Laurent Ferier
Development Team Lead at Guardsquare
Namur, Namur, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolLaurent Ferier is a seasoned software development leader with roots in software engineering since 1994 and current responsibility as Development Team Lead at Guardsquare. He blends deep hands-on expertise in compilers, DSLs, parsers and code generation with pragmatic product and people leadership honed across safety-critical railway systems and financial tooling. Known for promoting sound architectures, clean code and TDD, he pairs architectural vision with day-to-day delivery: estimating, planning, code review and hiring. His long history with Ada, Java, C/C# and formal methods—exemplified by his work on ERTMSFormalSpecs—reflects an unusual mix of formal verification and practical toolchain integration. Based in Namur, Belgium, he is valued for clear communication, structured decision-making and a knack for automating complex development workflows.
5 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer Science, Master, Computer Science at Université libre de BruxellesAthénée Royal de Nivelles
French, English
Github Skills (15)
obfuscator10
bytecode-manipulation10
proguard10
java9
optimizer9
android9
read-write9
jvm-bytecode9
parser9
java-bytecode8
kotlin8
abstract-syntax-tree8
bytecode8
code-analysis7
compiler4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
Guardsquare/proguard
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
ProGuard, Java optimizer and obfuscator
Contributions:1 review, 1 commit, 3 PRs in 1 day
optimiserbytecode-manipulationandroidoptimizerobfuscator
Guardsquare/proguard-core
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
Library to read, write, analyze, and process java bytecode
Contributions:1 commit, 4 pushes in 1 day
jvm-bytecoderead-writejava-bytecodebytecodecompiler
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