Gaëtan Manchon
Data Engineer
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region France
Summary
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Top SchoolGaëtan Manchon is a seasoned Data Engineer with seven years focused on data and teaching roles at Le Wagon, combining hands-on engineering with curriculum and platform improvements. Based in Greater Paris, he transitioned from senior technical and product roles at startups into data education and now production data engineering, bringing strong systems thinking from a long engineering career that dates back to the late 1990s. He has practical DevOps experience—evidenced by contributions to Le Wagon's widely used data-setup repository where he improved WSL2, Apple Silicon compatibility, and tooling automation for bootcamp environments. Gaëtan pairs formal engineering training (ISTY) and business study (ESCP) with modern data science and full-stack qualifications from Le Wagon, making him equally comfortable designing infrastructure and mentoring engineers. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he often bridges developer experience, reproducible environments, and teaching to accelerate team productivity.
7 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
DEUG A, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, DEUG A, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry at UVSQTitre « Consultant en Maîtrise d’Ouvrage Informatique » Niveau I, Conduite de Projets Informatiques & Audit des Systèmes d’Information, Titre « Consultant en Maîtrise d’Ouvrage Informatique » Niveau I, Conduite de Projets Informatiques & Audit des Systèmes d’Information at AFCEPFEngineer, Computer science, Engineer, Computer science at ISTY - Institut des Sciences et Techniques des YvelinesMS Innovation and Entrepreneurship, MS Innovation and Entrepreneurship at ESCP Business SchoolBaccalauréat série C, Baccalauréat série C at Notre-Dame du GrandchampData Science, Data Science at Le Wagon
Github Skills (12)
setupapi10
project-setup10
script-setup10
wsl210
setup-wizard10
inno-setup10
ruby10
github9
python9
bash8
docker6
dockers6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
lewagon/data-setup
Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
Setup instructions for Le Wagon's students on their first day of Data Science Bootcamp
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:30 reviews, 338 commits, 87 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Gaëtan primarily focused on setting up and configuring the environment for Le Wagon's Data Science Bootcamp. Their contributions involved modifying the `build.rb` file to update setup instructions for Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2), including installing tools like VS Code, Git, and oh-my-zsh. They also updated the Python version used in the setup. Furthermore, they integrated features from the web setup, such as Apple Silicon compatibility and the use of remote setup partials.
pythonsciencewagondata-scienceinstructions
gmanchon/streamlit
Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:165 commits, 5 PRs, 78 pushes in 1 year
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