Mathieu Bridon
Software Engineer at Fedora Project
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Top SchoolMathieu Bridon is a seasoned software engineer based in Lyon with 16 years of experience building and maintaining Linux build and release infrastructure for projects ranging from Fedora and Flatpak to commercial distributions. He blends backend development with automation and release engineering—improving systems like Bodhi and Flatpak by fixing build integrations, submodule handling, and packaging workflows. As a consultant at HashBang working for Endless and a long-standing Fedora and GNOME contributor, he brings open-source discipline to commercial projects and a knack for reducing technical debt through tests and CI. His background building an entire Linux platform for Network Box and fixing dependency issues at scale demonstrates practical depth in real-world product releases. Fluent in Python and familiar with both web and desktop GTK development, he often focuses on making complex build systems simpler and more reliable. Outside paid roles, he quietly contributes to upstream projects, showing a preference for durable, community-oriented engineering over flashy headlines.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Academic Exchange, Telecommunications Engineering, Academic Exchange, Telecommunications Engineering at Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaEngineer's degree, Telecommunications Engineering, Engineer's degree, Telecommunications Engineering at INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
French, English, Chinese, Portuguese
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Github Skills (24)
fedora10
python10
django10
git-submodules10
testing10
git-repository10
flatpak10
c1110
c1710
repo-management10
rpm10
build-automation10
management10
repository-pattern10
yum9
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
fedora-infra/bodhi
Aug 2009 - Sep 2015
Bodhi is a web-system that facilitates the process of publishing updates for a Fedora-based software distribution.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:217 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Mathieu's commits focused on enhancing the Bodhi web system, which facilitates publishing updates for Fedora-based software. They made changes to the controllers and tests to improve the autokarma functionality. They also worked on supporting the i586 architecture for downloads and adding a Markdown example in the notes tooltip and ensuring that pagination works correctly. Furthermore, they addressed issues in the build process related to dependencies, fixing the TurboGears version requirement to ensure proper Bodhi installation.
distributionpublishingpythonrpmsoftware-distribution
flatpak/flatpak
Aug 2016 - May 2017
Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:6 commits, 7 PRs, 56 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Mathieu primarily focused on improving the Flatpak build system and its integration with Git submodules. They addressed issues related to handling relative URLs for submodules and fixed bugs in how the system checked for gitlink trees. Furthermore, the user implemented a "simple" buildsystem within the Flatpak framework, allowing for straightforward execution of build commands. These changes improve the Flatpak build process and enhance its flexibility.
sandboxinglinux-applicationlinuxflatpakubuntu
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