Quentin Mcgaw
Software Engineer at hotpath
Luxembourg
Summary
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Top SchoolQuentin Mcgaw is a software engineer with a decade of experience building resilient full-stack systems, specializing in Go, Flutter, React, web security, cryptography, and infrastructure. He’s the author and maintainer of multiple open-source projects with over a million downloads, and has contributed to notable repos like lazdocker and ChainSafe’s gossamer (a Go Polkadot host), improving build reliability and CI efficiency. His background spans backend systems, DevOps, and frontend UX, plus hands-on cryptography work from an earlier Bitcoin-focused internship. Based in Luxembourg, Quentin pairs rigorous academic training from Imperial College and NYU with pragmatic production experience, often optimizing deployment pipelines and shrinking container images. He’s as comfortable refactoring Go module dependencies and Dockerfiles as he is adding new DNS provider integrations or streamlining entrypoint scripts for reliable releases.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng), Electrical and electronic engineering with Management, 2.1 (Upper second division), Master of Engineering (MEng), Electrical and electronic engineering with Management, 2.1 (Upper second division) at Imperial College LondonLycée Vauban (Luxembourg)Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, 89.5% (3.358 GPA), Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, 89.5% (3.358 GPA) at New York UniversityFrench Baccalaureate S, Scientific section (specialised in Mathematics), 17.57/20 mention très bien (87.85%), French Baccalaureate S, Scientific section (specialised in Mathematics), 17.57/20 mention très bien (87.85%) at Lycée Privé Michelet (Nice, France)Collège Alphin Beausoleil (Villars-sur-Ollons, Suisse)EMPF ("école maternelle-primare française")
French, Latin, English
Github Skills (20)
dependency-management10
apim10
docker10
apidoc10
http10
bash10
supervisord10
terminal-application10
dockers10
cicd10
go10
api10
dns10
nginx10
alpine-linux9
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
qdm12/ddns-updater
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
Container to update DNS records periodically with WebUI for many DNS providers
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 211 reviews, 442 commits in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Quentin primarily worked on implementing features related to updating DNS records for various DNS providers. They focused on creating and modifying code for interacting with API endpoints of DNS providers such as Namecheap, GoDaddy, and DuckDNS. Their contributions included adding support for new providers like Dreamhost and Cloudflare, including code for authentication, handling HTTP requests, and parsing responses.
ddns-updaterdreamhostwebuidnspodrecords
ChainSafe/gossamer
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
🕸️ Go Implementation of the Polkadot Host
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:2010 reviews, 523 commits, 554 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Quentin primarily focused on dependency management and build process improvements, indicating a strong back-end development and DevOps focus. Their commits demonstrate the removal of unused Go module dependencies and the addition of a `github.com/breml/rootcerts` dependency, improving the reliability of the builds. The user also made enhancements to the Dockerfile, accelerating the CI build process and optimizing the image size. Furthermore, they have refactored several test classes, and performed some code cleanup, showcasing solid software engineering abilities.
golangsubstratehostp2pblockchain
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