Quentin Champenois is a software engineer based in Paris with 9 years of experience building backend-first web applications and participatory platforms. He has progressed from front-end/full-stack roles to DevOps and engineering at Open Source Politics and now Scaleway, blending hands-on Ruby on Rails backend work with operational automation. Quentin is an active open-source contributor — notably improving database migration reliability and test coverage for Fider and enhancing permissions, exports and UX in the Decidim participatory democracy framework. His background includes a Master in CTO & Tech Lead and Docker training, which explains his comfort across architecture, CI/CD and migration tooling. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic refactorer who favors correctness and efficiency in data and migration flows. He brings a rare mix of civic-tech domain experience and production-grade backend craft to teams shipping user-facing democratic tools.
Master CTO & Tech lead Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, Master CTO & Tech lead Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at EEMI
The participatory democracy framework. A generator and multiple gems made with Ruby on Rails
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:21 reviews, 28 commits, 36 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Quentin primarily focused on enhancing the Decidim framework by implementing features and fixing bugs within various components. Their contributions involved adding functionality like return buttons and improving the user experience. The user also made significant contributions to initiative features by refactoring logic and implementing validations, specifically in the context of permissions. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to the admin interface and improved data exports.
Contributions:5 reviews, 2 PRs, 7 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Quentin primarily contributed to the backend of the `fider` repository, which is a platform for collecting and prioritizing feedback. Their work involved refactoring and improving the database migration process, focusing on efficiency and correctness. The contributions include changes to how pending migrations are identified, the use of efficient database query parameters, and handling potential errors during version scanning. Furthermore, the user also added tests to ensure migration functionality.
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Quentin Champenois - Software Engineer at Open Source Politics