Maxime Coste
Software Engineer at IMC - Financial Markets
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMaxime Coste is a software engineer with 17 years of experience specializing in low-level, high-performance C++ systems for 3D rendering and real-time applications. He has delivered engine and rendering work at Havok and Eugen Systems and now applies his expertise to financial markets software at IMC, blending algorithmic rigor with architectural judgment. A deep Linux power-user with strong knowledge of kernel internals and CLI tooling, he thrives on performance tuning and complex debugging. His open-source contributions include enhancements to the popular Kakoune code editor, adding language support and editor backend improvements that reflect his attention to developer tooling. Maxime pairs academic training in image and virtual reality with pragmatic production experience, and has a rare combination of graphics, systems, and networking skills that make him effective across engine, runtime, and backend domains. He also spent time traveling full-time, a period that sharpened his adaptability and global perspective on engineering teams.
17 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
master, Computer Science, image and virtual reality major, master, Computer Science, image and virtual reality major at National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble
French, English, Spanish, arabic (moroccan)
Github Skills (5)
code-editor10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
editor10
go8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mawww/kakoune
Sep 2011 - Jan 2023
mawww's experiment for a better code editor
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:15 releases, 173 reviews, 7217 commits in 11 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Maxime contributed to the `mawww/kakoune` code editor by modifying code files for different programming languages, specifically Elvish and Go. The user's work included merging remote-tracking branches, modifying and adding new features to existing files in the code editor. Furthermore, the user introduced new file type support for the Hare programming language, suggesting a focus on code editor enhancements.
vimkakounec-plus-plusmodal-editingconsole-application
mawww/golf
Feb 2013 - Dec 2021
Some vimgolfs challenges and along with Kakoune solutions
Contributions:89 commits, 23 PRs, 41 pushes in 8 years 11 months
vim-pluginneovimvimkakoune
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