Cyril Cressent
Senior Software Engineer at Sensu, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolCyril Cressent is a Senior Software Engineer based in Vancouver with 13 years of experience building high-performance systems across big data, machine learning, networking, low-level Linux/kernel code and compilers. He thrives on technically challenging, high-impact projects and has a proven ability to deep-dive into new domains and ship robust solutions. His backend work on the notable Sensu Go monitoring project demonstrates strong system-level design skills, including agent refactors, API changes and multi-tenant namespace integration. Prior roles at Sumo Logic, Intel and multiple startups show he comfortably spans production services, drivers and networking stacks. A functional programming enthusiast, Cyril blends practical engineering with attention to low-level details, often contributing improvements where performance and correctness matter most.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Engineer, Electrical Engineering at Institut national des Sciences appliquées de Lyon
French, English, Spanish, Irish
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Github Skills (21)
back-end-development10
apidoc10
go10
api10
backend10
monitoring9
distributed-systems9
golang8
devops8
kubernetes7
observability7
kubernetes-pods7
haskell6
latex6
tex6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
sensu/sensu-go
Sep 2018 - Jan 2023
Simple. Scalable. Multi-cloud monitoring.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 121 reviews, 120 commits in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Cyril primarily contributed to the Sensu Go backend, focusing on improvements to the agent. Their work involved refactoring code within the agent package, implementing new features such as periodic keepalive messages, and addressing issues related to entity handling. They also made changes to the API, including refactoring and namespace URL integration. The user's contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of backend architecture and system-level programming.
golangscalablereactdevopsinfrastructure
ccressent/nixpkgs
Nov 2019 - Jan 2025
Nix Packages collection
Contributions:2 pushes in 5 years 3 months
nixosnix-packages
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