Étienne Noël
Applied Research Developer at Giatec
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolÉtienne Noël is an applied research developer and MASc student in structural dynamics at the University of Ottawa with 13 years of hands-on experience bridging laboratory R&D, construction sites, and data analysis. Currently at Giatec, he applies experimental testing and data-driven methods to advance smart construction solutions, having progressed from co-op lab assistant to research associate and now developer. His background includes field project coordination on major infrastructure works, giving him practical insight into constructability and site constraints that inform his research. Étienne also contributes to open-source software—adding traffic-control features and robustness fixes to the widely used pyroute2 Python library—demonstrating strong backend and test automation skills not obvious from his civil engineering profile. Comfortable translating complex mechanics into testable models and production-ready tools, he thrives where academia, instrumentation, and software intersect. Based in Gatineau, he is constantly seeking new domain knowledge and practical challenges that blend structural dynamics with real-world deployment.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Applied Science in Civil Engineering, Structural Dynamics, Master of Applied Science in Civil Engineering, Structural Dynamics at University of Ottawa
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Github Skills (15)
unit-testing10
linux10
traffic10
rtd10
python10
networking10
network-programming10
netlink10
testing10
mypy6
django-models6
flake6
django6
dockers3
docker3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
svinota/pyroute2
Mar 2017 - Jan 2018
Python Netlink and PF_ROUTE library — network configuration and monitoring
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:33 reviews, 12 commits, 22 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Étienne primarily contributed to the `pyroute2` library by implementing new features related to traffic control (tc) actions and filters, specifically adding support for 'mirred' and 'connmark' actions. They also fixed bugs, improved the library's robustness, and wrote tests to ensure the correct behavior of the new actions and existing functionalities. Furthermore, they addressed a logging issue, and improved socket management within the library.
netmikopythonnetlinksdnfreebsd
etene/rsg
May 2013 - Jul 2017
Contributions:10 commits, 6 pushes in 4 years 2 months
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