Jean-francois Cote
Directeur Du Développement Logiciel at Gridsync
Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolJean-francois Cote is a seasoned software development leader with over a decade of experience building backend systems, APIs, and developer tools across music, EV charging, and infrastructure domains. Currently Directeur du Développement Logiciel, he combines hands-on engineering (Java, Play Framework, Android) with team leadership and process improvement to deliver robust, well-documented APIs defined with OpenAPI/Swagger. A long-time contributor to swagger-codegen and to AsyncAPI/OpenAPITools, he brings practical open-source experience in API generation and server stub improvements that benefit wider developer ecosystems. His career spans startups and large companies—most notably Stingray, where his passion for music met his technical work—and includes product ownership through his own web projects. Colleagues describe him as a perpetual learner who prioritizes team collaboration, testing, and maintainable code. An unexpected detail: he’s also an occasional musical programmer and metal/rock arranger, blending technical craft with creative pursuits.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat Génie Logiciel, Baccalauréat Génie Logiciel at École de technologie supérieureTechnique Informatique de gestion, Technique Informatique de gestion at Collège Gérald-Godin
French, English
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Github Skills (17)
open-api-v310
swagger10
java10
swagger-codegen10
javas10
api-specification10
openapi10
openapi-documentation10
model-validation9
rest-api9
asp-net6
android-studio6
asp-net-mvc6
opencv6
emgucv6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
swagger-api/swagger-codegen
Mar 2017 - Jan 2018
swagger-codegen contains a template-driven engine to generate documentation, API clients and server stubs in different languages by parsing your OpenAPI / Swagger definition.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 39 PRs, 266 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Jean-francois primarily contributed to the Java Play Framework server generation within the swagger-codegen repository. Their work included implementing features for the Java Play Framework server generator, adding new CLI options, and fixing various bugs. They focused on adding file support, validation, and collection handling. The user also refactored and improved the generated code and samples.
openapi-codegenredocopenapi-specificationswagger-openapiopenapi
StingrayDigital/swagger-codegen
Mar 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:106 pushes, 86 branches, 1 tag in 1 year
codegenframework-templateplay-frameworkswagger-codegenupdate
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