Mohamed Boussaffa
Lead Software Engineer at Capital Fund Management (CFM)
France
Summary
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SeniorMohamed Boussaffa is a Lead Software Engineer based in France with over 16 years of experience designing and optimizing high-performance, low-latency C++ systems for market connectivity and financial software. He specializes in multithreading, concurrency, templates, and performance-driven C++ development, with a pragmatic understanding of algorithms, data structures, and Python scripting for automation. At CFM he leads engineering efforts that demand millisecond-level reliability and throughput, translating complex trading requirements into robust production systems. An active contributor to open-source tooling, he has improved cross-platform build systems and APIs in projects like nethogs, demonstrating attention to build reliability and portability beyond core product code. Colleagues rely on him for deep technical mentorship and for turning subtle performance constraints into maintainable, high-speed solutions.
10 years of coding experience
English, French, Arabic
Github Skills (11)
build-system10
c-language10
cross-platform10
shared-libraries10
cprogramming-language10
multiplatform10
makefile10
linux9
macos9
version-control9
api-design8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
raboof/nethogs
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Linux 'net top' tool
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 6 PRs, 62 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Mohamed contributed significantly to the build system and library aspects of the `nethogs` project. They added functionality to build a static library alongside the shared library, and implemented proper version handling within the build process. Furthermore, they addressed platform-specific build issues, specifically for macOS, ensuring cross-platform compatibility. Additionally, the user improved the API by refining code comments and adding a record identifier for updates.
netfilterlinuxbandwidth
mbfoss/gnethogs
Mar 2016 - Oct 2020
GUI for nethogs using GKT
Contributions:2 releases, 46 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years 8 months
gktnethogsgui
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