James Le Cuirot
Senior Software Engineer, Azure Core Linux at Microsoft
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Le Cuirot is a senior software engineer with 18 years of experience, currently maintaining Flatcar Linux for Azure Core Linux at Microsoft and volunteering as a long-time Gentoo developer. He combines deep Linux systems expertise with practical skills across Ruby, Rust, C++, Python, Docker and Kubernetes, frequently fixing bugs and improving build and test infrastructure for projects from FreeSWITCH to Audiveris and Xpra. A prolific open-source contributor, his patches span the Linux kernel, AMD Radeon drivers, Ruby on Rails gems and major infrastructure cookbooks (Redis, PostgreSQL, OpenVPN), often addressing cross-compilation, CI/CD and systemd/SELinux edge cases. Comfortable digging through unfamiliar code, he routinely turns investigation into fixes—searchable bug reports and commits under his name attest to that hands-on persistence. Based in Edinburgh, he brings a rare blend of telecoms tracing/STIR-SHAKEN experience and Linux distribution maintenance to cloud-scale operational challenges.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science with European Studies, Computer Science with European Studies at University of DurhamComputer Science, Computer Science at Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I)
English, French
Github Skills (89)
postgresql10
python10
package-management10
testing10
rspec10
bash10
cmake10
c1110
monetary10
ruby10
c1710
javas10
chef-client10
tesseract10
activerecord10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
debauchee/barrier
Mar 2020 - Nov 2021
Open-source KVM software
Role in this project:
Backend & QA Engineer
Backend & QA EngineerContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 4 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:James made several contributions focused on improving the build process and testing infrastructure. This included adding a CMake option to make tests optional, modifying existing tests to respect environment variables, and renaming a testing macro. Furthermore, the user addressed a build issue by including missing header files and simplifying build logic. These changes demonstrate an understanding of build systems, testing frameworks, and cross-platform compatibility.
gplv2kvmbarriermousesharing
remi/her
Nov 2014 - May 2018
Her is an ORM (Object Relational Mapper) that maps REST resources to Ruby objects. It is designed to build applications that are powered by a RESTful API instead of a database.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 8 PRs, 51 comments in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:James primarily focused on improving the Her ORM by addressing change tracking issues and optimizing its behavior. They fixed bugs related to change tracking when fetching from collections or associations and implemented more robust handling of primary keys, including custom ones. The user also added the ability to serialize ActiveModel instances and optimized attribute filtering for improved performance. These changes demonstrate a deep understanding of the ORM's internal workings and its interaction with the RESTful API.
orm-object-relational-mapperapirelationalrailsrestful
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