Étienne Beaulé
Software Developer at Calico Tab Inc.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolÉtienne Beaulé is a full-stack software developer with 12 years' experience building scalable web and mobile systems, best known as the founder and lead developer of Tabbycat, the international-standard debate tabulation platform used in 85 countries. He combines deep backend expertise (Django, PostgreSQL optimizations, APIs/HATEOAS) with frontend and mobile work (Vue.js, React Native) and operational experience running hosted services on AWS. As founder of Calico Tab Inc. he turned open-source software into a commercial hosting and support business, designing privacy-aware multi-tenant schemas and serving large international competitions. At Dash Social he’s maintained cross-platform apps and managed complex data flows (Elasticsearch, Kafka, MySQL), while mentoring contributors and driving code quality. Known for pragmatic performance tuning—achieving 10x query improvements in Tabbycat—he’s motivated by understanding systems and people through well-crafted software.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Université de MontréalHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Halifax Grammar School
English, French, Chinese
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Github Skills (18)
apim10
python10
django10
api10
api-design9
restful-api9
postgresql9
api-rest9
rest-api9
swift6
coredata6
alamofire6
xcode6
grand-central-dispatch6
nspredicate6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
TabbycatDebate/tabbycat
May 2018 - Jan 2023
Debating tournament tabulation software for British Parliamentary and a variety of two-team parliamentary formats
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 releases, 163 reviews, 1183 commits in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Étienne primarily contributed to the backend of the Tabbycat project by implementing and updating features related to ballot statistics, email functionalities, and pre-formed panel handling. Their work involved modifying Django models, serializers, and views to integrate with the results framework and enhance the import/export capabilities. Moreover, the user addressed issues related to user authentication and the API, ensuring the overall robustness and usability of the system.
tabulationdjangonode-jsdebatingbritish
tienne-B/lavenue
May 2021 - Feb 2022
Pour mieux espérer
Contributions:89 commits, 7 PRs, 30 pushes in 9 months
reactrerjavascriptesptypescript
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