Fabien Meghazi

Lead Platform Engineer

Profile

Lead Platform Engineer with over 25 years of experience in software engineering.

I specialize in designing and evolving scalable platforms at the intersection of infrastructure, backend systems and operational reliability.

My work combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, enabling small teams to build and operate systems designed to evolve over time.

I am comfortable working across the full stack of a platform — from low-level system concerns to high-level architectural decisions — when required.

Experience

Odoo

Lead Platform Engineer – Odoo.sh

August 2016 - Present

Rejoined Odoo in 2016 to lead the design and development of Odoo.sh, a cloud-based PaaS tightly integrated with GitHub, providing continuous integration, deployment automation and managed hosting for Odoo solutions.

Initially contributing as a core developer, I progressively assumed end-to-end technical responsibility for the platform, including architecture, system design, runtime evolution, operational reliability and team coordination.

Key contributions:

  • Design and implementation of a custom process-based container runtime
  • Development of core infrastructure components, including a custom L7 proxy and deployment system
  • Continuous evolution of the platform architecture to support scale and stability
  • Technical leadership of a small engineering team, balancing feature delivery, system reliability and long-term maintainability

Odoo.sh became one of Odoo’s fastest-growing products and a critical part of its ecosystem.

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BICS

Senior Python Developer

November 2014 - August 2016

Joined the Systems Integration and Monitoring team, working on large-scale data processing and network monitoring systems.

Designed and implemented a generic, extensible data pipeline framework to replace legacy ETL scripts, based on a YAML defined DSL and pluggable execution model. Focused on balancing Python productivity with performance constraints under significant data volumes.

Also contributed to the modernization of legacy Django applications, including the migration of one system to a React.js based Single Page Application.

Python Paramiko Miniconda Django RRDtool Redis Javascript React.js Redhat Oracle

Odoo (Formerly OpenERP)

R&D Developer

May 2010 - November 2014

Contributed to the evolution of Odoo’s core platform during a period of major architectural transitions.

Key contributions:

  • Participated in the creation and launch of an early SaaS platform for OpenERP v5
  • Initiated and co-developed the transition toward a full JavaScript web client (v6.1), prototyping the architecture alongside the CTO and contributing to the core framework, including foundational layers, templating mechanisms and key UI components such as Form and Kanban views.
  • Developed QWeb2 , the template engine used in Odoo since v6.1
  • Contributed to the architecture and core framework of Odoo v8's "Website Builder" CMS
  • Contributed as a core developer to framework internals (public Git history available).

Odoo Python Javascript PostgreSQL XML HTML5 Linux Nginx Fabric


Hagrid

Founder & Independent IT Consultant

2013-present

Founded and operated a consulting company delivering software development and infrastructure solutions for various clients.

Worked across backend systems, platform tooling and Linux-based environments, adapting to diverse technical stacks as required.

Software development and consultancy for various customers.

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Siemens

External Consultant & Software Developer

June 2000 - May 2010

Delivered software development and consulting services across multiple Siemens entities (Siemens S.A., Siemens Business Services, Fujitsu-Siemens, Siemens Enterprise Network).

Led the analysis, architecture and implementation of various web-based and enterprise systems, including content management tools, event management platforms, tracking systems, HR tools and real-time web applications.

C# .NET ASP (JScript) Boo Javascript Microsoft SQL Server Oracle C (w/cygwin.dll) PHP

Best of Publishing & Cromozone

Web Application Developer

September 1998 - June 2000

Worked during the early expansion of the web, developing custom content management systems and web platforms for ICT-focused publications and portals.

Contributed to the development of jobuniverse.be, Belgium’s leading IT career website at the time (later acquired by StepStone).

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Languages

  • French : native
  • English : professional working proficiency

Education

I.A.T.A., Namur – Computer Graphics

Secondary Education – Economics