Francis Valcke
Tech Lead at HubSpot
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFrancis Valcke is a Tech Lead with a decade of software engineering experience, currently driving technical direction and delivery at HubSpot. He combines a strong academic foundation in computer science and AI from Ghent University and KU Leuven with hands-on experience across front-end development, cloud monitoring, and infrastructure. An active contributor to the ReasonML ecosystem, he has improved syntax support and code formatting to enhance readability and developer ergonomics. Francis is equally comfortable mentoring teams and rolling up his sleeves for code-level fixes, reflecting a mix of leadership and craftsmanship. Outside work he channels broad tech curiosity into hobby projects and staying current with emerging tools, a habit that fuels practical improvements in production systems.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (.ing) Electronics - ICT: Software, Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (.ing) Electronics - ICT: Software at KU LeuvenSecundair onderwijs Industriële Wetenschappen, Secundair onderwijs Industriële Wetenschappen at Sint-Paulus Campus WaregemMaster of Science (.ir) Computer Science Engineering - Major AI, Master of Science (.ir) Computer Science Engineering - Major AI at Ghent University
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (4)
jsx10
reasonml10
code-formatting10
front-end-development8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
reasonml/reason
Aug 2016 - Mar 2019
Simple, fast & type safe code that leverages the JavaScript & OCaml ecosystems
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:144 commits, 147 PRs, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Francis has been primarily involved in the maintenance and enhancement of the ReasonML code base, focusing on improvements to the code formatting and syntax. The contributions include adding support for features like JSX syntax, uncurried function syntax, and various record and list manipulations. Furthermore, the user's work demonstrates a strong understanding of the project's code structure and a commitment to improving code readability and consistency through formatting enhancements.
leveragesjavascriptocamltype-safereasonml
IwanKaramazow/napkinscript
Dec 2018 - May 2020
Syntax optimized for writing on napkins
Contributions:226 pushes, 21 branches in 1 year 5 months
optimizedsyntax-highlighting
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