Adrien Ferrand is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience blending research-grade rigor (PhD in theoretical mechanics) and hands-on cloud, backend and DevOps engineering. He has led technical teams and architecture efforts at companies like Amadeus, EcoMundo and Arteris while contributing to well-known open-source projects such as Certbot and Pebble, improving CI/CD, Windows container builds and ACME tooling. Comfortable across full-stack web work and infrastructure, he ships robust automation for certificate issuance, DNS integrations and deployment pipelines. A transdisciplinary collaborator, he frequently bridges scientific, commercial and production teams to move complex projects forward. Notably, his background in physics informs a systematic approach to reliability and measurable improvement in platform engineering.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Physique, Engineer's degree Physique at ESPCI Paris - PSL
Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE) Mathématiques et Physique, Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE) Mathématiques et Physique at Lycée Henri IV
Master's degree Acoustique, Master's degree Acoustique at Université Paris Cité
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mécanique théorique, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mécanique théorique at Université de Bordeaux
Manipulate DNS records on various DNS providers in a standardized way.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:71 releases, 55 reviews, 670 commits in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Adrien made several updates to the `lexicon/providers/gandi.py` file, suggesting a focus on improving the integration with the Gandi DNS API. Their contributions involved merging changes, indicating a role in incorporating updates from different development branches. The user's work appears focused on maintaining and refining the codebase for interacting with the Gandi API for managing DNS records.
Certbot is EFF's tool to obtain certs from Let's Encrypt and (optionally) auto-enable HTTPS on your server. It can also act as a client for any other CA that uses the ACME protocol.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:544 reviews, 1223 commits, 534 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Adrien's contributions primarily involved code improvements and fixes for the `certbot/certbot` repository. Their work included addressing test failures and implementing new features and improved existing ones related to the certificate issuance process. Additionally, they focused on enhancing the build process and improving the overall reliability of the project, as evidenced by the commit about fixing the CI system. The user's commits demonstrate a mix of back-end development and DevOps skills.
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Adrien Ferrand - Senior Staff Software Engineer at Arteris