Gérard Paligot
Senior Android Engineer at DuckDuckGo
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Hauts-de-France
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Top SchoolGérard Paligot is a Senior Android Engineer with 11 years of experience building large-scale mobile and serverless systems, currently at DuckDuckGo after leadership roles at Decathlon Digital. He has defined mobile and backend technical strategies, led cross-functional teams, and built reusable Android and serverless libraries deployed across dozens of countries. A Kotlin and Jetpack Compose enthusiast, he combines hands-on UI work with API and architecture design—refactoring Compose demos and modularizing apps as well as creating backend REST APIs. Gérard is an active open-source contributor, notably to INRIA’s Spoon project where he improved core Java source analysis components, and has driven production-ready CI and plugin tooling. Based in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France, he is also a Google Dev Expert for Android and community organizer (DevLille), blending technical depth with mentorship and public-facing advocacy. Outside work he’s a Disney fan who balances engineering with family life as a father and husband.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Enseignement secondaire supérieur, General study, Enseignement secondaire supérieur, General study at Centre Scolaire de Ma CampagneMaster's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at University of Lille 1 Sciences and TechnologyBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Institut Paul Lambin
French, English
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Github Skills (31)
kotlin10
reflection10
python10
apidoc10
django10
rest-framework10
reflect10
java10
javas10
api10
android10
reflections10
android-ui10
jetpack-compose10
gradlew10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
INRIA/spoon
Oct 2014 - Dec 2016
Spoon is a metaprogramming library to analyze and transform Java source code. :spoon: is made with :heart:, :beers: and :sparkles:. It parses source files to build a well-designed AST with powerful analysis and transformation API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 427 commits, 341 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Gérard primarily worked on refactoring and improving the `ImportScanner` class to handle the retrieval of imports for Java source code elements. They introduced new classes and interfaces to provide a contract for managing imports, updated existing code to utilize the new structure, and added tests to ensure the correctness of the import retrieval process. This involved modifying code related to analyzing and transforming Java source code within the `spoon` framework, focusing on core aspects of Java code parsing and analysis.
inriacode-generationheartastparser
Gurupreet/ComposeCookBook
Jun 2021 - Nov 2021
A Collection on all Jetpack compose UI elements, Layouts, Widgets and Demo screens to see it's potential
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:1 review, 10 commits, 9 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Gérard primarily contributed to the `composecookbook` repository by refactoring and migrating various demo applications, including Instagram, CryptoApp, MoviesApp, and others into Gradle modules. They focused on creating and integrating Compose UI elements and layouts using Jetpack Compose, demonstrating a strong understanding of the declarative UI paradigm. This included creating modules for data, theme, and specific demo app functionalities, indicating a focus on modularization and reusability within the Android development framework.
android-uijetpack-composedeclarative-uielementslayouts
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