Paul Blottiere
Lead Tech at Hytech-imaging
Brittany, France
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Top SchoolPaul Blottiere is a Lead Tech with 11 years of experience specializing in Earth observation, embedded systems and GIS, currently managing a team at Hytech-imaging and working across avionics, drone and satellite data pipelines. A long-time QGIS core committer since 2017, he combines deep C/C++ and Python engineering with QA and test automation expertise—having contributed notable improvements to QGIS server WMS, raster GetFeatureInfo and documentation. He regularly speaks and writes about geospatial software and open-source practices, and has taught embedded and distributed systems at engineering schools. Comfortable across Linux, Yocto, PostgreSQL, Qt and Kubernetes, he blends low-level device driver experience with high-level spatial data processing to deliver robust, production-grade systems. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of turning research-grade algorithms into maintainable operational code for constrained embedded platforms.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diplôme d'ingénieur, Systèmes Logiciels et Réseaux, Diplôme d'ingénieur, Systèmes Logiciels et Réseaux at IMT AtlantiqueSemestre à l'étranger, Génie électronique, Semestre à l'étranger, Génie électronique at Université de Montréal - Ecole polytechnique de MontréalLicence, Ingénierie physique / physique appliquée, Mention Très Bien, Licence, Ingénierie physique / physique appliquée, Mention Très Bien at Université d'Angers
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (11)
quality-assurance10
wms10
unit-testing10
rs10
python10
qgis10
documentation10
testing10
json8
raster7
ras7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
qgis/QGIS-Documentation
Mar 2016 - Feb 2022
QGIS Documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:52 reviews, 246 commits, 44 PRs in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to the QGIS documentation repository by adding and modifying documentation related to print composer features, specifically node-based shapes, and diagram functionalities. Their work involved creating new sections, updating existing ones, and adding parameter descriptions. Furthermore, the user added documentation for the copy cell content action and the magnifier tool.
pythonqgisrst
qgis/QGIS
Mar 2016 - Jan 2023
QGIS is a free, open source, cross platform (lin/win/mac) geographical information system (GIS)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:347 reviews, 1362 commits, 457 PRs in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to testing and quality assurance within the QGIS project, focusing on improvements to the WMS service. They added unit tests for features like polygon tolerance, JSON format output, and the GetFeatureInfo functionality for raster layers. The commits reflect a focus on testing functionality, confirming existing functionality, and finding performance issues in the server.
spatiallinwmsgeotoolsgis
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