Nicolas Le Goff
Engineering Manager at blablacar
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolas Le Goff is an experienced engineering manager based in Lyon with 14 years building and leading software teams, currently at BlaBlaCar. He combines hands-on backend expertise—evidenced by meaningful contributions to the PHP-FFMpeg project where he improved core media processing features—with people management and delivery ownership. Trained in electrical engineering and software engineering, he brings a pragmatic, systems-oriented mindset to product-facing engineering problems. Known for shipping robust, maintainable backend solutions, he pairs technical depth with mentorship and cross-functional collaboration. An interesting detail: he has contributed to an established open-source PHP FFMpeg library, showing a long-standing interest in multimedia tooling beyond typical web service work.
14 years of coding experience
Brevet de technicien supérieur (BTS), Programmation informatique, applications spécifiques, Brevet de technicien supérieur (BTS), Programmation informatique, applications spécifiques at InfosupDiplôme universitaire de technologie (DUT), Ingénierie électrique et électronique, Diplôme universitaire de technologie (DUT), Ingénierie électrique et électronique at IUT de CachanDiplôme d'ingénieur, Ingénierie logicielle, Diplôme d'ingénieur, Ingénierie logicielle at ETNA, école d'alternance en informatique
Github Skills (5)
video-processing10
php10
audio-processing10
ffmpeg10
documentation7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
PHP-FFMpeg/PHP-FFMpeg
Jun 2012 - Jun 2014
An object oriented PHP driver for FFMpeg binary
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 5 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily contributed to the `php-ffmpeg/php-ffmpeg` repository by modifying and extending the core functionalities of the PHP library. The commits focused on fixing bugs, adding new features like `supportBFrames`, and refining existing code for improved performance and usability. Code changes involved core PHP classes and interfaces related to video and audio format processing. Additionally, the user added and updated documentation.
ffmpegobject-orientedphpphp-driver
alchemy-fr/PHP-dataURI
Apr 2012 - Aug 2014
A PHP dataURI library, RFC 2397 Compliant
Contributions:33 commits in 2 years 5 months
datauricompliantphpphp81rfc
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