Maxime Levillain
Co-founder at Functori
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolMaxime Levillain is a co-founder and software engineer based in Paris with eight years of experience bridging research-grade physics and production back-end systems. He holds a PhD in Physics and has transitioned from detector data analysis and postdoctoral research to R&D engineering roles at OCamlPro and Origin Labs before launching Functori. His contributions to the Linera protocol show hands-on blockchain expertise, particularly implementing RPCs and enhancing storage and node services for efficient block retrieval. Comfortable with low-level data types and core client integration, he brings rigor from scientific computing to distributed systems design. Known for turning deep technical problems into pragmatic engineering solutions, he combines academic discipline with startup execution.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Diplome d'ingénieur, Physique Appliquée, Diplome d'ingénieur, Physique Appliquée at Ecole centrale de ParisLicence, Physique fondamentale, Licence, Physique fondamentale at Université Paris Sud (Paris XI)Physique-Mathématiques, Physique-Mathématiques at Lycée CondorcetDoctorat, Physique, Doctorat, Physique at Université Paris-Saclay
German, English, suèdois
Github Skills (11)
rust10
blockchain10
database9
databases9
data-structures8
data-structure8
rust-wasm7
wordpress-graphql7
wpgraphql7
wasm-pack7
graphql7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
linera-io/linera-protocol
May 2023 - Sep 2023
Main repository for the Linera protocol
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:77 reviews, 19 PRs, 79 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Maxime implemented and modified Remote Procedure Call (RPC) functionalities for blocks and related data structures within the Linera protocol. Their work involved changes across multiple files, including data type definitions in `data_types.rs`, and modifications to the node service for block retrieval and storage interaction. The user also extended the storage capabilities with functions to read multiple values from the database and integrated these changes with the core client for improved data access. This primarily involved modifying the core logic of the blockchain protocol.
blockchainrustwasm
maxtori/opam-repository
Jul 2020 - May 2026
Main public package repository for OPAM, the source package manager of OCaml.
Contributions:39 pushes, 41 branches in 5 years 11 months
package-managerpackage-repositoryocamlopam
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