Alan Boudreault
Staff Software Engineer at Kong Inc.
Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolAlan Boudreault is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building backend systems, drivers, and DevOps tooling, currently at Kong and founder of Kovaro. He is a long-time Linux and open-source enthusiast who has made notable contributions to high-profile projects like Kong’s API Gateway and the DataStax Python driver for Cassandra, particularly around persistence, serialization, and robust test automation. Alan brings deep practical knowledge of distributed databases and cluster tooling from work on Apache Cassandra, TinkerPop, and ccmlib, and is comfortable navigating both code and infrastructure layers. Based in Quebec, he pairs hands-on engineering with an entrepreneurial mindset and a disciplined approach to problem solving—partly reflected in his dedication to physical fitness.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor in Computer Science, Bachelor in Computer Science at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
French, English
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Github Skills (37)
unit-testing10
gremlin10
reverse-proxy10
datatypes10
cassandra10
python10
testing10
data-serialization10
graph-database10
subprocess10
serialization10
deserialization10
lua10
api-gateway10
cassandra-database10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
datastax/python-driver
Feb 2016 - Mar 2021
DataStax Python Driver for Apache Cassandra
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:743 commits, 317 PRs, 696 pushes in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Alan focused on implementing new features and fixing bugs in the DataStax Python Driver for Apache Cassandra. Their commits show expertise in manipulating date and time data types, enhancing database functionality, and addressing issues related to query execution. They also implemented tests for collection operations and ensured that test coverage included core features and scenarios.
python-driverpythoncassandraapachedatastax
Kong/kong
Jun 2021 - Aug 2022
🦍 The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway.
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:73 reviews, 39 commits, 50 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Alan primarily contributed to the Kong API Gateway project by addressing various issues related to testing, plugin updates, and configuration. They fixed timeout issues in reports tests, truncated tables to avoid route conflicts, and resolved tcp server timeouts within reports tests related to go plugins. Additionally, the user bumped plugin versions and implemented the dbless persistence feature, which involved code changes to handle configuration persistence and reload functionalities.
api-gatewaynginxkong-pluginserverlessload-balancing
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