Romain Ly
CTO at Spense
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolRomain Ly is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO with eight years of hands-on software engineering experience across fintech, big data, and network-level systems. He has progressed from low-level networking and DPDK-based packet processing research to senior engineering and executive roles, most recently leading technical direction at Spense. Comfortable across the full stack, Romain blends systems-level expertise (deep packet inspection, DDoS mitigation, SDN) with product-focused fintech delivery. His background includes a PhD in neuroscience, reflecting strong analytical rigor and a track record of publishing and presenting academic research. Currently relocating to Oslo, he is seeking new full-stack challenges where he can pair his low-latency networking know-how with product and team leadership. An understated strength is his ability to translate complex, research-grade problems into pragmatic production systems.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master de Sciences et Technologies Mention Informatique, Network, Master de Sciences et Technologies Mention Informatique, Network at Sorbonne Université
French, English, Chinese
Github Skills (24)
targeting10
autocomplete9
checker8
linux8
libc8
language-server-protocol7
linting6
neovim-plugin6
linter6
vim6
language-server6
vim-plugin6
neovim5
testing4
python-bindings4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Intersec/lib-common
Jun 2019 - Jan 2023
The lib-common is an Intersec libc extension targeting Linux environments. It provides most of the basic tools a C programmer would need.
Contributions:181 commits, 29 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 8 months
linuxlibcneedtargetingenvironments
electronicvisions/waf
Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
Build tool modified for visionary software
Contributions:7 commits in 22 days
buildtoolsbuild-toolmodified
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