François Serman
Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Kubernetes at Apple
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolFrançois Serman is a Staff Site Reliability Engineer with 14 years of experience and a PhD in Computer Science, currently driving Kubernetes network connectivity, security, and performance at Apple in the UK. He has a strong track record modernizing critical infrastructure—reducing CI/CD runtimes by orders of magnitude, re-architecting DNS and load balancing systems, and migrating legacy test stacks to ephemeral, secure workflows. His background spans edge networking at scale (Private Relay, Cloudflare’s 20M rps front door), anti-DDoS and virtual routing at OVHcloud, and embedded security research, giving him a rare blend of systems, networking, and security expertise. François favors intent-based orchestration and automation, converting brittle YAML pipelines to strongly typed models and intent actuators that enable faster, safer operator workflows. He combines hands-on engineering with mentoring and process design—introducing OKR-based planning and clear onboarding abstractions to help teams ship autonomously. Outside the obvious, he’s repeatedly turned operational constraints (vendor APIs, legacy CI) into durable platform improvements that cut toil and accelerate developer velocity.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of Lille 1 Sciences and TechnologyMaster's degree (TIIR), Master's degree (TIIR) at Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I)
French, English, German
Github Skills (134)
stretch10
debian10
buster10
continuous-integration10
network-automation10
continuous-testing9
monitoring9
netmiko9
continuous-delivery9
django9
ipv49
golang9
graphing9
database9
cisco9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
fser/wifi
Oct 2014 - Mar 2016
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push in 1 year 5 months
fser/AlternC
Oct 2016 - Jan 2019
AlternC Hosting Panel
Contributions:10 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 4 months
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