About

Julien Avezou

Software Engineer · Toronto, Canada

Thinking engineer building systems, products, and workflows for the AI era. Previous experience in Fintech.

LinkedIn · GitHub · Dev.to · Substack

Highlights

  • Key architect and developer of a system at Klarna to proactively verify millions of customers, leading to improved UX and huge cost savings
  • Built and launched multiple applications independently
  • Focused on reflection systems and engineering judgment in the age of AI

Technical Skills

Technologies and tooling I am comfortable with
JavaScript / TypeScriptReact / React Native / Next.jsNode.jsSupabasePostgreSQLRedisVercelAWSDockerKubernetesJenkinsTerraformRuby / Ruby on RailsKafkaReduxGitSentryAI workflows / LLM tooling

Experience

My career path

Senior Software Engineer

Klarna · 2021 — 2025
  • Key architect and developer of a system at Klarna to proactively verify millions of customers, leading to improved UX and huge cost savings
  • Built critical flows to allow customers to safely recover access to their Klarna Balance account (remote dynamic linking, letter send outs)
  • Helped design and implement a new onboarding flow for the Klarna Balance product, increasing the product’s conversion rates by 4%

Software Engineer - Freelance

JLG · 2020 — 2021
  • Conceived and developed a planning tool web application contracted for a top architecture firm in Belgium
  • Worked in a team of 3 devs in order to respect the roadmap planned out in terms of feature releases

Projects

Selected work · built & shipped

Jots

Developer-centric journaling and reflection app (AI-assisted).

Stack: Ruby on Rails · React · Heroku

ReflectionCLI

CLI Tooling that helps add reflection to your development workflow

Stack: Next.js

Languages

Communication & global experience
English · NativeFrench · NativeItalian · ConversationalSpanish · ConversationalGerman · Conversational

Writing

Putting my thoughts into words

Ship AI in your engineering stack without the chaos

Key learnings and tips to build applications with LLMs.

Why Learning Basic Robotics Made Me a Better Software Engineer in the Age of AI

Sharing my thoughts on how learning robotics has been valuable for my developer journey, especially in this age of AI.

See all writing here.


Hobbies & Fun Facts

My life outside of work
  • Building in public (products + writing)
  • Running (ran Paris and Berlin Marathons)
  • Reading
  • Scuba Diving
  • Kayaked around Corsica in 30 days

Get in Touch

Open to conversations

If something here resonates with you — whether it's engineering, reflection systems, AI workflows, or building thoughtful products — feel free to reach out.

julien.avezou@gmail.com