Nicolas Vivet
Software Engineer at Datadog
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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RockstarNicolas Vivet is a security-minded software engineer with 15 years of experience building resilient Internet and networked systems from embedded Linux to cloud observability. Based in Paris, he has worked across government security (ANSSI), cyber-range product development, and commercial observability at Datadog, blending deep protocol and tooling knowledge with practical engineering. He contributes to prominent open-source tooling—most notably improving Datadog’s Python APM client with tracer and profiling enhancements and test stability improvements—demonstrating attention to reliability and maintainability. His background in network security engineering and audits gives him a strong threat-aware approach to software design and incident readiness. Colleagues rely on him to bridge low-level networking details and high-level application observability to deliver secure, testable systems.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (15)
unit-testing10
debugging10
http10
pytest10
trace10
unit-test10
python10
tracer10
apm10
profiling9
observability9
sanic9
cil8
javascript6
scopes6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/dd-trace-py
May 2021 - Jun 2022
Datadog Python APM Client
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:132 reviews, 65 commits, 27 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Nicolas focused on enhancing the Datadog Python APM client, primarily by introducing base path support for the tracer agent URL and improving profiling capabilities. Their contributions involved modifying the agent's internal workings, including HTTP connection handling and the internal writer, to accommodate these changes. They also added unit tests to ensure the new functionalities operated correctly. Furthermore, they worked on supporting newer versions of the Sanic framework, fixing tests, and reducing test flakiness.
datadogpythontracingprofilingapm
sqreen/python-security-signal-sdk
Apr 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:51 commits, 2 pushes, 2 tags in 1 year 6 months
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