Matthieu Gautier
Senior Software Engineer at Diagnoly
France
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Top SchoolMatthieu Gautier is a senior software engineer with 15 years of experience building high-performance C, C++, Python, JavaScript and Rust systems, and over a decade of commitment to free and open-source software. He has led technical efforts at Kiwix and OpenZIM—implementing desktop ZIM file handling, full-text search, and custom UI features—and continues to create and maintain formats and tools like Arx, jubako and rustest. Comfortable as both an individual contributor and technical lead, he has a track record of improving build systems, performance, CI, and mentoring interns across diverse domains from embedded graphics to web servers. Based in France, Matthieu blends deep systems-level expertise with full-stack UI work and a demonstrated ability to spin up first versions of projects or bolster existing teams. An interesting detail: beyond shipping user-facing features he’s repeatedly tackled low-level integration (web engine profiles, URL schemes, request interception) to bridge storage formats and modern UIs.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Certificat d'étude, Informatique, Certificat d'étude, Informatique at École Polytechnique de MontréalIngénieur, Informatique, Ingénieur, Informatique at ENSICAEN
French, English, Italian, Spanish
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Github Skills (16)
html10
css10
gui-application10
user-interface10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
desktop-application10
desktop10
web-content9
javascript9
git6
tkinter6
operator-overloading6
python6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
kiwix/kiwix-desktop
May 2018 - Nov 2022
Kiwix for Windows and GNU/Linux desktops
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:170 reviews, 375 commits, 211 PRs in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Matthieu primarily focused on developing the desktop application's functionality, including core components for displaying and managing ZIM files. They implemented the user interface using Qt and web technologies, setting up the web engine profile, URL scheme handling, and request interception to interact with ZIM files. Furthermore, the user added the functionalities for opening external links, and implemented and styled a custom search bar, enabling a full-text search in the ZIM file and implemented features for adding bookmarking capabilities to the program.
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mgautierfr/ediap
Jul 2014 - Apr 2016
Contributions:94 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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