Julien Fortin
Senior Software Engineer at YD
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJulien Fortin is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience focused on Linux networking and data-center software, currently contributing to NVIDIA’s networking business after Cumulus Networks’ acquisition. He has deep low-level expertise—working on C, kernel, and hardware abstraction layers—and has driven production features that make network systems more automatable and observable. Julien is an active open-source contributor, notably adding JSON output and schema support across iproute2 modules to enable programmatic access to Linux network configurations. Based in Amsterdam, he pairs hands-on engineering with advisory roles and a background in mobile and systems development, giving him a rare full-stack view from device drivers to user-facing apps. A subtle strength is his blend of teaching and startup experience, which helps him communicate complex networking internals to cross-functional teams.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyBusiness administration: Innovation and Design, Business administration: Innovation and Design at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessComputer Science, Computer Science at California State University, Long BeachBaccalaureat Gestion des Systemes d'Informations Gestion des systemes d'information, Baccalaureat Gestion des Systemes d'Informations Gestion des systemes d'information at Lycee Jean-Baptiste De la SalleEpitech
Spanish, French, English
Github Skills (10)
c1710
json10
ip10
command-line-tool10
linux10
c1110
networking10
system-programming9
network-configuration8
api-design8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
iproute2/iproute2
Dec 2016 - Jul 2020
Iproute2 Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository. Please follow README.devel procedure for any changes.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:35 commits in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Julien primarily contributed to adding JSON output support across various modules of the iproute2 project. These changes involved integrating a JSON printing API, implementing JSON schemas, and modifying code to generate JSON formatted output in place of or alongside the regular output. The user's work is crucial for enabling programmatic access to the data and configurations managed by iproute2, a tool suite for network configuration in Linux. The contributions span several areas, including bridge, vxlan, gre, vti, and other network interface types.
linuxrouting
CumulusNetworks/ifupdown2
Mar 2016 - Jan 2023
Contributions:16 reviews, 1569 commits, 113 PRs in 6 years 11 months
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