Maarten Billemont
Engineering Manager at Hubstaff
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMaarten Billemont is an engineering manager in Ottawa with 18 years of experience leading mobile and growth-focused teams, currently driving rapid experimentation and fast-paced delivery at Hubstaff. He previously led the mobile product initiative as Lead Software Architect and spent seven years building media-rich iOS and Android experiences for museums and large exhibitions, blending design collaboration with iterative client delivery. A hands-on engineer at heart, Maarten’s open-source contributions span iOS game engine fixes, cross-platform app work, and backend URL parsing improvements—demonstrating depth from low-level graphics and networking to full-stack product features. He pairs technical breadth with pragmatic leadership: shipping measurable learnings quickly while coaching teams to iterate safely. An early contributor to documentation and learning projects (e.g., bash.academy), he also brings a habit of improving developer ergonomics alongside product outcomes.
18 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Information Technology, Bachelor's degree Information Technology at HOGENT
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Github Skills (61)
associative-array10
objective-c10
cron10
ios10
url-encoding10
unix10
scripting10
technical-writing10
authentication10
user-authentication10
linux10
bash10
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url-validation10
url-parsing10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
lhunath/bash.academy
Apr 2014 - Apr 2018
The http://bash.academy website
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:78 commits, 4 PRs, 27 pushes in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Maarten's commits primarily involve adding content to the bash guide. The contributions include writing new sections, updating existing content, incorporating exercises, and refining the overall structure of the guide. The changes span multiple chapters and address the user's feedback. The updates include improved examples, code snippets, and more.
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Lyndir/MasterPassword
Nov 2011 - Feb 2021
Project moved to https://gitlab.com/spectre.app
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1820 commits, 37 PRs, 405 pushes in 9 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Maarten was actively involved in the Master Password project, contributing to both the frontend and backend aspects of the application. They implemented UI changes for the Mac app and fixed some iOS bugs. The user also improved code reliability and performance through changes to Java classes related to algorithm implementations. Their commits reflect work on multiple platforms, and included features such as adding the ability to store a device identifier, and creating and sharing user backup files.
passwordscryptographypassword-storepassword-generatorpassword-manager
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