Sémy Mechaab
Offensive Security Engineer at Valeo
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolSémy Mechaab is a Paris-based Offensive Security Engineer with eight years of experience spanning embedded systems, real-time networking, and cybersecurity. He has deep hands-on experience from IoT research at ONERA to hardware reverse engineering, firmware extraction, and radio-frame forgery using SDR at Valeo. Previously he worked on beamforming and real-time optimization at Nokia and developed data tooling with Python at Thales, complemented by security consulting roles at ALTIM and Beijaflore. His formal training includes an MSc in Data Processing from ESIEE Paris and advanced cybersecurity degrees from CentraleSupélec and IMT Atlantique, blending strong theoretical grounding with practical engineering. An active open-source contributor, he has worked on the veox/python3-krakenex project, focusing on crypto-to-fiat data workflows and documentation. Based in the Paris region, he is driven by upcoming security challenges at the intersection of software, hardware, and cryptography.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Mastère spécialisé, Cybersecurité, Mastère spécialisé, Cybersecurité at IMT AtlantiqueEngineer degree (M.Sc), MSc Data processing, Engineer degree (M.Sc), MSc Data processing at ESIEE ParisAdvanced Master, Cybersecurity, Advanced Master, Cybersecurity at CentraleSupélecDUT, Génie Electrique et Informatique Industrielle (GEII) - option Radio-Comunication Numérique, DUT, Génie Electrique et Informatique Industrielle (GEII) - option Radio-Comunication Numérique at IUT de Cachan
English, German, French
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Github Skills (7)
cryptocurrency10
api10
python10
kraken10
api-design9
data-extraction9
apim9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
veox/python3-krakenex
Jun 2017 - Sep 2018
REST Exchange API for Kraken.com, Python 3
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 5 PRs, 5 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Sémy primarily focused on developing and maintaining a Python script for crypto-to-fiat currency conversion. They wrote and modified code to interact with the Kraken API, extract data, and perform calculations. Furthermore, the user made minor fixes and updates to the script, ensuring compatibility with multi-fiat wallets and debugging data handling. The user also contributed by updating documentation.
apipythonexchangepython-3python3
smechaab/CurrencyViewer
Jun 2017 - Jan 2019
Short python framework that dynamically displays and converts the cryptocurrencies in your Kraken wallet into equivalents fiat money.
Contributions:1 release, 69 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 7 months
fiatpythondisplaysfiat-moneywallet
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