Antoine Colombier
Senior Principal Engineer at Civica
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAntoine Colombier is a Senior Principal Engineer based in Stony Stratford with nine years of hands-on experience designing and delivering backend and platform solutions across industries from travel tech to simulation and workforce platforms. He progressed rapidly through engineering and leadership roles—most recently at Civica after platform-architecture work at Bohemia Interactive Simulations—and combines deep systems-level skills (C++, Linux/UNIX, AWS) with pragmatic DevOps and full-stack experience. Antoine is an active open-source contributor to Mixxx, improving controller mappings and audio features for well-known DJ hardware, a detail that highlights his ability to blend low-level engineering with user-facing product behavior. He holds an MSc in Computer Science from Université Grenoble Alpes and brings a track record of driving reliable, production-grade systems while mentoring teams through technical transitions.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Informatics Computer Science, MSc Informatics Computer Science at Université Grenoble AlpesBaccalauréat (French Highscool Diploma) Industrial Sciences and sustaining development, Baccalauréat (French Highscool Diploma) Industrial Sciences and sustaining development at Lycée du GrésivaudanDUT(two-year university degree) Computer Science, DUT(two-year university degree) Computer Science at IUT2 GrenobleBachelor’s Degree Computing, Bachelor’s Degree Computing at Edinburgh Napier University
English, French
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Github Skills (9)
audio10
javascript10
midi-instrument9
midi9
qt8
cprogramming-language7
c-language7
windows6
boost-python6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
mixxxdj/mixxx
Feb 2023 - Apr 2025
Mixxx is Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:825 reviews, 156 PRs, 55 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Antoine primarily contributed to the Mixxx DJ software project, focusing on controller mappings and audio-related functionalities. Their commits included enhancements to controller scripts, particularly for the Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol S4 Mk3 and Pioneer DDJ-SB3. The changes included fixes for motor control and the addition of new features related to deck behavior, such as looping and effects. The work also involved improvements to the project's source code, grammar, and documentation related to STEM sound sources and overall code structure.
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acolombier/vcpkg
Oct 2023 - Mar 2025
Build environments for Mixxx using vcpkg
Contributions:2 releases, 57 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 5 months
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