Cyril Lacote
Staff Software Engineer at Ninja Squad
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Summary
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Top SchoolCyril Lacote is a Staff Software Engineer with 14+ years of Java-centric backend experience, currently shaping resilient Point-of-Sale and payments platforms at Adyen while also co-founding and running developer-focused ventures like Ninja Squad and the Mix-IT conference. He blends pragmatic craftsmanship—TDD, Spring, Hibernate and scalable architectures—with mentoring and training, having taught Java internationally and coached numerous junior engineers. Comfortable across the full web stack, he has contributed backend improvements to notable community projects like the MiXiT conference site, emphasizing usability features and content presentation. Based in Lyon and fluent in French and professional English, he combines engineering leadership with an ethic of curiosity, responsibility and knowledge sharing that drives both product quality and team growth.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering, Computer Science, Master of Engineering, Computer Science at Institut national des Sciences appliquées de LyonTwo years University Degree in Technology, Computer Science, Two years University Degree in Technology, Computer Science at IUT de Lyon
French, English
Github Skills (10)
kotlin10
spring-boot10
api-design9
restful-api9
rest-api9
web-development9
data-modeling9
api-rest9
github-ci4
githubaction-workflow4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mixitconf/mixit
Feb 2017 - May 2022
MiXiT website
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 59 commits, 56 PRs in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Cyril contributed to the MiXiT website's back-end functionality by modifying session data models, controllers, and data transfer objects. They added features such as video links to sessions and implemented functionality to shuffle sponsors on the home and sponsors pages. Furthermore, the user addressed code related to the anonymization of random talks and improved slug generation for posts within the blog section. These contributions suggest a focus on enhancing the presentation and functionality of event-related content.
javalinspringkotlin-jskotlin
cexbrayat/linkit
Sep 2011 - Mar 2014
Contributions:979 commits, 1 comment in 2 years 6 months
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