Julien Goux is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience who blends product-minded engineering with strong developer-experience (DX) advocacy, currently building at Supabase after senior roles at Snaplet and as a technical lead. He ships end-to-end solutions across full-stack and backend domains, contributing to notable open-source projects like trpc (typesafe APIs) and tcomb (JavaScript type checking), and has extended developer tooling such as knip and an in-browser Postgres emulator. Julien values autonomy and ownership, pairs code with documentation and community support, and drives product decisions with data and user feedback. Outside work he prioritizes work-life balance as a father of two, while remaining willing to push hard when the mission demands it.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
DUT Informatique, DUT Informatique at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Diplôme d'ingénieur Informatique, Diplôme d'ingénieur Informatique at Polytech Lyon
Contributions:3 reviews, 58 commits, 2 PRs in 29 days
Contributions summary:Julien primarily worked on enhancing the user interface and integrating it with the backend. They added xtermjs for terminal interaction within the browser. Furthermore, the user adapted the application's options, refactored commands, and integrated networking capabilities. The user also implemented file upload functionality to the emulator and made adjustments for the 9p root filesystem.
✂️ Find unused files, dependencies and exports in your JavaScript and TypeScript projects. Knip it before you ship it!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:6 reviews, 8 PRs, 12 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Julien contributed to the project by implementing new plugins and features for the `knip` tool. They added support for TypeScript, Storybook, Playwright for components, Drizzle, and Vitest configurations, expanding the tool's capabilities to support a wider range of projects. The commits involved modifications to the core logic, plugin integrations, and configuration file handling. Furthermore, the user refactored and improved existing features.
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Julien Goux - Senior Software Engineer at Supabase