AWILI / AN ENGINEER’S STORYVOL. 2026 · READ ↓
システム・エンジニア

The Systems
Engineer.

STARRING

Magnim Maxime AWILI

Senior Software Engineer · Technical Lead
Backend · Distributed Systems · DevOps · Cloud

Every great system has a story.
This is the engineer behind it.

READ MY STORY ↘
A real career. A manga universe. A playable résumé.
Original manga illustration of the systems engineer with a red scarf and laptop above Strasbourg rooftops and server towers. THE PROTAGONIST / 01
The mission?
Keep it running.
Original manga avatar · The Systems Engineer
9+YEARS IN THE FIELD
24/7MISSION-CRITICAL SYSTEMS
FRSCHILTIGHEIM, FRANCE
CODE × SYSTEMS × A LITTLE SHONENTHE STORY STARTS HERE ↓
2015 / EVERY HERO STARTS SOMEWHERE.

First lines of code.
Real-world responsibility.

01
THEN THE STAKES GET BIGGER.

The payments never sleep.
Neither can the systems.

02
2020 → NOW / A NEW CHAPTER.

Design. Code. Ship.
Bring the team with you.

03
キャラクター · FILE 00

The Protagonist

The person behind the platforms
PANEL 01
Systems thinker.
Team builder.

Magnim Maxime AWILI is a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead with 9+ years designing, developing, and operating mission-critical distributed systems in the banking & payment world.

Hands-on in backend development, distributed messaging and data platforms, he connects application architecture with DevOps, Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure — owning systems from design and implementation through production.

Working within a cross-functional technical department, he has led developers and technical initiatives across Payments, Digital Services and ATM. His completed work includes merchant-side EPI Wero payment services, alongside developer tooling, integration services and shared platforms.

CLASS · SOFTWARE ENGINEER LVL 9+ RANK · TECH LEAD DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
STATUS
  • ClassSoftware Engineer / Tech Lead
  • Level9+ years
  • GuildTransactis (SG × La Banque Postale)
  • RealmBanking & Payments
  • BaseSchiltigheim, France
  • PassiveKeeps systems alive 24/7
  • AlignmentDesign · Code · Ship · Operate
必殺技 · SKILL TREE

Powers & Techniques

Six disciplines · One engineer · From application code to production
TECHNIQUE SCROLL ズバッ
💻 Backend Engineering

Java · Python · Go · REST APIs · Hexagonal architecture

Built merchant payment microservices, client integrations and developer tooling.

🔗 Distributed Systems

Kafka · Artemis · IBM MQ · TIBCO EMS · Redis · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Elasticsearch

Experience across messaging, data, caching and search technologies. Designed event-driven services, webhook integrations and artifact distribution across regions.

⚙️ DevOps & Automation

CI/CD · Jenkins · GitHub Actions · Ansible · AWX · Helm

Automated deployment, integration and monitoring across modern and legacy environments.

☁️ Cloud & Platforms

Kubernetes · Docker · Linux · Private & hybrid cloud

Architected platforms and operated data, messaging, networking and traffic-management services.

🛡️ Reliability & Security

High availability · Caching · Observability · Spring Security

Optimized payment flows for sub-300 ms requirements; designed service security, mTLS and OAuth2 integration.

👑 Architecture & Leadership

System design · Architecture reviews · Mentoring · Technical direction

Led developers within a cross-functional technical department; guided architecture, standards and modernization across business domains.

Spring BootMicroservicesREST APIsWebhooksHexagonal ArchitectureSpring Security Private / Hybrid CloudAWSGCP KubernetesDockerLinux CI/CDJenkinsGitHub Actions TerraformAnsibleAWXHelm PythonJavaGoJavaScriptShell KafkaPostgreSQLMongoDBElasticsearch RedisArtemisIBM MQ Solution ArchitectureStakeholder MgmtMentoring
物語 · THE MAIN STORY

Story Arcs

From first payment tools to leading distributed systems — read in order
第01話
01

The Origin

Developer · SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALESep 2015 – Feb 2016Schiltigheim

First assignment: enter the payment world.

  • Built & maintained Java / DB2 tools powering payment-system parameter management.
第02話
02

The Apprentice

Engineering Intern · SOPRA STERIA — TRANSACTISSep 2016 – Feb 2017Schiltigheim

A new skill unlocked: seeing trouble before it arrives.

  • Forged monitoring & alerting for payment-system domains using TIBCO BW and Oracle.
第03話 ドドド
03

Rise of the Engineer

Software Engineer · SOPRA STERIA — TRANSACTISApr 2017 – Jun 2020Schiltigheim

The challenge: evolve the platform while the payments keep moving.

  • Maintained & evolved the overall technical architecture of enterprise applications.
  • Built automation tools for deployment, integration & monitoring with Java, Oracle, TIBCO.
  • Fought in large-scale migration campaigns: IBM AIX, Oracle, WebLogic, TIBCO BW & EMS.
  • Supported high-availability initiatives for 24/7 services and zero-downtime deployments.
  • Built integration flows & tooling on the TIBCO platform; hardened performance & security.
第04話
THE CURRENT CHAPTER 2020 → NOW
ゴゴゴ
04

The Systems Engineer

Technical Lead / Cloud Architect · TRANSACTIS Jul 2020 – NOWONGOINGSchiltigheim

At Transactis, a subsidiary of Société Générale & La Banque Postale, Maxime works within a cross-functional technical department serving Payments, Digital Services & ATM. His remit spans development, architecture, integration and shared platforms, with experience leading developers on initiatives from design through production.

💻 Backend & Payment Engineering

  • Completed work on merchant-side EPI Wero payment services: led developers building approximately 10 Java microservices using hexagonal architecture.
  • Designed merchant and shop onboarding, banking-side API integration, legitimacy checks, transaction/capture processing and EPI API invocation.
  • Owned architecture and implementation through production deployment.

🔗 Distributed Systems & Data

  • Messaging & integration: experience with Kafka, Artemis, IBM MQ and TIBCO EMS, spanning event processing, message brokers and enterprise integration.
  • Data & caching: designed and operated platform services using PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Redis, with experience in Elasticsearch for search.
  • Event-driven services: designed transaction/capture ingestion and inter-service communication; built webhooks bridging Kafka events and external APIs.
  • Multi-region distribution: designed artifact synchronization through controlled proxies, validating digests before distributing artifacts across internal repositories.

🛡️ Reliability, Performance & Security

  • Designed the payment platform for a 99.9% availability requirement and benchmarked its architecture for millions of transactions.
  • Optimized database access and caching to meet sub-300 ms processing requirements.
  • Personally designed and implemented microservice security with Spring Security and application-level filters; strengthened platform security with service mesh, mTLS and OAuth2.

⚙️ DevOps & Developer Experience

  • Built CI/CD with Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions and Kubernetes; automated deployments with Ansible and AWX.
  • Led development of Java client-integration tooling and the Transactis developer portal, exposing APIs, documentation, versions, metrics, SLAs and uptime information.
  • Standardized deployment practices across modern and legacy environments.

☁️ Cloud & Platform Engineering

  • Architected and deployed Kubernetes platforms for critical payment services and enterprise workloads.
  • Designed and operated services spanning Kafka, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, networking and traffic management.
  • Built private-cloud capabilities and led platform lifecycle, resiliency and availability initiatives.

👑 Technical Leadership & Architecture

  • Provided technical leadership from a cross-functional department, defining standards, architecture guidelines and modernization roadmaps across Payments, Digital Services and ATM.
  • Drove technology decisions balancing performance, security, reliability and operational needs.
  • Led architecture reviews and workshops; supported teams with technical decisions, mentoring and platform adoption.
修行編 · CERTIFICATIONS

The Training Arc

No shonen is complete without one
修行 01 カッ!

Cloud DevOps Engineer · Nanodegree

  • Cloud architecture & infra design on AWS, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines.
  • Kubernetes & container orchestration, monitoring, logging & cloud security.
  • Final Trial: designed & deployed a cloud-native platform with Jenkins, Docker, AWS ECR & Kubernetes on Amazon EKS.
学び

The Academy

  • Master's Degree in Computer Engineering (BAC +5).
  • UTBM — University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard.
BAC +5COMPUTER ENGINEERING
サイドクエスト · EXTRAS

Side Quests & Scrolls

Interests, passions & language scrolls unlocked
QUESTS
🏀
BasketballTeam play · court vision
🚴
CyclingEndurance · the long grind
🤖
Artificial IntelligenceActive side-quest → main story
🧩
System DesignPuzzle-solving at scale
☁️
CloudPlatforms that support the product
LANGUAGE SCROLLS
🇫🇷 French
Native · Mother Tongue
🇬🇧 English
Full Professional Proficiency