Galeries Lafayette

Paris, France

Galeries Lafayette is a flagship French department store chain, founded in 1893 in Paris. Renowned for its upscale positioning and curated selection of fashion, beauty, home, and gourmet products, the brand embodies French elegance and attracts both local and international customers.

Digital plays a strategic role in the company’s growth. Galeries Lafayette has invested heavily in e-commerce, omnichannel strategies, and connected in-store experiences to meet evolving consumer expectations. Its website offers a wide range of products along with innovative digital services such as Click & Collect, online personal shopping, and mobile apps designed to enhance the customer experience.

Full-stack developer

Duration: 2021-04 - 2021-10 (7 months)

Goal: Develop an internal SEO management tool tailored to the high complexity of Galeries Lafayette’s offering, which includes a vast, constantly evolving catalog structured around numerous brands, categories, and seasonal collections. This tool will automate key SEO tasks (meta tags, redirects, internal linking), provide customized analysis based on business needs, and enhance coordination across internal teams.

Description: Victor and I had complete freedom in designing the product’s architecture. We chose a Vue.js-based frontend, a backend structured as Java microservices, and an intermediate BFF (Backend for Frontend) layer built with NestJS.

Team overview

Victor Antunes Da Silva
Full-stack developer
Li Qin-Kuhry
Test Automation Engineer
Vincent Fromentin
Product Owner

Stack

Vue.js 2
NestJS
Node.js
TypeScript
Java
Webpack
Bulma
Buefy
SASS
PosgreSQL
Redis
Bitbucket
GCP

Learnings

Web development
AGILE context
SCRUM method
Devops
Full-stack development
CI/CD optimization
Autonomous

Improved skills

NestJS
No tech lead context
SEO management
Front from scratch
Back from scratch