Florent Lefebvre
Software Developer at Liveblocks
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorent Lefebvre is a software developer with 11 years of experience building full‑stack web and mobile applications, currently contributing to Liveblocks from Montreal. He has strong hands‑on experience in authentication, token verification, cookie management and real‑time features—having improved Liveblocks’ client/server auth flows and added read‑only websocket capabilities for a widely used collaboration SDK. Prior to Liveblocks he led and scaled engineering efforts at Dialogue, developing patient-facing mobile apps, clinician and admin web interfaces, and supporting backend services for telemedicine operations across markets. Comfortable in both product and technical leadership roles, he also brings teaching and mentoring experience from McGill and accelerator work, and a background in mechanical engineering that underpins a methodical, systems-oriented approach to software design.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Full-Stack Web Development, Full-Stack Web Development at DecodeMTLBaccalauréat Français, Option Scientifique (S), Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB), Baccalauréat Français, Option Scientifique (S), Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB) at Lycée Français de New YorkMinor of Engineering, Software Engineering, Minor of Engineering, Software Engineering at McGill University
French, English, Italian
Github Skills (13)
typescript10
authentication10
user-authentication10
websocket10
typescripts10
react10
typescript-types10
javascript9
nodejs9
api8
apim8
collaboration8
api-design8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
liveblocks/liveblocks
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
The best apps in the AI era aren’t solo experiences—they’re collaborative. Liveblocks provides customizable pre‑built features to make your product multiplayer, engaging, and AI‑ready. All without derailing your roadmap.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 278 reviews, 45 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Florent primarily focused on client-side and server-side authentication within the Liveblocks ecosystem. They addressed critical issues related to the correct handling of public and private API keys, and cookie management. The user also improved error messaging, and enhanced token verification to maintain the integrity of the authorization process. In addition, they contributed towards adding read-only websocket capabilities.
operational-transformationleancloudblockstackzustandconflict-resolution
ziad-saab/real-world-array-methods
Oct 2016 - May 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 comment in 7 years 8 months
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