Francois Barbanson
Angel Squad Member at Hustle Fund
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolFrançois Barbançon is a seasoned software engineer and engineering leader with nine years of industry experience and a strong research background in computational biology and historical linguistics. He founded CSV Studio to bring IDE-like visualization and debugging to messy CSV data, and later led the Data Lake team at Uptake, blending product-focused engineering with data infrastructure at scale. His career spans roles at Microsoft and Palantir, where he delivered backend systems, real-time ad exchange components, and business-facing technical solutions. François holds graduate training from Mines Paris and a PhD-level research background from UT Austin, and his publications reflect a rare mix of practical engineering and rigorous academic experimentation. Notably, he moves fluidly between founding product ventures and directing engineering teams, combining hands-on technical craft with strategic leadership.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Sciences, PhD Computer Sciences at The University of Texas at AustinIngenieur Civil des Mines Engineering, Ingenieur Civil des Mines Engineering at Mines Paris - PSL
Github Skills (7)
sanitization10
rake10
html8
ruby7
redmine4
toggl1
latex1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
fbarbanson/TestParser
May 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
fbarbanson/FrontAnchovy2
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
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