Alexandre Piveteau
PHD Candidate
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolAlexandre Piveteau is a PhD candidate at EPFL and a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience bridging industry and research in distributed systems, mobile applications, and formal methods. As co-founder of Traak SPS and a former software engineer at Migros Online, he combines product-minded engineering with academic rigor to deliver resilient, secure, and scalable solutions. He has a strong track record in mobile and backend development—contributing to EPFL’s software engineering course materials and releasing open frameworks for replicated data types like CRDTs. Alexandre’s background spans consultancy for startups and enterprises, research collaborations, and teaching, reflecting a rare blend of practical delivery and theoretical depth. Based in Lausanne, he consistently pursues reusable, composable designs and often integrates recent academic advances into production-grade systems.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatics, 5.57 (GPA), Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatics, 5.57 (GPA) at HEIG-VDCertificat d'études secondaires voie VSB, Option Mathématiques et Physique, Certificat d'études secondaires voie VSB, Option Mathématiques et Physique at Collège du Tombay, BussignyMaster's degree, Computer Science, 5.48 (GPA), Master's degree, Computer Science, 5.48 (GPA) at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Maturité Gymnasiale bilingue, Option Physique et Applications des mathématiques, Maturité Gymnasiale bilingue, Option Physique et Applications des mathématiques at Gymnase Auguste PiccardBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at ETH Zürich
French, English, German
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Github Skills (16)
javas10
java10
utility9
fileio9
file-access9
sys9
utilities9
file-processing9
file-handling9
systemd9
network-programming8
kotlin6
android-vector-drawable6
android-studio6
android-gradle-plugin6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sweng-epfl/public
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
Software Engineering course materials from EPFL
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 9 commits, 5 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Alexandre contributed to the "public" repository, which is a software engineering course material repository, by adding and modifying Java code related to package management. They implemented functionalities for downloading, parsing, and managing APK packages within the JavaPK package manager. The changes include file processing, network operations, and package list parsing, demonstrating their focus on backend development and system utilities.
engineering-courseengineeringepfl
markdown-party/mono
Feb 2021 - Nov 2022
Collaborative and distributed Markdown text editor, started as a bachelor thesis project at HEIG-VD.
Contributions:1 review, 668 commits, 263 PRs in 1 year 8 months
heig-vdheigeventual-consistencykotlinthesis
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