Agathe Porte
Linux Kernel Software Engineer at Debian
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolAgathe Porte is a Staff Engineer specializing in system and kernel software with 13 years of experience delivering Linux and embedded solutions across companies like Qualcomm, Canonical and Nokia. She maintains over 40 Debian packages as an uploading Debian Developer and contributes to Rust, Python and fonts ecosystems, blending distro stewardship with upstream kernel work. Her hands-on expertise spans device drivers, Yocto builds, ARM64 kernel support and automation (notably improving Ubuntu kernel contribution processes), while she also builds tooling and tests in Python. An active open-source contributor, she enhanced the widely used python-escpos library with barcode and image features, refactors and tests, demonstrating a focus on quality and usability. Based in Paris, she pairs deep technical rigor with practical documentation and mentoring skills, and — not obvious from titles — pursues ham radio and Esperanto, reflecting a curiosity for communication and community.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Diplôme d'ingénieur Architecture of Realtime and Embedded Systems, Diplôme d'ingénieur Architecture of Realtime and Embedded Systems at ENSIM Ecole d'ingénieurs Le Mans UniversitéBaccalauréat scientifique Sciences de l’Ingénieur, Baccalauréat scientifique Sciences de l’Ingénieur at Lycée Touchard Washington
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (10)
barcodes10
bar-code10
printer10
code-generation10
python10
codegen10
testing10
image-processing9
refactoring8
documentation7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
python-escpos/python-escpos
May 2017 - May 2020
Python library to manipulate ESC/POS printers
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:23 commits, 15 PRs, 51 comments in 3 years
Contributions summary:Agathe primarily contributed to the `python-escpos` library by implementing software barcode generation and image handling functionalities, showcasing a focus on expanding the library's capabilities. They refactored existing methods and added tests for features like text formatting and cut operations, indicating a focus on code quality and maintainability. Additionally, the user addressed documentation issues and added examples, improving usability for other developers. The user also incorporated the library's domain-specific topics into their contributions, making them an important part of this project.
python-libraryposmac-addresspythonescpos
gagath/debcontrol_struct
Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
Contributions:26 commits, 13 pushes, 3 branches in 6 months
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