Suzuki France: national website and dealer-site platform

I owned the frontend of Suzuki France's national website and dealer-site platform, and worked on their Symfony, Twig and Java backends. Visitors find a dealer through a Google Maps search with geolocation, and every dealer site is managed from one central back office.

Client: Suzuki France
Role: Full-stack developer, React / Symfony
Duration: 12 months, February 2021 to January 2022
Setting: Freelance, via DPS Syneido, fully remote, full frontend autonomy

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001·Context

The national website and every dealer site

The engagement covered two national projects: the national website, with its back office for content and business operations, and the platform that produces the site of every dealer in the network.

“Nous avons collaboré sur le projet Suzuki France avec Jean-Baptiste, et ce fut une très bonne expérience. Toujours pertinent dans ses réflexions et à l'écoute, il sait mener les projets avec sérieux et rigueur. Il m'a aussi été d'une grande aide lors de la réalisation grâce à ses connaissances du projet mais aussi ses compétences techniques avancées. Je recommande chaudement JB, et lui souhaite une pleine réussite en tant que freelance.”

Julien DecruydtDéveloppeur Front-endMarch 2022

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002·Approach

How I worked for Suzuki France

Brief and my role: Both projects to develop and maintain for a year: I owned their frontend and worked on the backends within the team.
Constraints: Two platforms in production, gaining features all year, connected to Suzuki's internal APIs and existing systems.
Technical decisions: National website: Tailwind CSS and Alpine.js pages and a React back office over a CRUD REST API. Dealer platform: a frontend I designed, with Angular integrations, and Java work with Spring Data JPA and Hibernate.
Checks and releases: Regular production releases on both platforms throughout the year.

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003·Deliverables

What I delivered for Suzuki France

National websitePages built from the designs, a Google Maps dealer search with geolocation and filters, and connections to Suzuki's internal APIs
React back officeContent and business operations over a CRUD REST API, extended on the Symfony and Twig side
Dealer platformA frontend designed and built independently, true to the brand, and Java backend work within the team
Centralised managementOne back office for every dealer site, with dynamic content and synchronisation with existing systems