Olivier Goutay
Head Of Engineering, Solana Mobile at Solana Labs
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolOlivier Goutay is a seasoned mobile engineering leader with 12 years of experience building high-performance Android apps and developer infrastructure, now Head of Engineering for Solana Mobile in San Francisco. He combines deep hands-on expertise—from low-level Android UI and secure payment systems to GraphQL client tooling—with a track record at Netflix improving QoE, automation, and cross-team delivery. Olivier has contributed to notable open-source projects like Apollo-Kotlin, optimizing Gradle plugins and caching to speed builds, and has shipped privacy- and performance-focused features at scale. He’s equally comfortable leading teams and diving into technical details, having grown mobile teams and launched critical features such as Smart Downloads and secure banking/NFC apps. His background blends product-oriented engineering with data-driven QoE measurement and a history of mentoring through initiatives like Code2040.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
5, Master's degree in computer science, 5, Master's degree in computer science at Polytech MarseilleHigh School Diploma majoring in science (2.2), Mathematics, physical and natural sciences, High School Diploma majoring in science (2.2), Mathematics, physical and natural sciences at 2007 Baccalauréat S2, Two-year University degree in computer science, 2, Two-year University degree in computer science at IUT d'Aix Marseille
English, French
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Github Skills (30)
kotlin10
caching10
ui-design10
android-development10
wpgraphql10
uid10
front-end-development10
android10
wordpress-graphql10
graphql-client10
graphql10
gradle-plugin10
apollo10
multiplatform9
fingerprint9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
omadahealth/LolliPin
Jan 2015 - May 2017
A Material design Android pincode library. Supports Fingerprint.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:130 commits, 46 PRs, 125 pushes in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Olivier primarily contributed to the development of a Material Design Android pin code library. Their work involved adding keyboard views and attributes, including a clear button with image support. They also worked on views such as `KeyboardButtonView`, `KeyboardView` and `PinCodeRoundView`, which are components of the pin code UI. Furthermore, the user added the finger print authentification.
pincodeandroid-libraryandroidkotlinfingerprint
apollographql/apollo-kotlin
Jul 2020 - Apr 2022
:rocket: A strongly-typed, caching GraphQL client for the JVM, Android, and Kotlin multiplatform.
Role in this project:Back-end & Automation Engineer
Back-end & Automation EngineerContributions:11 reviews, 10 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Olivier primarily contributed to the project by implementing and improving the Apollo GraphQL client's Gradle plugin. They focused on making tasks cacheable, specifically related to checking duplicate GraphQL definitions and building Apollo classes, to improve build performance. Additionally, the user worked on refactoring the caching logic within the Apollo client, moving normalization tasks to the `ApolloCacheInterceptor` and introducing an asynchronous cache write option. Their work involved modifying core interceptors and integrating with the project's caching mechanisms.
graphql-clientapollographqlkotlin-multiplatformcachingandroid
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