Martin Pierret
Software Engineer at Datadog
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolMartin Pierret is a software engineer based in Paris with four years' hands-on experience building reliable back-end systems, currently contributing to Datadog's Agent on tracing and remote configuration features. He has moved quickly through roles at Theodo, Swan, and Datadog, combining hands-on coding with short stints of technical leadership. At Datadog he refactored core trace packages, implemented remote config APM samplers, and improved dynamic configuration handling—work that touches a widely used open-source observability agent. His background includes a Master's in Computer Science from Mines Nancy and an exchange at TU München, reflecting strong formal training across French and German institutions. Known for turning messy instrumentation and configuration logic into maintainable code, he brings pragmatic engineering and attention to operational detail.
4 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de NancyErasmus Exchange, Computer Science, Erasmus Exchange, Computer Science at Technische Universität MünchenCPGE - Lycée Kléber (Strasbourg)
Github Skills (10)
distributed-tracing10
observability10
go10
instrumentation10
apm10
testing9
logging8
metric7
go-modules6
opentelemetry5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/datadog-agent
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
Main repository for Datadog Agent
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:65 reviews, 29 commits, 18 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Martin primarily contributed to the back-end aspects of the Datadog Agent, focusing on the tracing and remote configuration features. Their work involved refactoring existing code for improved readability and maintainability within the `pkg/trace` package, particularly in `traceutil` and `remoteconfighandler`. Furthermore, the user implemented and tested new functionalities such as remote config APM samplers, and also addressed issues, fixing debug logs and adjusting code related to dynamic configurations.
golangdatadog-agentagentobservabilitypmm
martpier/beeper-starter-2024
Feb 2024 - Jan 2025
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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