Nicolas G
Lead Software Engineer at inekto
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolas G is a Lead Software Engineer based in Paris with 30 years of hands-on experience in low-level systems, compilers, runtimes and high-performance backend engineering. He is an active OCaml core contributor with deep expertise in garbage collection and runtime performance, and has applied that systems-level thinking to databases (Irmin for Tezos) and high-throughput Rust backends designed for millions of requests per second. At inekto he combines functional leadership, client engagement and architecture with day-to-day backend and DevOps delivery, while previously leading technical work and code review for open-source teams at Tarides. His background also spans applied machine learning and production ML tooling from earlier roles, which gives him a rare blend of low-level runtime optimization and practical data-driven engineering. Colleagues rely on him to stabilize legacy codebases, design performant systems and mentor teams through complex, backwards-compatible improvements.
29 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
42
French, English
Github Skills (14)
ocaml10
c1710
run-time10
runtimes10
c1110
system-programming10
sys10
runtime-environment10
garbage-collection10
compiler-compiler9
compiler9
functional-programming8
functional8
functional-programming-language8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ocaml/ocaml
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
The core OCaml system: compilers, runtime system, base libraries
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:164 reviews, 1 commit, 47 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily focused on low-level system programming, specifically in the OCaml runtime environment. Their contributions centered around fixing bugs and improving performance within the core OCaml system. They modified header files, C code and OCaml files, focusing on the garbage collector and other runtime systems.
functional-languagecompilersruntime-systemapllwt
NickBarnes/flambda-backend
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
The Flambda backend project for OCaml
Contributions:153 pushes, 51 branches in 6 months
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