Curriculum vitae

Rivel Babindamana

Software engineer and entrepreneur

It all started in Brazzaville, with a red phone and the urge to make my own games. From Libreville to Paris, from e-commerce to cybersecurity, I turned it into a career.

  • Paris
  • French and Congolese citizen
  • CEH certified
  • Founder of Vukassa
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RIVEL.jar LEVEL 6 PRESS 5

The journey, level by level

  1. Level 1/6

    2011

    Brazzaville, Congo

    The spark

    • Diploma

      Baccalauréat

      French high school diploma

    High school diploma in hand, I got my first phone: a red LG GU230 that ran Java ME (J2ME) games. Soon, the games I installed weren’t enough: I wanted to make my own, to play with my friends. Trying to figure out how they were made, I discovered programming, Java and its whole world. I could already tell: this would be my job.

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    • Degree: Baccalauréat
    • Bonus: First phone
    • Bonus: Java
  2. Level 2/6

    2013 – 2015

    Libreville, Gabon

    The foundations

    • Education

      Analyst-programmer

      Institut Africain d’Informatique (IAI)

    Admitted through a competitive exam, on a scholarship, to the African Institute of Computer Science. There I learned programming (Pascal, C/C++, Java), algorithms, computer architecture, software engineering… and I finally made my little games 🙂. I kept one: NsakaGame.

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    • Degree: Analyst-programmer
    • Bonus: NsakaGame
  3. Level 3/6

    2017 – 2018

    Paris, France

    A new page

    • Education

      Professional bachelor’s degree

      Web and Mobile Design

      Université Paris 8 – Saint-Denis

    • Work-study

      Full-stack developer

      e-commerce

      Testoon

    I turned a new page of my life in Paris. On a work-study program, I was a full-stack developer at Testoon, an online retailer of test and measurement equipment and tools. I earned the degree with highest honors, top of my class.

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    • Degree: Professional bachelor’s
    • Experience: Work experience · e-commerce
  4. Level 4/6

    2018 – 2020

    Paris, France

    Innovate

    • Education

      Master’s degree in MIAGE

      Computer Science Applied to Business Management

      Université Paris Nanterre

    • Work-study

      Full-stack and mobile developer

      Innovation – Intrapreneurship unit

      Enedis

    Still on a work-study program, I joined the Innovation – Intrapreneurship unit at Enedis. Alongside, at university, I pitched Eventbox, my campus events app, at the 2020 BNP Paribas & Université Paris Nanterre Challenge, teaming up with classmates Rashida and Désiré. It was selected as one of the winning projects, with €2,000 in funding; slowed down by Covid-19, it never saw the light of day.

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    • Degree: MIAGE master’s degree
    • Experience: Work experience · innovation
    • Bonus: BNP Paribas Challenge winner
  5. Level 5/6

    2020 – 2026

    Paris, France

    Protect

    • Full-time

      Software development engineer

      WALLIX

    • Certification

      CEH

      Certified Ethical Hacker, 2025

      EC-Council

    Six years at WALLIX, a French cybersecurity software publisher focused on identity and access security. In 2025, I earned the CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) certification from EC-Council.

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    • Degree: CEH certification
    • Experience: Work experience · 6 years in cybersecurity
  6. Level 6/6

    2026

    Paris, France

    Build

    I set out on my entrepreneurial journey and founded Vukassa, a sole proprietorship that publishes application software. Its first baby bears the same name: an app for splitting and managing your budget that, as it grows, aims to become a true personal finance companion.

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    • Bonus: Vukassa

Special abilities

Adaptability

Be the chameleon: adapt to your surroundings.

The world changes, and fast: if you don’t adapt, you’re soon left behind. Three countries, three schools, from e-commerce to cybersecurity to starting a company: my journey has shaped my ability to adapt, socially, personally and professionally.

People person

If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.

I connect easily: I like people and readily reach out to them. With a smile, the welcome always goes well.

Imagination

It’s free, and it has no real limit.

An optimistic dreamer, I have a lot of imagination. In the age of AI, that is what can make the difference.

“I imagine, I design, AI executes.” The motto on my mug, to get me going in the morning

Organization

Little details matter.

Organized at home as in a project, I pay attention to detail: that is often what makes the difference.

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Degrees

  • Master’s degree in MIAGE Université Paris Nanterre
    2020
  • Professional bachelor’s in Web and Mobile Design Université Paris 8 Highest honors · Top of the class
    2018
  • Analyst-programmer IAI Libreville
    2015

Certification

  • CEH EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker
    2025

Skills

Mobile
  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • Flutter
  • React Native
Back end
  • Java
  • Go
  • Rust
  • Python
Front end
  • React
  • Next.js
AI
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • MCP
  • Context engineering

Plus many other frameworks, libraries and tools used along the way. I don’t box myself into a list: I pick up any tool, fast.