Mathieu Kardous
Senior Software Developer at Silicon Labs
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMathieu Kardous is a Senior Software Developer based in Montreal with five years of professional experience building embedded and backend systems, now leading projects at Silicon Labs. He combines a formal background in software and computer engineering with hands-on firmware work, contributing to the Matter (Project CHIP) codebase to improve Bluetooth behavior and add Silabs EFR32 board support. Comfortable across low-level system interaction and higher-level backend design, he has a track record of shipping robust IoT features and fixing platform builds. Known for collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, he balances pragmatic engineering with continuous learning and an appetite for hardware-adjacent software challenges.
4 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat Génie Logiciel, Baccalauréat Génie Logiciel at École de technologie supérieureBaccalauréat Computer Engineering, Baccalauréat Computer Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal
French, English
Github Skills (14)
embedded10
low-level-programming10
bluetooth-le10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
bluetooth-low-energy10
sys10
bluetooth10
wifi10
thread9
security9
debug9
debugging9
testing8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
project-chip/connectedhomeip
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
Matter (formerly Project CHIP) creates more connections between more objects, simplifying development for manufacturers and increasing compatibility for consumers, guided by the Connectivity Standards Alliance.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1196 reviews, 96 commits, 298 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Mathieu made contributions focused on embedded systems and back-end development within the Matter project. They implemented changes to the Bluetooth stack to switch from notification to indication, refactored the code for managing the Check-In counter, and added support for new hardware features. They demonstrated skills in low-level system interaction, embedded software development, and possibly API design with their code changes. The user also implemented several features and fixed builds for the Silabs EFR32-based boards.
connectivity-standards-alliancebuild-with-matterguidedzephyrconnectivity
mkardous-silabs/connectedhomeip
Jun 2021 - Mar 2025
Project Connected Home over IP is a new Working Group within the Zigbee Alliance. This Working Group plans to develop and promote the adoption of a new connectivity standard to increase compatibility among smart home products, with security as a fundamental design tenet.
Contributions:11 reviews, 13 PRs, 1477 pushes in 3 years 10 months
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