François Brien
Director Of Engineering at Lookbooks Media
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolFrançois Brien is a Director of Engineering in Montreal with 12 years of hands-on experience evolving from ActionScript and Haxe to modern stacks like TypeScript, Python, Terraform and C++. He has progressed from developer and system admin roles to technical lead and architect positions at companies including Zendesk, Mercantile and Lookbooks Media, specializing in platform scalability, reliability and cross‑discipline engineering. Known as a self-taught staff developer, he blends deep backend systems knowledge with practical full‑stack and immersive‑3D experience (Python, Panda3D, React, Node.js). He excels at turning legacy codebases and media-focused platforms into scalable services, and often operates at the intersection of DevOps, architecture and product delivery. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem solver who brings both hands-on coding and strategic technical leadership to fast-moving teams.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Graphic Design, Design, Graphic Design, Design at Cegep du Vieux Montreal
French, English
Github Skills (200)
realtime10
adobe-flash10
lime10
font-size10
game-development10
javascript10
haxelib10
flexbox10
azerothcore10
fomantic-ui10
tooltips10
smooch10
haxeflixel10
macros10
haxe10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
sat-metalab/scenic
Jun 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:71 PRs, 276 pushes, 116 branches in 1 year 6 months
ubald/lime
Jan 2015 - Dec 2020
Contributions:35 pushes, 6 branches in 6 years
native-developmentplatform-nativecross-platformhaxecross-platform-native
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