Andre Vallestero
Software Engineer at Robinhood
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Summary
Andre Vallestero is a software engineer with 8 years of experience specializing in high-performance, low-level programming and Rust, currently building backend systems for futures and event contracts at Robinhood. He has a track record across startups and large platforms including Amazon and YC-backed TyltGO, focusing on content access, protection, and decentralized computing. A frequent open-source contributor, Andre has worked on Lemmy’s localization efforts—improving French UI translations and fixing subtle formatting and key errors—reflecting attention to detail beyond core code. Based in Whitby, Ontario, he blends systems-level thinking with practical product delivery and a continual appetite for learning new languages and engineering techniques.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
internationalization10
lems9
cpu-cores6
browser6
datagridview6
linux6
fread6
sorting6
3d6
ubuntu6
typescript4
rust4
typescripts4
typescript-types4
federated3
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
LemmyNet/lemmy
Feb 2020 - May 2020
🐀 A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:22 commits, 8 PRs, 7 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Andre primarily focused on translating the Lemmy platform's user interface into French. Their contributions involved adding and completing French translations for various UI elements, including messages, labels, and text strings. The user corrected formatting errors and fixed incorrect keys to improve the accuracy of the translations, and also addressed the change of wording for password.
lemmyfediverselink-aggregatorchatrust
AndreVallestero/mltonin-analytics-engine
Nov 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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