Jean Merville
Founder & Software Engineer
Hello! Welcome to my website. I'm the founder of Memoir, an app that turns the photos on your phone into a printed album. Before that I spent five years as a Software Engineer at Amazon Prime Video in London and Atlanta. Feel free to reach out if you have an interesting project or just want to connect!

Hello, my name is Jean. I'm the founder of Memoir, a printed photo-album product I design and build solo from the Paris area, France. I write the iOS and Android apps, the website, the AI engine that lays out albums, and the serverless backend and print pipeline behind them.
Before Memoir, I spent five years at Amazon Prime Video as a Software Development Engineer, first in London and then in Atlanta. I led a team of six engineers across three countries to launch the ad-free Prime Video subscription in nine countries, owned one of Amazon's largest DynamoDB tables for the Prime Video library, and built internal tooling behind thousands of Prime Video Channels subscriptions worldwide.
I started my journey at York University in Toronto, where I studied Computer Science and worked as a Teaching Assistant for multiple semesters. During that time, I joined Amazon as an intern on the Prime Video team, which turned into a full-time role in London.
Outside of Memoir, I enjoy building side projects — from frontend-heavy applications to automation tools running on AWS. I've also explored blockchain and decentralized applications, particularly on networks like Polkadot.
Outside of tech, I spend most of my time working out, playing guitar, bass and the drums. I recently started painting. I also enjoy traveling and experiencing new cultures whenever I get the chance.

Turn the photos on your phone into a printed album.
In June 2026 I left Amazon to found Memoir. Pick photos on your phone, arrange them into pages by hand or with AI, design a cover, and receive a printed book at your door.
I design and build the whole product solo: iOS and Android apps (React Native / Expo), a Next.js website, Shopify checkout, and a print pipeline that turns a paid order into a press-ready PDF with no manual step.
The AI arrange engine, built on Amazon Bedrock, curates hundreds of photos, writes captions and lays out pages against a template library. It is the default path for new albums and is used on 95% of ordered books.
The serverless backend runs on AWS (CDK, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SES) with dashboards, alarms and runbooks, and keeps the whole product running for under €25 a month.
Sept 2020 - Apr 2021
Toronto, Canada

York University
Teaching Assistant
Sept 2020 - Apr 2021
Toronto, Canada
Continued to lead the same weekly classes for undergraduate Computer Science students, teaching object-oriented programming for mobile application development.

MoonVegas
MoonVegas is a blockchain-based gaming platform featuring two provably fair games — a raffle and a coin flip — powered by EVM smart contracts.
In the raffle, players purchase tickets and a winner is selected at random once all tickets are sold, claiming the entire prize pool.
The coin flip game lets players bet on heads or tails, doubling their money on a correct guess.
The project was built with Solidity for the smart contract backend and React with Next.js for the frontend. It showcases full-stack Web3 development, combining on-chain game logic with a modern, responsive user interface.

ElrondPunks
ElrondPunks was the first NFT collection ever minted on the Elrond blockchain.
Built both the smart contract backend and the frontend from scratch, handling the full NFT minting lifecycle on-chain.
Much of the project's success was driven by being first to market — launching before any other NFT project on the network created strong demand and community momentum.
The project has since been acquired, and is now operated under new ownership after the original team sold it.
Feel free to reach out — whether it's about a project, an opportunity, or just to say hi.
© 2026 Jean Merville