2006
  • Support and development of internal tools and partner-facing utilities.
  • Web maintenance/optimization; mission order management; internal communication tooling.
  • Intern supervision and IT vendor coordination.

Education

  • Master’s degree (MIAGE) — Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble (apprenticeship; “A Bien” honors)
  • IUP MIAGE — Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble

Interests

Handball — 20 years of practice: strategic vision, reactivity, endurance, competitiveness, teamwork, fair play.
Skydive — Experienced skydiver with numerous jumps and certifications.